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Sad that our finest aspiration, Our freshest dreams and meditations, In swift succession should decay, Like Autumn leaves that rot away.

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Alexander Pushkin
Age: 37 †
Born: 1799
Born: June 6
Died: 1837
Died: February 10
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Moscow
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Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin
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Aleksandr Serge'evich Pushkin
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