Did Beatrice have Dantesque visions?
Did Laura write Petrarchan sonnets:
I’ve taught women to speak, O God —
But how can I teach them silence?
Могла ли Би́че, словно Дант, творить,
Или Лау́ра жар любви восславить?
Я научила женщин говорить…
Но, Боже, как их замолчать заставить!
«From The Paris Epigrams To Ivan Mikhailovich Grevs "Children of innocent beauty! / In snowy Scythia, in our parts, / Only the blizzards of a long night / Ruin you for a long time. / Here, upon you — rout the Gauls! — / Drunk in a new revolt, / A mob of smiting vandals / Gives ven...»
«From The Paris Epigrams Those who mourn the faith of Esus, / Those who summon into the land of kings: / Gauls, Gauls, call / The outlandish mothers!»
«To N. N. Russov / / He ran. Bid farewell to the guards, / The earth purpled in the forest. / He skulked above the eternal calm, / Slaking ruthless vengeance. / / He skulked, lifeless staff / In cold clenching hand. / He stood on the Volga slopes / And dropped to the dear river....»
«My lips approaching / Your lips, / Mysteries happening again, / And the world like a temple. We, like priests, / Create the rite. / Sternly in the great abode, / Words resound. Angels, falling prostrate, / Sing the tropa...»