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Andrei Bely (Boris Nikolaevich Bugaev, 1880-1934)
An unpublished poem. 1932
Autograph manuscript poem, ‘Ukhodit v ten' iskonno pepelya’, 1932.

In Russian. 12 lines (and one cancelled line) on one page, 212 x 174mm, a draft with a number of cancellations and emendations.

Ukhodit v ten' iskonno pepelya
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An oppressive depiction of dejection, in which ‘I wander like a thief. / Everything is as if in delirium: and thunder breaks …’. Apparently unpublished.
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