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My heart pounds sickeningly and I turn pale... I often feel as if I were dead... I seem to be losing my mind.
Robert Schumann
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Robert Schumann
Age: 46 †
Born: 1810
Born: June 8
Died: 1856
Died: July 29
Composer
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Robert Alexander Schumann
Heart
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Mind
Dead
Turn
Turns
Often
Seems
Pale
Feel
Pounds
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Losing
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