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R Oe'd und leer

Cf. Tristan und Isolde, III, verse 24 [Eliot's note]. In act 3 of Tristan und Isolde, Tristan lies dying. He is waiting for Isolde to come to him from Cornwall, but a shepherd, appointed to watch for her sail, can only report:

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