Osip Mandelshtam
- An inexpressible dolour..., by Olga Slobodkina-von Bromssen
An inexpressible dolour /
Has opened two huge eyes. /
The vase of flowers woke up /
And spilled out its crystal.
The languid air's filling up t...
- An inexpressible sadness..., by Peter Russell
An inexpressible sadness /
Opened two huge eyes; /
The flower-vase woke up /
Sprinkling its crystal light.
The whole room was drunk /
With we...
- An inexpressible sadness..., by David McDuff
An inexpressible sadness /
opened two enormous eyes, /
the vase of flowers woke up /
and splashed its crystal out.
The whole room is invaded / ...
- An inexpressible sorrow..., by Ilya Shambat
An inexpressible sorrow /
Two giant pupils opened wide, /
A vase of flowers rose beside /
And into air her crystals threw
The room was filled t...
- The blues — ineffable to spell..., by Maya Jouravel
The blues — ineffable to spell — /
Unseals two saucer eyes aloud, /
And splattering its crystal out /
The flower vase awakes from spell. /
/...
- Two huge eyes showed..., by Robert Tracy
Two huge eyes showed /
A sorrow words cannot say, /
The crystal poured away /
As the flower vase overflowed.
The whole room was deep /
In lan...
- Vast poignant sadness opened wide..., by Evgenia Sarkisyants
Vast poignant sadness opened wide /
Two sudden eyes, enormous, gleaming, /
The flower vase awoke from dreaming, /
Out splashing came the cryst...