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Savage, nomad hordes Of Asia Poured fire out of the vats! Razin's execution is avenged, And Pugachov's pain Whose beard was torn away. Hooves Have broken The scruff of the earth, Cold with centuries, And the supernal sky, like a stocking With a hole in its heel Has been taken out of the laundry-trough Wholly clean.