Love
Love and Freedom
Translated by Ivan Panin (1888) · From Poems (Panin, 1888)
Love
Child of Nature and simple,
Thus to sing was wont I
Sweet the dream of freedom--
With tenderness my breast it filled.
But thee I see, thee I hear--
And now? Weak become I.
With freedom lost forever
With all my heart I bondage prize.
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MLA
Pushkin, Alexander. “Love and Freedom.” Translated by Ivan Panin. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/pushkin/42/.
Chicago
Pushkin, Alexander. “Love and Freedom.” Translated by Ivan Panin. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/pushkin/42/.
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