Nicholas Young

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    Whatever qualities [Tsar Nicholas I] may have shown in his own kingly profession, it must be admitted that in his dealings with the Russian Muse he was at the worst a vicious bully, at the best a clown.
    Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)

    He sailed east, he sailed west,
    He sailed into proud Turkey,
    —Unknown. Young Beichan (l. 5–6)