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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONGS OF THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE: 5, by ANONYMOUS First Line: If god would grant my love his health Last Line: "that we two loved each other tenderly, / and loyally, my love, together died" Subject(s): Russia; Soviet Union;russians | |||
IF God would grant my love his health, Were it but for one idle day, Though it were only for one little hour, -- Then would I wander with my love, Would tread the mossy turf, Would pluck the flowerets blue, Would weave a garland for my love, And place it on my darling's head. Then homewards leading him in glad content, Would say, "My hope, my love! We two will keep together, love, Nor part, my darling, till at death We say farewell forever to the light: Leaving behind us some such fame as this, -- That we two loved each other tenderly, And loyally, my love, together died." | 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 TIS A LITTLE JOURNEY by ANONYMOUS |
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