The Mob

Why stand dumbfounded and aghast,

As at invading armies sweeping by,

Surprised by haggard face and threatening cry,

The storm unheralded, that rose so fast?

Men, with gaunt wives and hungry children, cast

Upon the wintry streets to thieve or die,

They cannot always suffer silently;

Patience gives out. The poor worm turns at last.

And not ear listens to the warning call.

No eye awakes to see the portent dread.

Must brute force reign and social order fall

Ere these starved millions can be clothed and fed?

A strange phenomenon, this unconcern-

To live so fast and be so slow to learn!

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Batty Writing – the bat’s idle chatter, thoughts, ideas and observations, all original, all fresh

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

More external links (open in a new tab):

Russian Commerce Agency

Dealing Monster

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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