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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• Вера Звягинцева – Шафрановым загаром by Вера Звягинцева
• Вера Звягинцева – Психея by Вера Звягинцева
• Вера Звягинцева – Пойдёте пешком на кладбище by Вера Звягинцева
• Вера Звягинцева – Околдовано сердце моё by Вера Звягинцева
• Вера Звягинцева – Не пастушка и не Психея by Вера Звягинцева
• Вера Звягинцева – На смерть Есенина by Вера Звягинцева
• Вера Звягинцева – Моя любовь к Армении похожа by Вера Звягинцева
• Вера Звягинцева – Летите, летите зелёные долы by Вера Звягинцева
• Вера Звягинцева – Карусель by Вера Звягинцева
• Вера Звягинцева – Качаешься в гробу стеклянном by Вера Звягинцева
• Вера Звягинцева – Другу-переводчику by Вера Звягинцева
• Вера Звягинцева – А если ты любишь не можешь by Вера Звягинцева
• Вергилий – Скопа by Poetae Romani
• Вергилий – Лидия by Poetae Romani
• Вергилий – Георгики by Poetae Romani
• Вергилий – Буколики by Poetae Romani
• Вероника Тушнова – Молчание by Вероника Тушнова
• Вероника Тушнова – Мне говорят, нету такой любви by Вероника Тушнова
• Вероника Тушнова – Мать by Вероника Тушнова
• Вероника Тушнова – Люблю by Вероника Тушнова

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