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C.D. Warner, et al., comp. The Library of the World’s Best Literature.
An Anthology in Thirty Volumes. 1917.

A Russian Scene

By Afanasy Fet (Shenshin) (1820–1892)

Translation of John Pollen

WONDROUS the picture,—

How homelike to me!

Distant plain whitening,

Full moon on the lea;

Light—in the heavens high,

And snow flashing bright;

Sledge in the distance

In its lonely flight.