Among The Rice Fields

She was fair as a Passion-flower,

(But little of love he knew.)

Her lucent eyes were like amber wine,

And her eyelids stained with blue.

He called them the Gates of Fair Desire,

And the Lakes where Beauty lay,

But I looked into them once, and saw

The eyes of Beasts of Prey.

He praised her teeth, that were small and white

As lilies upon his lawn,

While I remembered a tiger’s fangs

That met in a speckled fawn.

She had her way; a lover the more,

And I had a friend the less.

For long there was nothing to do but wait

And suffer his happiness.

But now I shall choose the sharpest Kriss

And nestle it in her breast,

For dead, he is drifting down to sea,

And his own hand wrought his rest.

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Poems in English 

• Николай Заболоцкий – На лестницах by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Можжевеловый куст by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Монолог в лесу by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Мир однолик, но двойственна природа by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Меркнут знаки зодиака by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Лодейников by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Летний вечер by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Лесная сторожка by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Ласточка by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Кулак, владыка батраков by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Кто мне откликнулся в чаще лесной by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Когда вдали угаснет свет дневной by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Как мыши с котом воевали by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Испытание воли by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Искушение by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Гурзуф ночью by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Гроза идет by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Городок by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Горийская симфония by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Голубиная книга by Николай Заболоцкий

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