
一人、独り、全く、ただひとり! /広い、ひろい海に、ひ・と・り! // - サミュエル・テーラー・コールリッジ (1772 - 1834): 『老水夫行』第四部
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Alone, alone, all, all alone! / Alone on a wide, wide sea! // - Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 - 1834): The Rime of the Ancient Mariner PART IV

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