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Nikolai Gumilyov: The Complete Published Poetry

Nikolai Gumilyov: Alien Sky (1912)

He whispers to me: “Willful one,Why are you so downcast ?Or have you grown sadAbout your former, f...

Nikolai Gumilyov: Bonfire (1918)

I know that the grandeur of a perfect lifeIs given not to us but to trees.On this gentle Earth, sist...

Nikolai Gumilyov: Pearls (1910)

Dear boy, you’re so cheerful, your smile’s so bright.Don’t ask for this happiness; it poisons ...

Nikolai Gumilyov: Romantic Flowers (1908)

Like a conquistador in iron armour,I have travelled the roads in good cheer,Sometimes resting in joy...

Nikolai Gumilyov: Path of the Conquistadors 1905

I became a nomad so that I can touch everything that wanders!-André Gide I’m a conquistador in i...