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A Russian Proprietor, and Other Stories

Note 56 — TWO HUSSARS.

Nathan Haskell Dole translation

From the poem entitled, "The Song of an Old Hussar," in which a veteran contrasts the mighty days of the past with the dilettanti present. Denis Vasilyevitch Davuidof, who was an officer of hussars, died in 1839.—Tr.

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