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Lawrence Hall, HSG [email protected]                                         The Great Gate of Kiev                 Mussorgsky’s The Great Gate of Kiev is no hymn to the                 people of Ukraine (telegraph.co.uk) If there was never a Great Gate of Kiev Except in Mussorgy’s triumphal hymn There ought to have been, and there will be some day Trophied with captured Putinista flags For now Wherever a Ukrainian enters Kiev By rail or bus, or in worn-out army boots He is the Gate, the Knight’s Gate, the Golden gate With a chapel and the most wonderful bells And the pictures at an exhibition Will be ikons of Ukrainian martyrs
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Apr 21, 2024
Apr 21, 2024 at 10:01 AM UTC
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The Great Gate of Kiev
Lawrence Hall, HSG [email protected]                                         The Great Gate of Kiev                 Mussorgsky’s The Great Gate of Kiev is no hymn to the                 people of Ukraine (telegraph.co.uk) If there was never a Great Gate of Kiev Except in Mussorgy’s triumphal hymn There ought to have been, and there will be some day Trophied with captured Putinista flags For now Wherever a Ukrainian enters Kiev By rail or bus, or in worn-out army boots He is the Gate, the Knight’s Gate, the Golden gate With a chapel and the most wonderful bells And the pictures at an exhibition Will be ikons of Ukrainian martyrs
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