<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=341178" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Prophet</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Longing for spiritual springs,<br>I dragged myself through desert sands ...<br>An angel with three pairs of wings<br>Arrived to me at cross of lands;<br>With fingers so light and slim<br>He touched my eyes as in a dream:<br>And opened my prophetic eyes <br>Like eyes of eagle in surprise.<br>He touched my ears in movement, single,<br>And they were filled with noise and jingle:<br>I heard a shuddering of heavens,<br>And angels' flight on azure heights<br>And creatures' crawl in long sea nights, <br>And rustle of vines in distant valleys.<br>And he bent down to my chin,<br>And he tore off my tongue of sin,<br>In cheat and idle talks aroused,<br>And with his hand in bloody specks<br>He put the sting of wizard snakes <br>Into my deadly stoned mouth. <br>With his sharp sword he cleaved my breast,<br>And plucked my quivering heart out,<br>And coals flamed with God's behest, <br>Into my gaping breast were ground.<br>Like dead I lay on desert sands,<br>And listened to the God's commands:<br>'Arise, O prophet, hark and see, <br>Be filled with utter My demands,<br>And, going over Land and Sea,<br>Burn with your Word the humane hearts.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Alexander+Sergeyevich+Pushkin">Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=341178" data-title="The Prophet de Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin" data-description="Longing for spiritual springs, I dragged myself through desert sands ... An angel with three pairs of wings Arrived to me at cross of lands; With fingers so light and slim He touched my eyes as in a dream: And opened my prophetic eyes Like eyes o..."></div> </div> </div>

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