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Vertigo
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Soon the air of the high place was blowing in through the gaps in the masonry, the open bays, where the wind flowed like water round the arches of a bridge. Borluut felt refreshed fanned by this sea-breeze coming from the beaches of the sky: It seemed to be sweeping up dead leaves inside him. New paths, leading elsewhere, appeared in his soul; fresh clearings
were revealed. Finally he found himself.
Total oblivion as a prelude to taking possession of one's self! He was like the first man on t
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― The Bells of Bruges
― The Bells of Bruges
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Around, around the sun we go:
The moon goes round the earth.
We do not die of death:
We die of vertigo.
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― Collected Poems, 1917-1982
― Collected Poems, 1917-1982
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