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Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy Poems
- Do Not Believe Do not believe, my dearest, when I say That ...
- Don Juan's Serenade Darkness descends on Alpujara's golden ...
- If Only I Had Known If only I had known, had realised, I ...
- The Wolves When the church-village slumbers And the last ...
- Love's Ebb And Flow Believe me not, dear, when in hours of ...
- In Hours Of Ebbing Tide In hours of ebbing tide, oh trust not...
- Autumn Autumn 'tis! Our garden stands Flowerless and ...
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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Do Not Believe
Do not believe, my dearest, when I say
That I no longer love you.
When the tide ebbs do not believe the sea -
It will return anew.
Already I long for you, and passion fills me,
I yield my freedom thus to you once more.
Already the waves return with shouts and glee
To fill again that same belovèd shore.
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