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You will hear thunder and remember me, And think: she wanted storms. The rim Of the sky will be the colour of hard crimson, And your heart, as it was then, will be on fire.

You will hear thunder and remember me, And think: she wanted storms. The rim Of the sky will be the colour of hard crimson, And your heart, as it was then, will be on fire.

Approximate author period: c. 1911 AD · modern

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Anna Akhmatova
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Approximate author period: c. 1911 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Anna Akhmatova: documented activity in 1911. Wikidata Q80440, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80440 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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