Thursday, January 1, 2004

Epitaph For A Shepherdess Comments

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Beloved maidens! Playful and carefree,
You sing, you dance and frolic in the glades.
I, too, once dwelt in gay Arcadia,
I, too, in early days found moments
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Konstantin Nikolaevich Batiushkov
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Danuta Glendenning 16 September 2006

It seems to me that the poet sees his attempts for Self Realization fade away into the nothingness. He still has great sympathy for those (maidens) who try to reach the lofty goal, but he resigns in melancholy. That's what the Russians are prone to and great at.

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