Osip Mandelshtam

• When Psyche that is life descends..., by Ilya Shambat
  When Psyche that is life descends / After Persephone into transparent woods below / With a green branch and Stygian tenderness / Beneath her fee...
• When Psyche, who is life, steps down into the shadows..., by W. S. Merwin
  When Psyche, who is life, steps down into the shadows, / the translucent wood, following Persephone, / a blind swallow casts itself at her feet / ...