One envisions a swirl of mayhem br With an oceanic perpetuity splashing br Against the involuted classes marching br Stoically providential as in the masterpiece br Repin's 'Religious Procession in the Kursk Guberniya' br To what destination awaiting fulfillment br Freezing vodka and a boiling samovar br Tempered by the revolution of Slavic spirit br Somehow never abandoning its true mistress br Whose love of verse transcends all creeds br Discovering an unknown poem by Pushkin br Worth all the gems of a Faberge egg.