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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LENIN, by VALERY YAKOVLEVICH BRYUSOV Poet's Biography First Line: Who was he? Leader of the world Last Line: Are a guiding light forever lit. Alternate Author Name(s): Brusov, Valery Yakovlevich Subject(s): Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich (1870-1924); Russia; Soviet Union; Russians | |||
Who was he? Leader of the world, Guide of the peoples' sovereign will, Who changed men's fates, merged streams that swirled Their different ways in chaotic swill. October started a new era, It marked a boundary more profound Than the Renaissance or Attilla Or anything in History found. The old world falters, frail and mortal, A new world -- commonwealth for all -- Grows from the October tempest; Lenin Towers at the new world's birth and old world's fall. Earth, humble globe lost in the Cosmos Among the planetary set, That name shall cover you with glory Such as you never witnessed yet. He died; his life was but an instant In endless Time, but what he did Survives his death. His divinations Are a guiding light forever lit. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...OXOTA: A SHORT RUSSIAN NOVEL: CHAPTER 259 by LYN HEJINIAN A FOREIGN COUNTRY by JOSEPHINE MILES THE DIAMOND PERSONA by NORMAN DUBIE IN MEMORIAM: 1933 (7. RUSSIA: ANNO 1905) by CHARLES REZNIKOFF TAKE A LETTER TO DMITRI SHOSTAKOVITCH by CARL SANDBURG READING THE RUSSIANS by RUTH STONE THE SOVIET CIRCUS VISITS HAVANA, 1969 by VIRGIL SUAREZ A PROBLEM IN AESTHETICS by KAREN SWENSON BENEDICTION by VALERY YAKOVLEVICH BRYUSOV |
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