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Watch the video lesson on KineScope. Watch me recite the poem from memory.

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A Magic Moment I Remember
by AS Pushkin

A magic moment I remember:
I raised my eyes and you were there,
A fleeting vision, the quintessence
Of all that’s beautiful and rare.

I sank in mute despair and anguish,
in vain pursuits the world esteems,
Long did I hear your soothing accents,
Long did your features haunt my dreams.

Time passed. A rebel storm-blast scattered
The reveries that once were mine
And I forgot your soothing accents,
Your features gracefully divine.

In dark days of enforced retirement
I gazed upon grey sky above
With no ideals to inspire me,
No one to cry for, live for, love.

Then came a moment of renaissance,
I looked up – you again were there –
A fleeting vision, the quintessence
Of all that’s beautiful and rare.

My heart is feeling celebration,
I did remember it again –
The aim to strive, the inspiration,
And love, and life, and sweet heart pain.