Literature
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Anna Akhmatova My heart beats smoothly, steadily
My heart beats smoothly, steadily,What are long years to me?Under the Galernaya arch,Our shadows, for eternity. Through half-closed eyelids,I see,…
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Anna Akhmatova My imagination, obediently
My imagination, obediently,Conceives grey eyes.In Tver, in my solitude,It’s you I bitterly remember. Happily captive in another’s arms,On the left…
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Anna Akhmatova My voice is weak but not my will
My voice is weak but not my will,It’s better even without love.High skies and mountain winds,And my thoughts now innocent.…
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Anna Akhmatova No one sung about that meeting
No one sung about that meeting,Sadness faded with never a song.A cool summer it was,Like a new life begun. The…
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William Shakespeare – Sonnet 108
What’s in the brain that ink may characterWhich hath not figured to thee my true spirit?What’s new to speak, what…
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William Shakespeare – Sonnet 107
Not mine own fears, nor the prophetic soulOf the wide world dreaming on things to come,Can yet the lease of…
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William Shakespeare – Sonnet 106
When in the chronicle of wasted timeI see descriptions of the fairest wights,And beauty making beautiful old rhyme,In praise of…
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William Shakespeare – Sonnet 105
Let not my love be called idolatry,Nor my beloved as an idol show,Since all alike my songs and praises beTo…
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William Shakespeare – Sonnet 104
To me, fair friend, you never can be old,For as you were when first your eye I ey’d,Such seems your…
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Anna Akhmatova – Now farewell, capital
Now farewell, capital,Farewell, my spring.Karelia’s earth,Already, yearns for me. Fields and gardens,Tranquil and green,The waters there still deep,The heavens pale.…
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