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Modern Russian Poetry/"Whispers, Timid Breathing"

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1562270Modern Russian Poetry — "Whispers, Timid Breathing"Afanasy Fet

"WHISPERS. TIMID BREATHING"

Whispers. Timid breathing. Trilling
Of a nightingale.
Heaving silver waters rilling
In the quiet vale.

Night's dim light and shadows dreaming
Through the haze of space.
Moods like faery lanterns gleaming
On the dearest face.

Smoky clouds show roses sleeping,
Amber lights and fawn.
Kisses soft, and softer weeping.
And the dawn, the dawn!


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