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gone the ancient freedom,
from your hills, your woodlands,
thick with memory, a pilgrimage,
down to the mighty Dnipro
flowing to the raging sea…
 
who will protect Ukraina,
from the Moskals, their evil,
such is the misfortune,
the trials, the struggles,
of this lonely orphan girl…
 
the dark-haired maidens,
orphans homeless,
cries among the poplars,
longing for ancient glory,
freedom they once knew…
 
the verses now bitter,
their grief ever-present,
chains upon us, heavy,
the great loss of Kozak's glory,
this forlorn maiden, Ukraina…
 
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Edited November 24, 2025
Gone the ancient freedom – v4
 
after poem, “Gone the ancient freedom”,
based on the poem, “Osnovyanenko”
by Taras Shevchenko
Edited November 25, 2024
Gone the ancient freedom – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/11/gone-ancient-freedom-v3.html
&
Edited October 30, 2024
Do the Kobzars sing – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/do-kobzars-sing-v2.html
after poem, “the suffering of Ukraine”,
based on the Dedication to “The Kobzar”,
by Taras Shevchenko
&
Edited October 15, 2024
In my dream, darling
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/in-my-dream-darling_23.html
Written and posted October 1, 2024
the suffering of Ukraine
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-suffering-of-ukraine_23.html
after poem, “the suffering of Ukraine”,
based on the Dedication to “The Kobzar”,
by Taras Shevchenko
Edited October 30, 2024
All my people are strangers – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/all-my-people-are-strangers-v2.html
after poem, “All my people are strangers”,
based on the poem, “Dumka”,
lament of an orphan girls,
successor to “The Poplar”,
and introduction to “Osnovyanenko”
by Taras Shevchenko
Edited October 30, 2024
after “Perebendya”
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/after-perebendya-v2.html
after poem, “after “Perebendya””,
based on the poem, “Perebendya”,
the last of the Kobzars
by Taras Shevchenko
Written and posted October 2, 2024
Do the Kobzars sing
typed October 15, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/do-kobzars-sing_23.html
after poem, “the suffering of Ukraine”,
based on the Dedication to “The Kobzar”,
by Taras Shevchenko
Edited October 30, 2024
Had she known – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/had-she-known-v2.html
after poem, “Had she known”,
based on the poem, “The Poplar”,
about a maiden’s Kozak lover
by Taras Shevchenko
 
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