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Believe It Not
By Count Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy (18171875)
Translation of John Pollen
B
I murmur that my love for thee is o’er!
When ebbs the tide, think not the sea’s a traitor,—
He will return and love the land once more.
To thee again my freedom I’ll restore,
E’en as the waves, with homeward murmur flowing,
Roll back from far to the beloved shore!