Literature
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William Shakespeare – Sonnet 110
Alas! ‘tis true, I have gone here and there,And made my self a motley to the view,Gored mine own thoughts,…
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William Shakespeare – Sonnet 109
O! never say that I was false of heart,Though absence seemed my flame to qualify,As easy might I from my…
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Anna Akhmatova I’ll be there and weariness will vanish.
I’ll be there and weariness will vanish.The cold of early morning will please.There are villages, mysterious and dark –Storehouses of…
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Anna Akhmatova I’ll erase this day from your memory
I’ll erase this day from your memory,So your vague helpless gaze will askWhere you saw Persian lilac,Swallows, and this wooden…
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Anna Akhmatova Imitation of Innokenty Annensky
And to you, my first vagary,Isaid goodbye. The east was turning blue,Though I didn’t know what you meant,You said, simply:…
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Anna Akhmatova I’m not one of those who left their land
I’m not one of those who left their landTo the mercy of the enemy.I was deaf to their gross flattery.I…
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Anna Akhmatova I pray to the ray from the window-pane
I pray to the ray from the window-pane –It’s pale, thin, and straight.All morning I was silent,My heart – split…
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Anna Akhmatova Is my destiny so changed
For Yunia Anrep Is my destiny so changed,Or the game really over?Where are those winters I’d go to bedAt six…
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Anna Akhmatova Is this century worse than those before?
‘Is this century worse than those before?’Is this century really worse than those before?Perhaps, in that dazed by fear and…
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Anna Akhmatova I Taught Myself To Live Simply
I Taught Myself to Live Simply reflects Anna Akhmatova’s philosophy having been born into Russian royalty, then suffering execution and imprisonment…
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