'He loved three things, alive:'

by Anna Akhmatova

　　He loved three things, alive:

　　White peacocks, songs at eve,

　　And antique maps of America.

　　Hated when children cried,

　　And raspberry jam with tea,

　　And feminine hysteria.

　　…And he had married me.

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