Mikhail Lermontov: No, it is not you I love so ardently, The glitter of your beauty is not for me: I love in you my past suffering And my p

No, it is not you I love so ardently, The glitter of your beauty is not for me: — Mikhail Lermontov

No, it is not you I love so ardently, The glitter of your beauty is not for me: I love in you my past suffering And my perished youth.

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