«My love, this dark and sombre separation / Is ours to bear as equals, it would seem. / Weep not — give me your hand in glad elation, / And promise me you'll visit in a dream. / For you and I are like two mountains parted... / No meeting place on earth can now be ours. / I only ho...»
«My breast was chilled through, oh so helpless, / But my steps were still very light. / I picked up the glove for the left hand / And put it by chance on the right. It seemed like the steps were so many, / But I knew there were only three! / Fall's whisper, with maple-trees blending, ...»
«Hail, Julian! / Vyach. Ivanov As they lay to rest this epoch, / Psalms and threnodies do not sound, / What is in store for it are only / Snatched up nettles and thistles, / And only the gravediggers show zeal / For their labor. Work to do! / And silently, O God, how silently, / Time...»
«And made war with the heavens. / Apocalypse With implacable hand, time is writing / Shakespeare’s twenty-fourth drama. / We who share the formidable feast / Would gladly read Hamlet, Caesar, Lear / As we cross over the leaden river; / Gladly accompany Juliet’s sweet bier, / Today,...»