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staring forms leaned out,leaning,hushing the room enclosed meaning
  

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Hi Yes, it is from the second stanza of The Wasteland , about 25 lines down ... - And other withered stumps of time - Were told upon the walls; staring forms - Leaned out, leaning, hushing the room enclosed. I'm not certain, but I believe he is referring to old paintings on the walls of the room.

  • Hi Yes, it is from the second stanza of The Wasteland , about 25 lines down ...
  • - And other withered stumps of time - Were told upon the walls; staring forms - Leaned out, leaning, hushing the room enclosed.
  • I'm not certain, but I believe he is referring to old paintings on the walls of the room.
  • Although the paintings are old, the people in them still seem to dominate the room Dave
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Yes, it is from the second stanza of The Wasteland, about 25 lines down ...

- And other withered stumps of time
- Were told upon the walls; staring forms
- Leaned out, leaning, hushing the room enclosed.

I'm not certain, but I believe he is referring to old paintings on the walls of the room. Although the paintings are old, the people in them still see

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