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by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841)

Когда одни воспоминанья
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Когда одни воспоминанья
О днях безумства и страстей
Наместо славного названья
Твой друг оставит меж людей,
Когда с насмешкой ядовитой
Осудят жизнь его порой,
Ты будешь ли его защитой
Перед бесчувственной толпой?

Он жил с людьми как бы с чужими,
И справедлива их вражда,
Но хоть виновен перед ними,
Тебе он верен был всегда.
Одной слезой, одним ответом
Ты можешь смыть их приговор, —
Верь! Не постыден перед светом
Тобой оплаканный позор!

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  • by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841), no title, written 1831, appears in Странный человек (Strannyj chelovek) [drama] [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Set in a modified version by Aleksandr Lvovich Gurilyov, Ivan Ivanovich Ignatiev, N. M. Zherebtsova.

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This text was added to the website: 2021-06-16
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