Anna Akhmatova

Here you will find the Poem True Tenderness of poet Anna Akhmatova

True Tenderness

True tenderness is silent 
and can't be mistaken for anything else.
In vain with earnest desire 
you cover my shoulders with fur;
In vain you try to persuade me 
of the merits of first love.
But I know too well the meaning 
of your persistent burning glances.