«O, pitiful exertions of usurpers! / Like sleep, like snow, like death, to all — a shrine. / A ban on Kremlin! There's no ban on wings, and / Therefore — there is no ban upon Kremlin.»
«Either soldiers drove into the ground a stake, / Either they covered a face with a red rag, / Either deaf and dumb from punches is the Divine, / Either on Easter they were banned from Kremlin — Old revelers should sit at the linen, / Birds should crawl, fish should sing, women — reason...»
«Like blood and sweat it is simple: / To people — tsar, to tsar — people. Like mystery of two it is clear: / The third is the spirit, the two are near. From the sky tsar is placed on the throne: / That is clear like dream and snow. To the throne tsar will come again yet: / It is holy ...»
«The rich man loved a poor woman, / The scientist loved a dumb woman, / The ruddy man loved a pale woman, / The kind man loved a bad woman, / And the gold a copper coin. "Where, merchant, is your wealth all?" / "In a wallet that's full of holes!" "Where, proud one, is what you know?" / ...»