Innokenty Fedorovich Annensky
Innokenty Fedorovich Annensky
(1 September 1855 - 13 December 1909 / Omsk)
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Sad Country - Poem by Innokenty Fedorovich Annensky
Sad and made of copper
The symbol we are wed,
Even our comedies
End a little sadly….
Our joyful neighbors
Wear their infernal
Hirsute fur coats….
And that only… banal
Are our mangy bears
With prey trembling
In blood-covered lips.
For what purpose, when dreams betray,
That words brim over with delusions?
For what purpose, on a forgotten grave,
Grass grows greener and emits a noise?
For what purpose these lunar heights,
If my garden is silent and dark?
And the tails of her plaits are untied,
And I hear their breath... for what?
Poems by Innokenty Fedorovich Annensky : 15 / 26
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Poem Submitted: Monday, April 23, 2012
Poem Edited: Monday, April 23, 2012
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