"The Prophet," - ПРОРОК - by Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin; read by Inna Lobanova-Heasley, at Fine Art Music Company performance of "Russian Music Salon," at Ivy Hall, International Institute for Culture, on February 6, 2016.
With thirsting soul wracked, worn and thin,
I marched through bleakest desert onwards,
And a six-winged Seraphim
Appeared to me upon a crossroads. . . .