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Poems by Anna Akhmatova

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Willow

... But the voice of the wind I could understand ...

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The Last Toast

... To that that the world is bad and that ...

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And as its Going

... The bird began to sing the song of light and pleasure ...

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I Saw My Friend At The Front Door

... But my eyes already gaze grimly ...

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I Don't Know If You're Alive Or Dead

... Not even the one who caressed me and forgot ...

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"And Pushkin's Exile Had..."

... Near the lake, where shades of plane-trees hover, ...

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Thoughts Of The Sunlight

...    Thoughts of the daylight dimmer and fainter ...

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"And you, my friends who have been called away"

... But to cry to the world the names of those who sleep ...

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I Taught Myself To Live Simply

... Only the cry of a stork landing on the roof ...

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White Night

... That tired I haven't the strength ...

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Requiem

... So, I have woven you this wide shroud out of the humble ...

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"Along the Hard Crust..."

... And sweeter than all songs, sung ever, ...

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"Let Somebody Else Rest..."

... It's northerly here, and fall of this year, ...

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Our Native Earth

...   Yes, this crunch on the teeth suits us just, ...

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The Victory

... Let women lift higher the children! They blessed ...