Afanasy Afanasyevich Fet

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Afanasy Afanasyevich Fet Sky Poems

  • 1.
    My face turned upwards to the sky
    One summer night I lay upon some hay
    A lively close-knit starry chorus
    Was flickering all around.
    ...
  • 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.
    What grief! The alley's end
    Is lost in snow again today,
    And once again, the silver snakes
    Are crawling through the snow.
    ...
  • 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 Sky Poems by Afanasy Afanasyevich Fet

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