Nikolay Gumilev

• The Cathedral at Padua, by Alla Burago and Burton Raffel
  Marvellous, and sad — yes, that’s what this temple / is — a joy, a temptation, a threat. / Eyes exhausted with desire / bum in the slits of conf...
• The Cathedral at Padua, by Earl D. Sampson
  Yes, this cathedral is both wondrous and sad, / It is: temptation, joy, and menace. / Eyes, weary with desire, / Burn in the windows of the conf...