«At first a thought that could be brought / Into an ode of lyric soul / For the smart set is not overt / Alike a charm in a young girl. / Then on acquiring a chance / It comes evasive and talkative, / Can be perceived at a glance — / Alike a novel wife — nuance / With othe...»
«Don’t tempt me into expectations / With your recurring tenderness: / I am devoid of predilections / And fancies of my former days; / To me it is beyond endurance / For no more I will fall in love, / I am not able to revive / Pipe-dreams or to accept assurance. / Don’t aggra...»
«To A. S. Pushkin Attractive smiles of hers were meant / The Poet’s love to tantalize, / It wasn’t love that's backward sent / By his appriciating eyes: It was a lovely gracious dream, / Light dream of His imagination. / It wasn't love: Apollo's beam / Served for the poet's inspi...»
«The spring has come! The air reveals / Full brightness of the skies! / How nice because of such a light / The azure blinds my eyes! The spring has come! How very high, / Caressed with sunny beams, / The clouds float in the sky / Conveyed by balmy winds! The soil is wet, the brook...»