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How sadly you would weep.

posted by LockeProposal on TheGrittyPast

[The following is a poem written by the Russian Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna Romanova, the eldest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II. It was written for her mother, the Empress, on April 23, 1917.]

You are filled with anguish

For the suffering of others.

And no one’s grief

Has ever passed you by.

You are relentless

Only to yourself,

Forever cold and pitiless.

But if only you could look upon

Your own sadness from a distance,

Just once with a loving soul –

Oh, how you would pity yourself,

How sadly you would weep.

Source:

Fleming, Candace. "Part Four: Final Days." The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion & the Fall of Imperial Russia. 179. Print.

Further Reading:

Великая Княжна Ольга Николаевна (Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia) / Olga Nikolaevna Romanova

Николай II Алекса́ндрович (Nicholas II of Russia) / Nicholas the Bloody

[Alix of Hesse and by Rhine / Александра Фёдоровна (Alexandra Feodorovna) / Saint Alexandra the Passion Bearer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Feodorovna_(Alix_of_Hesse)

[**The following is a poem written by the Russian [Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna Romanova](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/Olgachair.jpg), the eldest daughter of [Tsar Nicholas II](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/Nicholas_II_by_Boissonnas_%26_Eggler_c1909.jpg). It was written for her mother, [the Empress](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Alexandra_Fyodorovna_LOC_01137u.jpg), on April 23, 1917.**] >You are filled with anguish >For the suffering of others. >And no one’s grief >Has ever passed you by. >You are relentless >Only to yourself, >Forever cold and pitiless. >But if only you could look upon >Your own sadness from a distance, >Just once with a loving soul – >Oh, how you would pity yourself, >How sadly you would weep. ____________________________________ **Source:** Fleming, Candace. "Part Four: Final Days." *The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion & the Fall of Imperial Russia*. 179. Print. ___________________________________ **Further Reading:** [Великая Княжна Ольга Николаевна (Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia) / Olga Nikolaevna Romanova](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Duchess_Olga_Nikolaevna_of_Russia) [Николай II Алекса́ндрович (Nicholas II of Russia) / Nicholas the Bloody](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_II_of_Russia) [Alix of Hesse and by Rhine / Александра Фёдоровна (Alexandra Feodorovna) / Saint Alexandra the Passion Bearer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Feodorovna_(Alix_of_Hesse)

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