Anna Akhmatova's Poetry, by popularity

• The Victory

  Over a pier, the first beacon inflamed --
  The vanguard of other sea-rangers;

  15 lines
• My Way

  One goes in straightforward ways,
  One in a circle roams:

  8 lines
• To the Many

  I -- am your voice, the warmth of your breath,
  I -- am the reflection of your face,

  19 lines
• Our Native Earth

  We do not carry it in lockets on the breast,
  And do not cry about it in poems,

  13 lines
• They Didn’t Meet

  They didn't meet me, roamed,
  On steps with  lanterns bright.

  24 lines
• Muse

  When, in the night, I wait for her, impatient,
  Life seems to me, as hanging by a thread.

  9 lines
• This Evening’s Light Is Golden Bright

  This evening's light is golden bright,
  The April’s coolness is so tender,

  13 lines
• Rachel

  When Jacob and Rachel met for the first time,
  He bowed to her like a humble wayfarer.

  30 lines
• Reading 'Hamlet'

  The lot by the graves was a dusty hot land;
  The river behind -- blue and cool. 

  21 lines
• Song Of The Final Meeting

  My breast grew helplessly cold,
  But my steps were light.

  16 lines
• I Have No Use For Odic Legions

  I have no use for odic legions,
  Or for the charm of elegiac play

  12 lines
• Music

  Something of heavens ever burns in it,
  I like to watch its wondrous facets' growth.

  9 lines
• The Last Toast

  I drink to home, that is lost,
  To evil life of mine,

  8 lines
• In The Evening

  The garden rang with music
  Of inexpressible despair.

  16 lines
• How Can You Bear To Look At The Neva?

  How can you bear to look at the Neva?
  How can you bear to cross the bridges?.

  8 lines
• Alexander By Thebes

  I think, the king was fierce, though young,
  When he proclaimed, "You’ll level Thebes with ground."

  7 lines
• I Saw My Friend At The Front Door

  I saw my friend to the front door
  I stood in the golden dust.

  8 lines
• To Boris Pasternak

  It ceased – the voice, inimitable here,
  The peer of groves left forever us,

  8 lines
• "So again we triumph!"

  So again we triumph!
  Again we do not come!

  11 lines
• "And Pushkin's Exile Had..."

  And Pushkin's exile had begun right here,
  And Lermontov's expulsion had been "canceled."

  7 lines
• In Dream

  Black and enduring separation
  I share equally with you.

  7 lines
• "You, Who Was Born..."

  You, who was born for poetry’s creation,
  Do not repeat the sayings of the ancients.

  3 lines
• "To fall ill as one should, deliriously"

  To fall ill as one should, deliriously
  Hot, meet everyone again,

  30 lines
• "One Goes In Straightforward Ways"

  One goes in straightforward ways,
  One in a circle roams:

  8 lines
• He Did Love

  He did love three things in this world:
  Choir chants at vespers, albino peacocks,

  6 lines
• The Two Of Us Won’t Share A Glass Together

  The two of us won’t share a glass together
  Be it of water or of sweet red wine;

  19 lines
• "A Widow in Black..."

  A widow in black -- the crying fall
  Covers all hearts with a depressing cloud...

  7 lines
• "Now no-one will be listening to songs"

  Now no-one will be listening to songs.
  The days long prophesied have come to pass.

  8 lines, 1 comment
• "Let Somebody Else Rest..."

  Let somebody else rest by southern sea,
  Enjoying the paradise land,

  8 lines
• Somewhere there is a simple life

  Somewhere there is a simple life and a world,
  Transparent, warm and joyful. . .

  16 lines

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