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Yevgeny Abramovich Baratynsky was lauded by Alexander Pushkin as the finest Russian elegiac poet. After a long period when his reputation was on the wane, Baratynsky was rediscovered by Russian Symbolism poets as a supreme poet of thought. Wikipedia  

✵ 19. February 1800 – 11. July 1844
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Famous Evgeny Baratynsky Quotes

“The mysterious power of harmony
Will expiate a heavy delusion
And tame a revolting desire.”

Evgeny Baratynsky

Sacred song heals the sick spirit

“Just thought and thought! Poor artist of the word!High priest of thought! You cannot flee;The word holds all: the world and man,Death, life, and ever-unveiled truth.”

Evgeny Baratynsky

1840 <br class="br"> From the Ends to the Beginning: A Bilingual Anthology of Russian Poetry, http://max.mmlc.northwestern.edu/mdenner/Demo/texts/thoughts_more_thoughts.html Northwestern University (2001)

“We are not masters of ourselves and in our days of youthful folly we hasten to give premature vows the omniscient Fate shall ridicule.”

Evgeny Baratynsky

Quoted in We'll Live Till Monday (1968) (Russian film)

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