A poem by Alexander Block – Alexandre Block – Alexandr Blok – Александр Блок
(1880-1921)
He, who was born in stagnant year
Does not remember own way.
We, kids of Russia’s years of fear,
Remember every night and day.
Years that burned everything to ashes!
Do you bring madness or grace?
The war’s and freedom’s fire flashes
Left bloody light on every face.
We are struck dumb: the toxsin’s pressure
Has made us tightly close lips.
In living hearts, once full of pleasure,
The fateful desert now sleeps.
And let the crying ravens soar
Right over our death-bed,
May those who were striving more,
O God, behold Thy Kingdom’s Great!

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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
- A Winter Ship by Sylvia Plath
- A Secret by Sylvia Plath
- Years by Sylvia Plath
- Wuthering Heights by Sylvia Plath
- Words by Sylvia Plath
- Witch Burning by Sylvia Plath
- Wintering by Sylvia Plath
- Winter Trees by Sylvia Plath
- Widow by Sylvia Plath
- Who by Sylvia Plath
- Whitsun by Sylvia Plath
- Whiteness I Remember by Sylvia Plath
- Verbal Calisthenics by Sylvia Plath
- Vanity Fair by Sylvia Plath
- Tulips by Sylvia Plath
- Touch-And-Go by Sylvia Plath
- Totem by Sylvia Plath
- Three Women by Sylvia Plath
- Thalidomide by Sylvia Plath
- Terminal by Sylvia Plath
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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.