Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Russia: Vol. XX. 1876–79. | | | | Introductory | | Cossack Song | | Anonymous |
| | | YOU must fly, ye winds of Tartary! | |
| If ye hope to catch our band; | |
| For they skim o’er the tall rank grasses, | |
| And tramp on the wastes of sand, | |
| Swifter than winds or waters, | 5 |
| With their long spears in their hand! | |
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| Ride on! ride on, brave Cossacks! | |
| For never a foe will stand; | |
| Ye shall break and scatter their craven ranks, | |
| As your mad steeds scatter the sand: | 10 |
| The devil himself would run from you, | |
| With your long spears in your hand! | | | | |
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