"The bread of the stranger is bitter," says Dante, "and his… - Alexander Pushkin

"The bread of the stranger is bitter," says Dante, "and his staircase hard to climb." But who can know what the bitterness of dependence is so well as the poor companion of an old lady of quality?

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Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Пу́шкин) (6 June (26 May, O.S.) 1799 – 10 February (29 January, O.S.) 1837) was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era. He is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature.

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Pen Names: Александр НКШП • Иван Петрович Белкин • Феофилакт Косичкин • P., Ст. Арз. (Старый Арзамасец) • А. Б.

Native Name: Александр Сергеевич Пушкин • Александръ Сергѣевичъ Пушкинъ

Alternative Names: Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin • Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin • Aleksandr Pushkin • Aleksandr Serge'evich Pushkin • Pushkin • Pouchkine Aleksandr Sergueevitch

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To “seek inspiration” has always seemed to me a ridiculous and absurd fancy: inspiration cannot be sought out; it must find the poet.

We live without power of law, like flocks of ravens
they come and sweep over the land.

Я вас любил: любовь еще, быть может,
В душе моей угасла не совсем;
Но пусть она вас больше не тревожит;
Я не хочу печалить вас ничем.
Я вас любил безмолвно, безнадежно,
То робостью, то ревностью томим;
Я вас любил так искренно, так нежно,
Как дай вам бог любимой быть другим.

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