All As Before: against the dining-room windows
Beats the scattered windswept snow,
And I have not changed either,
But a man came to me.
I Asked: "What do you want?"
He Replied: "To be with you in Hell."
I Laughed: "Oh, you'll foredoom
Us both to disaster."


The Guest (1914)

Anna Akhmatova Quotes

All as before: against the dining-room windows Beats the scattered windswept snow, And I have not changed either, But a man came to me. I asked: What ...

All as before: against the dining-room windows Beats the scattered windswept snow, And I have not changed either, But a man came to me. I asked: What ...

All as before: against the dining-room windows Beats the scattered windswept snow, And I have not changed either, But a man came to me. I asked: What ...

All as before: against the dining-room windows Beats the scattered windswept snow, And I have not changed either, But a man came to me. I asked: What ...