Anna Akhmatova
- Inscription on an unfinished portrait, by Andrey Kneller
O, do not sigh about me, anxious, /
This grief is criminal and vain, /
Here, on the grayness of the canvas, /
I have emerged so strange and vagu...
- Legend On An Unfinished, by Donald Michael Thomas
There’s nothing to be sad about. /
Sadness is a crime, a prison. /
A strange impression, I have risen /
From the grey canvas like a sheet. /
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- Legend on An Unfinished Portrait, by A. S. Kline
Oh, there’s no reason for sighs, /
Sadness is pointless, a crime, /
Here, from grey canvas, I rise, /
Vaguely, strangely through time.
Arms lif...