Mikhail Lermontov: And I, as I lived, in an alien land Will die a slave and an orphan.

And I, as I lived, in an alien land Will die a slave and an orphan. — Mikhail Lermontov

And I, as I lived, in an alien land Will die a slave and an orphan.

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