Honour

Me let the world disparage and despise –

As one unfettered with its gilded chains,

As one untempted by its sordid gains,

Its pleasant vice, its profitable lies;

Let Justice, blind and halt and maimed, chastise

The rebel spirit surging in my veins,

Let the Law deal me penalties and pains

And make me hideous in my neighbours’ eyes.

But let me fall not in mine own esteem,

By poor deceit or selfish greed debased.

Let me be clean from secret stain and shame,

Know myself true, though false as hell I seem –

Know myself worthy, howsoe’er disgraced –

Know myself right, though every tongue should blame.

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Poems in English 

• Николай Заболоцкий – Старость by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Старая актриса by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Сон by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Смерть врача by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Слепой by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Сказка о кривом человечке by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Шакалы by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Сентябрь by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Счастливый день by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Рыбная лавка by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Рубрук в Монголии by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Разговор с медведем by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Птичий двор by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Противостояние Марса by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Прощание by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Приглашение на пир by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Предостережение by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Поход by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Последняя любовь by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Портрет by Николай Заболоцкий

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Doska or the Board – write anything

Search engines:

Yandex – the best search engine for searches in Russian (and the best overall image search engine, in any language, anywhere)

Qwant – the best search engine for searches in French, German as well as Romance and Germanic languages.

Ecosia – a search engine that supposedly… plants trees

Duckduckgo – the real alternative and a search engine that actually works. Without much censorship or partisan politics.

Yahoo– yes, it’s still around, amazingly, miraculously, incredibly, but now it seems to be powered by Bing.

 

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