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The Heart of a Woman

The heart of a woman goes forth with the dawn,
As a lone bird, soft winging, so restlessly on,
Afar o'er life's turrets and vales does it roam
In the wake of those echoes the heart calls home ... [+]

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African American Literature USA 20th Century 1 min

Quest

Georgia Douglas Johnson

The phantom happiness I sought
O'er every crag and moor;
I paused at every postern gate,
And knocked at every door;

In vain I searched the land and sea,
E'en to the inmost ... [+]

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Russian Federation 19th Century 2 min

Ode to Liberty

Alexander Pushkin

Listless Cytherean princess, sing
No more. Begone out of my view!
But you, great scourge of tsar and king,
Proud Muse of Freedom, where are you?
Come rip my laurels off. Bring stones
And ... [+]

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Russian Federation 19th Century 1 min

Prisoner

Alexander Pushkin

I'm sitting by bars in the damp blackened cell --
The juvenile eagle, who's bred by the jail,
My mournful friend, with his wings stretching wide,
Is picking at bloody food right by my side ... [+]

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Russian Federation 19th Century 1 min

Echo

Alexander Pushkin

If beasts within a silent forest moan,
If trumpets sound, if thunder rolls and cracks,
Or young girls sing almost inaudibly-
For each initial tone
The atmosphere resounds quite suddenly ... [+]

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1 min

Lot's Wife

Anna Akhmatova

And the just man trailed God's shining agent,
over a black mountain, in his giant track,
while a restless voice kept harrying his woman:
"It's not too late, you can still look back

at the ... [+]

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1 min

"I Don't Like Flowers..."

Anna Akhmatova

I don't like flowers - they do remind me often
Of funerals, of weddings and of balls;
Their presence on tables for a dinner calls.

But sub-eternal roses' ever simple charm
Which was my ... [+]

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1 min

Muse

Anna Akhmatova

When, in the night, I wait for her, impatient,
Life seems to me, as hanging by a thread.
What just means liberty, or youth, or approbation,
When compared with the gentle piper's tread? ... [+]

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1 min

I Wrung My Hands

Anna Akhmatova

I wrung my hands under my dark veil. . .
"Why are you pale, what makes you reckless?"
— Because I have made my loved one drunk
with an astringent sadness.

I'll never forget. He went ... [+]

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Russian Federation 19th Century 20th Century 1 min

"A Girl Sang a Song..."

Aleksandr Blok

A girl sang a song in the temple's chorus,
About men, tired in alien lands,
About the ships that left native shores,
And all who forgot their joy to the end.

Thus sang her clean voice ... [+]

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Russian Federation 19th Century 20th Century 1 min

"Don't Fear Death..."

Aleksandr Blok

Don't fear death in earthly travels.
Don't fear enemies or friends.
Just listen to the words of prayers,
To pass the facets of the dreads.

Your death will come to you, and never
You ... [+]

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1 min

"The Falling Is the Constant..."

Osip Mandelshtam

The falling is the constant mate of fear,
And feel of emptiness is the feel of fright.
Who throws us the stones from the height --
And stones here refuse the dust to bear?

Once ... [+]

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