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Quotation by Alexander Pushkin
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Eugene Onegin (1831), trans. by Oliver Elton (1943)Father Pimen, in Boris Godunov (1825), trans. by Philip L. Barbour (1953)"'Tis time, my friend" (1834), trans. by C.M. Bowra (1943)Related Subjects
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Sad that our finest aspiration
Our freshest dreams and meditations,
In swift succession should decay,
Like Autumn leaves that rot away.
Our freshest dreams and meditations,
In swift succession should decay,
Like Autumn leaves that rot away.
Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837), Russian poet. Eugene Onegin, ch. 8, st. 10 (1831), trans. by Oliver Elton (1943).
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