Arts & Sciences
The Broken Fiddle
Translated by John Bowring · From Specimens of the Russian Poets, 1821
Arts & Sciences
A wretched fiddle fell, in fragments,--these
Though once discordant, by the hand divine
Of music fashioned, breathed sweet harmonies:
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So is man tuned by sufferings’ discipline.
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Dmitriev, Ivan. “The Broken Fiddle.” Translated by John Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dmitriev/2/.
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Dmitriev, Ivan. “The Broken Fiddle.” Translated by John Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dmitriev/2/.
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