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Death Quote by Osip Mandelstam

“I am wearied to death with life. There’s nothing it has that I want, but I celebrate my naked earth, there’s no other world to descant.” quote by Osip Mandelstam — Download Open image

““I am wearied to death with life. There’s nothing it has that I want, but I celebrate my naked earth, there’s no other world to descant.””

Osip Mandelstam

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