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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OLD MAN'S SONG, by ALEXEY (ALEXIE) VASSILIEVICH KOLTSOV Poet's Biography First Line: I shall saddle my horse Last Line: * | |||
I SHALL saddle my horse, And on my fast horse I shall gallop and fly, Than a hawk more light, Across fields, over sea, To lands far away. I shall summon and find My lost youth again. I'll be strong, I'll be great In the youth once mine. And again I shall please Lovely young maidens. But alas! is no road To what's past recall. Never, never shall rise The sun out of the west! * | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AN OLD MAN'S SONG by ALEXEY (ALEXIE) VASSILIEVICH KOLTSOV SONG by ALEXEY (ALEXIE) VASSILIEVICH KOLTSOV THE NIGHTINGALE by ALEXEY (ALEXIE) VASSILIEVICH KOLTSOV WOMAN'S SONG by ALEXEY (ALEXIE) VASSILIEVICH KOLTSOV A THUNDER-STORM (2ND VERSION) by EMILY DICKINSON TO MY FATHER by WILLIAM SYDNEY GRAHAM ON LORD HOLLAND'S SEAT NEAR MARGATE, KENT by THOMAS GRAY CORINNA TO TANAGRA, FROM ATHENS by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR THE HOUSE OF LIFE: 7. SUPREME SURRENDER by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI |
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