Honour

Me let the world disparage and despise –

As one unfettered with its gilded chains,

As one untempted by its sordid gains,

Its pleasant vice, its profitable lies;

Let Justice, blind and halt and maimed, chastise

The rebel spirit surging in my veins,

Let the Law deal me penalties and pains

And make me hideous in my neighbours’ eyes.

But let me fall not in mine own esteem,

By poor deceit or selfish greed debased.

Let me be clean from secret stain and shame,

Know myself true, though false as hell I seem –

Know myself worthy, howsoe’er disgraced –

Know myself right, though every tongue should blame.

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Poems in English 

• Юлия Друнина – Сверстницам by Юлия Друнина
• Юлия Друнина – Страна Юность by Юлия Друнина
• Юлия Друнина – Старый Крым by Юлия Друнина
• Юлия Друнина – Старая лента, обугленный лес by Юлия Друнина
• Юлия Друнина – Стал холоден мой тёплый старый дом by Юлия Друнина
• Юлия Друнина – Сочетание by Юлия Друнина
• Юлия Друнина – Слалом by Юлия Друнина
• Юлия Друнина – Шторм by Юлия Друнина
• Юлия Друнина – Ржавчина by Юлия Друнина
• Юлия Друнина – Русский вечер by Юлия Друнина
• Юлия Жадовская – Заколдованное сердце by Юлия Жадовская
• Юлия Жадовская – Я все хочу расслушать by Юлия Жадовская
• Юлия Жадовская – Всё ты уносишь, нещадное время by Юлия Жадовская
• Юлия Жадовская – Возврат весны by Юлия Жадовская
• Юлия Жадовская – Лучший перл таится by Юлия Жадовская
• Юлия Жадовская – Говорят придет пора by Юлия Жадовская
• Юлия Жадовская – Да, я вижу by Юлия Жадовская
• Юлия Жадовская – Чем ярче шумный пир by Юлия Жадовская
• Юлия Жадовская – Ах, бабушкин сад by Юлия Жадовская
• Юнна Мориц – Зимнее by Юнна Мориц

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Russian Commerce Agency

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Doska or the Board – write anything

Search engines:

Yandex – the best search engine for searches in Russian (and the best overall image search engine, in any language, anywhere)

Qwant – the best search engine for searches in French, German as well as Romance and Germanic languages.

Ecosia – a search engine that supposedly… plants trees

Duckduckgo – the real alternative and a search engine that actually works. Without much censorship or partisan politics.

Yahoo– yes, it’s still around, amazingly, miraculously, incredibly, but now it seems to be powered by Bing.

 

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