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POEMS IN PROSE
And so, let us drink and be merry, and say our prayers.
July 1881.
THE RUSSIAN TONGUE
In days of doubt, in days of dreary musings on my country's fate, thou alone art my stay and support, mighty, true, free Russian speech! But for thee, how not fall into despair, seeing all that is done at home? But who can think that such a tongue is not the gift of a great people!
June 1882.
THE END
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