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Alexander Blok
Alexander Blok

Alexander Blok was a prominent Russian poet, born on November 28, 1880, and died on August 7, 1921. His poetry deeply reflected the turmoil of Russian society and the inner world of individuals at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. more

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“But I wish I could make a song about her. Beautiful she is, sir! Lovely! Sometimes like a great tree in flower, sometimes like a white daffadowndilly, small and slender like. Hard as di'monds, soft as moonlight. Warm as sunlight, cold as frost in the stars. Proud and far-off as a snow-mountain, as merry as any lass I ever saw with daisies in her hair in springtime. But that's a lot o' nonsense, and all wide of my mark.”