
«A year will come — of Russia’s blackest dread; / then will the crown fall from the royal head, / the throne of tsars will perish in the mud, / the food of many will be death and blood; / both wife and babe will vainly seek the law: / it will not shield the victims any more; / the put...»
«The year is coming, Russia’s year of dark, / The falling of the crown that year will mark; / When for the throne the serfs will lose the awe, / The food of many will be death and woe. / The rule of law will be disowned, and thence / Will shield no wives, nor children’s innocence; / P...»
«Mid the celestial world and star array, / But One Star's name I speak in fascination; / Not really that I loved Her in some way; / It is that She's my sole illumination. And should a doubt exert its heavy toll, / Then Her alone I seek to guide my action; / Not for the light She emanat...»
«Beyond the chimneys and steeples, / baptized by smoke and flame, / stamping-footed archangel, / down the decades I call your name! Rock-steady or change-at-a-whim! / Coachman and stallion in one! / He snorts and spits into his palm — / chariot of glory, hold on! Singer of city-square...»