No use to fall down on my knees
and beg for mercy's sake.
Nothing I counted mine, out of my life,
is mine to take...


Requiem; 1935-1940 (1963; 1987)

Anna Akhmatova Quotes

No use to fall down on my knees and beg for mercy's sake. Nothing I counted mine, out of my life, is mine to take...

No use to fall down on my knees and beg for mercy's sake. Nothing I counted mine, out of my life, is mine to take...

No use to fall down on my knees and beg for mercy's sake. Nothing I counted mine, out of my life, is mine to take...

No use to fall down on my knees and beg for mercy's sake. Nothing I counted mine, out of my life, is mine to take...