"Death by Water" Annotations

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-Phlebas the Phoenician, a fortnight dead,
+    Phlebas the Phoenician, a fortnight dead,
-Forgot the cry of gulls, and the deep sea swell
-And the profit and loss.
+    Forgot the cry of gulls, and the deep sea swell
-A current under sea
-Picked his bones in whispers. As he rose and fell
+    And the profit and loss.
-He passed the stages of his age and youth
-Entering the whirlpool.
-Gentile or Jew
-O you who turn the wheel and look to windward, 320
+    A current under sea
-Consider Phlebas, who was once handsome and tall as you.
+    Picked his bones in whispers. As he rose and fell
+    He passed the stages of his age and youth
+    Entering the whirlpool.
+    Gentile or Jew
+    O you who turn the wheel and look to windward, 320
+    Consider Phlebas, who was once handsome and tall as you.

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