A poem by Alexander Block – Alexandre Block – Alexandr Blok – Александр Блок
(1880-1921)
Those born in obscure times
Do not remember their way.
We, children of Russia’s frightful years
Cannot forget a thing.
Incinerating years!, do you bring tidings
of madness or of hope?
The days of war, the days of freedom
Have left a bloody sheen on our faces.
There is a muteness – the tocsin bell
Has made us close our lips.
In our hearts, once so ardent,
There is a fateful emptiness.
Let the croaking ravens
Take flight above our deathbed –
O Lord, O Lord, may those more worthy than us,
Behold Thy kingdom!
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External links
Bat’s Poetry Page – more poetry by Fledermaus
Talking Writing Monster’s Page –
Batty Writing – the bat’s idle chatter, thoughts, ideas and observations, all original, all fresh
Poems in English
- Autumn – The Third Pastoral, or Hylas and Ægon poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
- To the Author of a Poem Entitled Succession poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
- Argus poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
- An Essay on Man in Four Epistles: Epistle 1 poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
- An Essay On Criticism poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
- An Essay on Man: Epistle II poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
- Yours & Mine poem – Alice Fulton poems | Poetry Monster
- Wibble Wobble poem – Alexander E Musset poems | Poetry Monster
- Why?
- Where Are You?
- Terrible Ted poem – Alexander E. Musset poems | Poetry Monster
- Tell Me
- Teacher
- Sleep
- Roar Shack poem – Alice Fulton poems | Poetry Monster
- Alexander E. Musset
- Our Soul’s Gestation
- Intruder
- Inside/Outside The Window
- Industrial Lace poem – Alice Fulton poems | Poetry Monster
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
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Parallel Translations of Poetry
The Poetry Repository – an online library of poems, poetry, verse and poetic works
Alexander Blok (1880-1921), also Block, was a Russian poet, writer, publicist, playwright, translator and literary critic. A classic of Russian literature.