An Age Ago

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ISBN: 9780374520847 | 0374520844
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 9/1/1988

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Representative selections from the great Russian poets of the nineteenth century, chosen by the uniquely qualified Nobel Laureate Joseph Brodsky.

Foreword	p. xi
Friendship	p. 3
Song	p. 4
Song	p. 6
Remembrance	p. 7
Night	p. 8
March 19, 1823	p. 9
As I was leaving Albion's shore	p. 13
To My Friends	p. 16
There is enjoyment in a wilderness of trees	p. 17
You've heard that saying brave	p. 18
The Russian God	p. 21
Tears	p. 23
The Tear	p. 24
I have outlived most things	p. 25
Remembrance	p. 26
To Natalia Nikolaevna Pushkina	p. 28
To Chaadaev	p. 31
K***	p. 32
To Vyazemsky	p. 34
Arion	p. 35
Message to Siberia	p. 36
The Prophet	p. 37
When wand'ring along noisy alleys	p. 39
The Georgian hills above	p. 41
I loved you once	p. 42
To a Poet	p. 43
For God's sake, let me not go mad	p. 44
It's time, my dear, it's time	p. 46
Elegy	p. 47
... I visit once again	p. 48
Disillusion	p. 53
My gift is scant	p. 54
Death	p. 55
The Muse	p. 57
Desolation	p. 58
The Wineglass	p. 62
Autumn	p. 64
All things have their own pace	p. 71
Planting a Wood	p. 72
Elegy	p. 77
Song	p. 78
Elegy	p. 79
Thanksgiving	p. 80
Elegy	p. 81
The Sail	p. 85
No, I'm not Byron	p. 86
Meditation	p. 87
Prayer	p. 89
Testament	p. 90
The boredom, the sadness	p. 92
Gratitude	p. 93
Native Land	p. 94
I walk out alone into the darkness	p. 96
The Dream	p. 98
Farewell to Russia's unwashed features	p. 99
The Prophet	p. 100
As round this earthly globe	p. 105
There is about these autumn evenings bright	p. 106
Silentium!	p. 107
I love the rite of Luther's congregation	p. 108
My soul is an Elysium of shades	p. 109
Day and Night	p. 110
When locked in murd'rous toils	p. 111
Bestow, O Lord, thy gracious pardon	p. 112
Last Love	p. 113
Seated there upon the floor	p. 114
She was oblivious the livelong day	p. 115
Through reason Russia can't be known	p. 116
Should you love	p. 119
O land of mine	p. 120
As wave after wave	p. 121
The lord, when arming me	p. 122
You are a victim of life's grief	p. 123
Farewell	p. 127
from Reflections by a Main Entrance	p. 128
from Frost, the Red-nosed	p. 130
My dear, mere words have no power	p. 137
Breathing seems much easier	p. 138
The Old Park	p. 139
By the Fireside	p. 141
To the Muse	p. 142
Up in the hay one evening	p. 143
The stars glowed red	p. 144
Never	p. 145
To the Muse	p. 147
Butterfly	p. 148
Biographical Notes	p. 151
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An Age Ago

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