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Specimens of the Russian poets, vol. 1 (of 2)

Note 5 — Zhukovsky.

John Bowring translation

When a warrior was so far advanced in years as to be unfit for the field, it was the custom to hang up his arms in the great hall, where the tribe feasted on joyful or remarkable occasions.

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