Zinaida Gippius
- Devillet, by Robert Chandler
(I happened upon a devillet...) - The little demon, by Lubov Yakovleva
(I came across a little demon...) - The little devil, by Lydia Razran Stone
(One night I met, to my surprise...)
«Be silent, hide away and let / your thoughts and longings rise and set / in the deep places of your heart. / Let dreams move silently as stars, / in wonder more than you can tell. / Let them fulfil you — and be still. What heart can ever speak its mind? / How can some other understand...»
«The working day started at night. / Denunciations, papers, certificates. / Death sentences signed in a hurry. / Yawning, drinking of wine Vodka, all day, for the soldiers. / Come evening, by candlelight, / time to read out lists, herd / men and women into a dark yard, remove shoes, clo...»
«Scorching, as hot tar: / Unendurable a second time! / My brother, with so / Strange an admixture Of discord... (The sound / Of a torn branch comes here?) / My brother, suddenly setting / Like so many suns! My brother, with no other sisters: / Made entirely my own! / Up to your fune...»
«The hour of the soul 1 In the dark night of the soul, / Un-reckoned by any clock, / I gazed into the eyes of a boy, / Un-reckoned in the nights Of anyone yet, like two ponds / — Unclouded by memory and brimming — In repose... / At this point / Your li...»