Afanasy Afanasyevich Fet

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Afanasy Afanasyevich Fet Breath Poems

  • 1.
    I have come to you, delighted,
    To tell you that sun has risen,
    That its light has warmly started
    To fulfil on leaves its dancing;
    ...
  • 2.
    I wake. Yes, it's a coffin lid.-With effort
    I reach my hands out and I call
    For help. Yes, I recall the tortures
    Of dying.-Yes, this is no dream!-
    ...
  • 3.
    With one firm thrust to force the boat of living
    From off the sands, and, by a wave tossed high,
    Be toward a new life borne, a new beginning,
    To feel the wind from scented shores sweep nigh,
    ...
  • 4.
    By life tormented, and by cunning hope,
    When my soul surrenders in its battle with them,
    Day and night I press my eyelids closed
    And sometimes I'm vouchsafed peculiar visions.
    ...
Total 4 Breath Poems by Afanasy Afanasyevich Fet

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