«From "Hour of the Soul" 2 At the deep hour of the soul, / Deep hour — nocturnal... / (Gigantic stride of the soul, / Soul in night's hold.) At that hour, soul, rule all / The worlds you will / To govern — palaces of soul, / Soul, rule them all. Make rusty your lips, with snow / ...»
«From "Hour of the Soul" 2 In the profound hour of the soul, / In the profound hour of night... / (A giant footstep of the soul, / Of the soul in night) At that hour, soul, create / Worlds, where you want / To reign — the bedchamber of the soul, / Soul, create. Make lips, rust, powd...»
«Much like me, you make your way forward, / Walking with downturned eyes. / Well, I too kept mine lowered. / Passer-by, stop here, please. Read, when you've picked your nosegay / Of henbane and poppy flowers, / That I was once called Marina, / And discover how old I was. Don't think tha...»
«No one has taken away anything. / I savour our separateness. / I kiss you across the hundreds / Of disuniting versts. I know our gifts are not even. / My voice is calm, for the first time. / What good to you, young Derzhavin, / Are my undisciplined rhymes? For your fearsome flight I ch...»