<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=473365" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Decembrist</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">'To this the pagan senate bears witness:<br>-- THESE DEEDS SHALL NEVER DIE! -- '<br>He lit his pipe and wrapped his cloak around<br>While some play chess nearby.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He traded his ambitious dream<br>For a godforsaken Siberian plot<br>And an elegant pipe at his venomous lips,<br>Which uttered truth in a mournful world.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">When the German oaks first rustled,<br>Europe wept in her snare.<br>Black horses in quadrigae reared<br>on each triumphant turn.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Once, the blue punch glowed in our glasses.<br>With the broad noises of the samovar,<br>A friend from across the Rhine spoke<br>In muted tones -- a freedom-loving guitar.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The lively voices are still excited<br>Over the sweet liberty of citizenship;<br>But the victims don't want blind skies,<br>Toil and consistency are truer.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Everything's confused and there is no one to say,<br>As things grow colder,<br>Everything's confused, it is sweet to repeat:<br>Russia, Lethe, Lorelei...</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=473365" data-title="The Decembrist de Osip Emilevich Mandelstam" data-description="'To this the pagan senate bears witness: -- THESE DEEDS SHALL NEVER DIE! -- ' He lit his pipe and wrapped his cloak around While some play chess nearby. He traded his ambitious dream For a godforsaken Siberian plot And an elegant pipe at his veno..."></div> </div> </div>

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