Let somebody else rest by southern sea,
Enjoying the paradise land,
It's northerly here, and fall of this year,
I chose to be my girl-friend.
I've carried here the memory sure
Of my last rejecting a date -
The flame, so cold, so easy and pure,
Of my overcoming the fate.
Anna Akhmatova
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/let-somebody-else-rest-by-southern-sea/
