Swan Song
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but I was a great artist once, till little by little Ithrew away my talents, played the motley fool, lost my looks, lost thepower of expressing myself, and became in the end a Merry Andrew insteadof a man. I have been swallowed up in that great black pit. I never feltit before, but to-night, when I woke up, I looked back, and there behindme lay sixty-eight years. I have just found out what it is to be old! Itis all over . . . [sobs] . . . All over.
IVANITCH. There, there, dear master! Be quiet .... . . Gracious! [Calls]Petrushka! Yegorka!
SVIETLOVIDOFF. But what a genius I was! You cannot imagine what powerI had, what eloquence; how graceful I was, how tender; how many strings[beats his breast] quivered in this breast! It chokes me to think of it!Listen now, wait, let me catch my breath, there; now listen to this: "The shade of bloody Ivan now returning Fans through my lips rebellion to a flame, I am the dead Dimitri! In the burning Boris shall perish on the throne I claim. Enough! The heir of Czars shall not be seen Kneeling to yonder haughty Polish Queen!"* *From "Boris Godunoff, " by Pushkin.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
but I was a great artist once, till little by little Ithrew away my talents, played the motley fool, lost my looks, lost thepower of expressing myself, and became in the end a Merry Andrew insteadof a man. I have been swallowed up in that great black pit. I never feltit before, but to-night, when I woke up, I looked back, and there behindme lay sixty-eight years. I have just found out what it is to be old! Itis all over . . . [sobs] . . . All over.
IVANITCH. There, there, dear master! Be quiet .... . . Gracious! [Calls]Petrushka! Yegorka!
SVIETLOVIDOFF. But what a genius I was! You cannot imagine what powerI had, what eloquence; how graceful I was, how tender; how many strings[beats his breast] quivered in this breast! It chokes me to think of it!Listen now, wait, let me catch my breath, there; now listen to this: "The shade of bloody Ivan now returning Fans through my lips rebellion to a flame, I am the dead Dimitri! In the burning Boris shall perish on the throne I claim. Enough! The heir of Czars shall not be seen Kneeling to yonder haughty Polish Queen!"* *From "Boris Godunoff, " by Pushkin.
What to read after Swan Song?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Chekhov Anton Pavlovich to read onlineMoreLess
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