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"The poet of poets, he is the noblest, he is the best among those who lived for poetry. His soul, full of unchanging blessing to everything that lives and breathes, denies all negative, and from all poetic souls it most resembles the immense and high sky! " Balmont on Shelley
God, the beloved, handed out to me a white towel,
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Hi Liza, Balmont was a poet who had immense confidence in the power of man. He wrote “I am master of all I survey. I triumphed over cold oblivion To create my dream. In each moment I stream with revelation, And I always sing.” Your poem lauds this extraordinary poet.
Konstantin Balmont is familiar to all those who love poetry, (of course to those who read English) because his works have been widely translated into English.