<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=473345" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>In Petersburg we'll meet again</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">In Petersburg we'll meet again,<br>As though we'd buried the sun there,<br>And for the first time utter<br>The blessed, senseless word.<br>In the black velvet of Soviet night,<br>In the velvet of worldwide emptiness,<br>The kind eyes of touched women still sing,<br>The immortal flowers still bloom.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">2</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The capitol arches like a wildcat,<br>A patrol is standing on the bridge,<br>A single angry motor speeds by in the dark,<br>And cries out like a cuckoo.<br>I do not need a pass for the evening,<br>I am not afraid of the sentries:<br>I will pray in the Soviet night<br>For the blessed and senseless word.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">3</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I hear the theater's light rustling<br>And a young girl's 'Oh' --<br>In Kypris'arms, a huge bunch<br>Of immortal roses.<br>Out of boredom, we warm ourselves<br>By a bonfire. Perhaps centuries will pass,<br>And the kind hands of touched women<br>Will gather up the light ashes.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">4</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Somewhere the red rows of the gallery,<br>The sumptuous chiffon of the boxes;<br>The clockwork-puppet of the officer;<br>Not for black souls or vile hypocrites . . .<br>Right. Put out, please, our candles<br>In the black velvet of worldwide emptiness,<br>The sloped shoulders of blessed women still sing,<br>But you won't notice the night sun.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Osip+Emilevich+Mandelstam">Osip Emilevich Mandelstam</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=473345" data-title="In Petersburg we'll meet again de Osip Emilevich Mandelstam" data-description="In Petersburg we'll meet again, As though we'd buried the sun there, And for the first time utter The blessed, senseless word. In the black velvet of Soviet night, In the velvet of worldwide emptiness, The kind eyes of touched women still sing, Th..."></div> </div> </div>

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