Evgeny Baratynsky

Yevgeny Abramovich Baratynsky (2 March 1800 – 11 July 1844) was a popular Russian philosopher and poet.

• We are not masters of ourselves and
  in our days of youthful folly
  we hasten to give premature vows
  the omniscient Fate shall ridicule.
  • Quoted in We'll Live Till Monday (1968) (Russian film)

• The mysterious power of harmony
  Will expiate a heavy delusion
  And tame a revolting desire.
  • Sacred song heals the sick spirit

• Just thought and thought!
  Poor artist of the word!
  High priest of thought!
  You cannot flee;
  The word holds all:
  the world and man,
  Death, life,
  and ever-unveiled truth. (1840)
  • From the Ends to the Beginning: A Bilingual Anthology of Russian Poetry, Northwestern University (2001)

• One of Baratynsky’s major themes was man’s alienation from nature with the rise of industrialization. In this he went against the grain of popularity at the time;
  • On This Day in 1844 Poet Yevgeny Baratynsky Died, The Moscow Times, (11 July 2019)