Learn

Learn, learn, learn,-

Our beautiful world is not a field for sheep;

Not just a place wherein to laugh and weep,

To eat and drink, to dance and sigh and sleep.

And then to moulder into senseless dust.

Learn, learn, learn,-

Look up and learn-you cannot look too high!

Not for the earthly wealth which brains can buy,

Not for the sake of gold and luxury-

Treasures corrupted by the moth and rust.

Learn, learn, learn,-

As one in whom the Lord has breathed His breath,

And aye redeemèd from the power of death-

Not as the dumb brute-beast that perisheth,

Not as a soulless, thoughtless, thankless clod.

Learn, learn, learn,-

With love and awe and patience-not in haste;

Drink deeply,-do not pass by with a taste;

O make your land a garden, not a waste!-

Your mind bright, to reflect the face of God.

Learn, learn, learn,-

The mystic beauty and the truth of life;

Search out the treasures whereof earth is rife.

Search on all sides, with pain and prayer and strife;

Search even into darkness. Do not fear.

Learn, learn, learn,-

With a true, steadfast heart, lay up your hoard;

God will sort out the treasures you have stored,

And set them in His bright light, afterward.

He will make all your difficulties clear.

Learn, learn, learn,-

Death is no breaking at a certain place;

We only pause there for a little space.

And then-you would not shame Him to His face?-

You, in His Image and own Likeness made!

Learn, learn, learn,-

Walk with wide-open eyes and reverent heart.

Worship as God the beautiful in art.

Though you see now but dimly, and in part,

All shall be clear in time. Be not afraid.

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Poems in English 

• Алексей Плещеев – Цветок by Алексей Плещеев
• Алексей Плещеев – Бабушка и внучек by Алексей Плещеев
• Алексей Николаевич Толстой – Золото by Алексей Толстой
• Алексей Николаевич Толстой – Земля by Алексей Толстой
• Алексей Николаевич Толстой – Хлоя by Алексей Толстой
• Алексей Николаевич Толстой – Весенний дождь by Алексей Толстой
• Алексей Николаевич Толстой – Утро by Алексей Толстой
• Алексей Николаевич Толстой – Талисман by Алексей Толстой
• Алексей Николаевич Толстой – Суд by Алексей Толстой
• Алексей Николаевич Толстой – Семик by Алексей Толстой
• Алексей Николаевич Толстой – Приворот by Алексей Толстой
• Алексей Николаевич Толстой – Плач by Алексей Толстой
• Алексей Николаевич Толстой – Осеннее золото by Алексей Толстой
• Алексей Николаевич Толстой – Москва by Алексей Толстой
• Алексей Николаевич Толстой – Лесная дева by Алексей Толстой
• Алексей Николаевич Толстой – Лель by Алексей Толстой
• Алексей Николаевич Толстой – Купальские игрища by Алексей Толстой
• Алексей Николаевич Толстой – Колыбельная by Алексей Толстой
• Алексей Николаевич Толстой – Гроза by Алексей Толстой
• Алексей Николаевич Толстой – Егорий, волчий пастырь by Алексей Толстой

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

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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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