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One day a young enchantress told her suitor,A prince whose passion nothing could allay:“If you want me to believe...

Forgive me, Motherland, whose nameWas on my lips in bitter strife,Forgive me - to your sacred gloryI failed to...

One fine summer's day Earl Mar's daughter went into the castle garden, dancing and tripping along. And as she played...

A girl once went to the fair to hire herself for servant. At last a funny-looking old gentleman engaged her, and took...

In the heart, the memory of the sun fades,Yellower turns the grass.The wind disperses the early flakesBarely, with...

Once upon a time there was a man and a wife had too many children, and they could not get meat for them, so they took...

Evening comes to the Tatar village; the magic bright moon is in the skyUnder its light all seems silver: houses,...

Lady Mary was young, and Lady Mary was fair. She had two brothers, and more lovers than she could count. But of them...

Mr. and Mrs. Vinegar lived in a vinegar bottle. Now, one day, when Mr. Vinegar was from home, Mrs. Vinegar, who was a...

I'm afraid that fool death will defeat me soon,The hunger, lice and cold will do me in,And I'll die as in winter an...

How helplessly chilled was my chest, yetMy footsteps were nimble and light.I unconsciously put on my left handThe...

Early in the seventeenth century, John Smith, a barn-man at a farm, was sent by his master to cast divots (turf) on...

Once upon a time when pigs spoke rhymeAnd monkeys chewed tobacco,And hens took snuff to make them tough,And ducks...

Titty Mouse and Tatty Mouse both lived in a house,Titty Mouse went a leasing and Tatty Mouse went a leasing,So they...

Perhaps the years go by, no letters come,Or any news of me.My every footprint covered with blind earth,My tracks...

To O.A. Glebova-SudeikinaAs you stare at the wall, what is catching your eye,In the hour, when sunset still hangs in...

Hard frost and sunshine – a day of pleasure!You are still drowsy at your leisure –It’s time, my beauty, ope your...