Poetry
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Anna Akhmatova I came here, in idleness.
I came here, in idleness.Where I’m bored: all the same to me!A sleepy hilltop mill, yes,Here years pass silently. Over…
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Anna Akhmatova Ice, resonant, floats by
Ice, resonant, floats by,The sky is hopelessly pale,Oh, why do you punish me?What crime am I guilty of? If you…
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Anna Akhmatova I don’t know if you’re alive or dead
I don’t know if you’re alive or dead –Can you be found on earth so?Or only in twilit thoughts instead,Be…
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Anna Akhmatova I hear the oriole’s ever-mournful voice
I hear the oriole’s ever-mournful voice,And welcome the rich summer’s losses.Through the grain, packed tightly ear on ear,The sickle slices,…
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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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