Tuesday, 6 October 2026

A 1913 poem dedicated to V. S. Sreznevskaya about lost youth and passing years

Page of an old book with a poem dedicated to V. S. Sreznevskaya, dated 1913, with blue pencil marks and underlining.

1913: Anna Akhmatova, aged 24, regrets that she can never take back her unkissed lips.

How swiftly the years do sail by, to be sure

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