Not thus, from cursed lightness having disembarked,I look with worry on the chambers dark?Already used to ringing high and raw,Already judged not by the earthly law,I, like a criminal, am being drawn alongTo place of shame and execution long.I see the glorious city, and the voice most dear,As though there is no secret grave to fear,Where day and night, in heat and in cold bent,I must await the Final Judgment...
-Anna Akhmatova
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