Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion; As idle…

Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. ✨ Samuel Taylor Coleridge (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Illustrated), p.699, Delphi Classics
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Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. ✨ Samuel Taylor Coleridge (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Illustrated), p.699, Delphi Classics

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