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Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy Poems
- If Only I Had Known If only I had known, had realised, I ...
- Don Juan's Serenade Darkness descends on Alpujara's golden ...
- Do Not Believe Do not believe, my dearest, when I say That ...
- Love's Ebb And Flow Believe me not, dear, when in hours of ...
- The Wolves When the church-village slumbers And the last ...
- In Hours Of Ebbing Tide In hours of ebbing tide, oh trust not...
- Burnt Out Is Now My Misery Burnt out is now my ...
Count Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, often referred to as A. K. Tolstoy, was a Russian poet, novelist and playwright, considered to be the most important nineteenth-century Russian historical dramatist. He also gained fame for his satirical works, published under his own name (History of the Russian State from Gostomysl to Timashev, The Dream of Councillor Popov) and under the collaborational pen name of Kozma Prutkov.
Early life
A. K. Tolstoy was born in Saint Petersburg to the famed family of Tolstoy. His father, Count Konstantin Petrovich Tolstoy (1780–1870), a son of the army general, was a Russian state assignation bank councilor. His mother, Anna Alekseyevna ... more »
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If Only I Had Known
If only I had known, had realised,
I would not have looked out of the window
as the dashing young man
rode along our street,
his hat worn cockily,
riding a frisky bay horse,
hooves clattering, mane flying,
rearing up before our windows!
If I had only known, had realised,
I would not have dressed up for him,
or woven a scarlet ribbon
into my hair;
or risen so early, before dawn,
or rush to the edge of the village,
or got my feet soaked in dew,
or watched the road
to see if he would come along,
falcon on his wrist.
If I had only ...
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