Fyodor Tyutchev

alt=Portrait of Fyodor Tyutchev, Russian poet|thumb|Fyodor Tyutchev (1867) Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev (Russian: Фёдор Иванович Тютчев; December 5 (November 23 O.S.) 1803 - July 27 (July 15 O.S.) 1873) was a Russian poet and statesman. Quotes How can a heart expression find? How should another know your mind? Will he discern what quickens you? A thought once uttered is untrue. Silentium! After tumbling down the mountain, a stone lies in a valley. How did it fall away? Right now, no-one knows. Did it tear from the heights on its own? Or was it cast down by the will of another? Aeons have flowed by, yet no-one knows the reason why. Problème I love May's first storms: chuckling, sporting spring grumbles in mock anger; young thunder claps. A Spring Storm Separation has this lofty meaning: if love lasts years, if but a day it takes, love's just a dream and we're a moment dreaming, and whether early, whether late the waking, the time must finally arrive when we awake. Separation has this lofty meaning... Who would grasp Russia with the mind? For her no yardstick was created: Her soul is of a special kind, By faith alone appreciated. Who would grasp Russia with the mind? (1866), translated by John DeweyFyodor Tyutchev http://www.tyutchev.org.uk/Download/Tyutchev%20Selected%20Poems.pdf Selected Poems trans. by John Dewey Gillingham Brimstone Press 2014 978-1-906385-43-9 References External links Tiutcheviana Category:Poets from Russia Category:Translators from Russia Category:1803 births category:1873 deaths Category:Diplomats of Russia