Innokenty Annensky
- Black Spring, by Robert Lowell
A half-holiday for the burial. Of course, they punish /
the provincial copper bells for hours; /
terribly the nose tilts up like a tallow candle /...
- Black spring, by Vladimir Markov and Merrill Sparks
With blare of brass a funeral /
Procession slowly walks... /
A wax-like nose sticks gruesomely /
Up from the coffin-box.
Did he only want some ...
- Black spring, by R. H. Morrison
(Thawing)
To tollings of copper, the coffin /
Was being borne on its way, /
And, dreadfully tilted up, /
A waxen nose peeped out of it.
Did he...
- Black Spring, by John Cobley
(Thawing)
Accompanied by the knell of copper /
A coffin was being carried along, /
And gruesomely prominent, /
A waxen nose peered out from the...
- Black Spring (Thaw), by A. S. Kline
Beneath ringing copper — goes /
the coffin on its way, /
terribly tilted the nose, /
like tallow, on display.
Does it want to draw breath, ther...