I am choiceness of Russian, so stately of mien..., by Paul Selver I am choiceness of Russian, so stately of mien, /
The poets before me my heralds have been, /
I the first in this tongue subtle byways revealed,...
I`m the exquisite voice of the broad Russian tongue..., by Vladimir Markov and Merrill Sparks I'm the exquisite voice of the broad Russian tongue; /
Other poets before were precursors who’d sung. /
I was first to discover the speech-cadence...