Alexander Pushkin

• City of splendour, city of poor..., by Anthony Wood
  City of splendour, city of poor, / spirit of grace and servitude, / heaven’s vault of palest lime, / boredom, granite, bitter cold — / still I...
• Splendid city, beggared city..., by Rupert Moreton
  Splendid city, beggared city, / Home of slaves, with views untold, / Pale-green vault of heavens pretty, / Boredom lined with granite’s cold — /...