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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NO, NO, I DID NOT LOVE YOU - GLADLY, by ANNA ADREYEVNA GORENKO Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: I shall remember till I die. Alternate Author Name(s): Akhmatova, Anna | |||
No, no, I did not love you, -- gladly Scorched though I was by such a flame; And yet explain the strength that sadly Still lingers for me in your name. In front of me I saw you kneeling, Like one who waited for a crown; And round your youthful head was wheeling Death's silent shade to strike you down. You went, -- but not to triumph going; You went to death. Oh empty night! My Angel, may you stay not knowing, Not seeing my despairing plight. But if white suns from Paradises Shine on the pathway in the spring, But if the meadow bird arises Among the spiked sheaves, on the wing, Oh this is you, I know it, trying To converse with me from the grave; I see the shot-scarred hillock lying Above the Dniester's bloody wave. Days of renown and love forgetting, Forgetting days of youth gone by, And crafty ways, and soul's dark fretting, Yet still your face, your fame unsetting I shall remember till I die. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...COURAGE by ANNA ADREYEVNA GORENKO I SAID TO THE CUCKOO: 'TILL I DIE' by ANNA ADREYEVNA GORENKO LIKE A WHITE STONE by ANNA ADREYEVNA GORENKO PRAYER (1) by ANNA ADREYEVNA GORENKO THE SUMMER GARDEN by ANNA ADREYEVNA GORENKO THIS RUSSIAN SOIL by ANNA ADREYEVNA GORENKO REQUIEM by ANNA ADREYEVNA GORENKO BROAD GOLD by ANNA ADREYEVNA GORENKO DEAF HOUSE AGENT by KATHERINE MANSFIELD |
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