How bare the countryside!.., by Avril Pyman How bare the countryside! What dearth /
How stark the hamlets’ desolation... /
Long-suffering country of my birth, /
poor homeland of the Russi...
With your impoverished settlements..., by Jamie Olson With your impoverished settlements, /
With your most meager natural gifts, /
My native realm of sufferance, /
You are the realm where Russia liv...