«A strange anxiety befell him, / And sweet fear overcame him. / He would stand and gaze heavenwards, / And would neither see the stars, nor the morning, / The youth with the farsighted eye. Asleep — he saw eagles / Screaming and flocking around him, / This lead him to a wonderful expla...»
«1. Your name — a bird in hand, / Your name — an icicle in the language. / One single motion of lips. / Your name — five letters. / A ball caught on the fly, / Silver jingles in your mouth. / A stone thrown into a quiet pond, / No sigh, like your name. / At night the light cl...»
«5. In my Moscow — domes glow! / In my Moscow — bells chime! / And the tombs are aligned, / Where Tsarinas sleep, and Tsars. And you do not know, that at dawn in the Kremlin / Breathing is easier — than on all earth! / And you do not know that at dawn in the Kremlin / I pray to ...»
«6. They thought — just a man! / And forced him to die. / He is dead now. Forever. / — Weep for the dead angel! Before the fall of night / He sang the beauty of the evening. / Three wax lights / Trembling, superstitiously. They took away his radiance — / Hot strings on the sno...»