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by Osip Emil'evich Mandelstam (1891 - 1938)

[Вариант]
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Люблю появление ткани, 
Когда после двух или трех, 
А то четырех задыханий 
Прийдет выпрямительный вздох — 
И так хорошо мне и тяжко, 
Когда приближается миг — 
И вдруг дуговая растяжка 
Звучит в бормотаньях моих. 

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Text Authorship:

  • by Osip Emil'evich Mandelstam (1891 - 1938), "[Вариант]", written 1933, appears in Восьмистишия (Vos'mistishija), no. 2 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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This text was added to the website: 2014-08-11
Line count: 8
Word count: 34

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