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BORODINO, by                    
First Line: "one foot in the stirrup, one hand on the mane"
Last Line: Only love turns away from the revelling crowd / to her own on the plain
Subject(s): "borodino, Battle Of (1812);russia;russia - Napoleonic War;" Soviet Union;russians


ONE foot in the stirrup, one hand on the mane,
One toss of white plumes on the air;
Then firm in the saddle, and loosened the rein;
And the sword-blade gleams bare!

A white face stares up from the dark frozen ground;
The prowler will shadow it soon:
The dead and the dying lie writhen around,
Cold and bright shines the moon!

There's laurels and gold for the living and proud:
But the ice-wreath of Fame for the slain;
Only Love turns away from the revelling crowd
To her own on the plain!





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