That was a time when only the dead could smile.
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Who will grieve for this woman? Does she not seem too insignificant for our concern? Yet in my heart I never will deny her, Who suffered death because she chose to turn.Anna Akhmatova
It was a time when only the dead smiled, happy in their peace.
Anna Akhmatova
No foreign sky protected me, no stranger's wing shielded my face. I stand as witness to the common lot survivor of that time, that place.
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If someone someday in this countryDecides to raise a memorial to me,I give my consent to this festivityBut only on this condition - do not build itBy the sea where I was born,I have severed my last ties with the sea...
Anna Akhmatova
It isn't me, someone else is suffering.
Anna Akhmatova
All has been looted, betrayed, sold; black death's wing flashed ahead.
Anna Akhmatova
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