Memory

I see her yet, that dark-eyed one,

Whose bounding heart God folded up

In His, as shuts when day is done,

Upon the elf the blossom’s cup.

On many an hour like this we met,

And as my lips did fondly greet her,

I blessed her as love’s amulet:

Earth hath no treasure, dearer, sweeter.

The stars that look upon the hill,

And beckon from their homes at night,

Are soft and beautiful, yet still

Not equal to her eyes of light.

They have the liquid glow of earth,

The sweetness of a summer even,

As if some Angel at their birth

Had dipped them in the hues of Heaven.

They may not seem to others sweet,

Nor radiant with the beams above,

When first their soft, sad glances meet

The eyes of those not born for love;

Yet when on me their tender beams

Are turned, beneath love’s wide control,

Each soft, sad orb of beauty seems

To look through mine into my soul.

I see her now that dark-eyed one,

Whose bounding heart God folded up

In His, as shuts when day is done,

Upon the elf the blossom’s cup.

Too late we met, the burning brain,

The aching heart alone can tell,

How filled our souls of death and pain

When came the last, sad word, Farewell!

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• Михаил Лермонтов – Чаша жизни by Михаил Лермонтов
• Михаил Лермонтов – Бухариной by Михаил Лермонтов
• Михаил Лермонтов – Булевар by Михаил Лермонтов
• Михаил Лермонтов – Боюсь не смерти я by Михаил Лермонтов
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• Михаил Лермонтов – Бой с барсом (Отрывок Мцыри) by Михаил Лермонтов
• Михаил Лермонтов – Блистая, пробегают облака by Михаил Лермонтов
• Михаил Лермонтов – Благодарность by Михаил Лермонтов
• Михаил Лермонтов – Без вас хочу сказать вам много by Михаил Лермонтов
• Михаил Лермонтов – Беглец by Михаил Лермонтов
• Михаил Лермонтов – Бартеневой by Михаил Лермонтов
• Михаил Лермонтов – Баллада (Куда так проворно, жидовка младая) by Михаил Лермонтов
• Михаил Лермонтов – Баллада (из Байрона) by Михаил Лермонтов
• Михаил Лермонтов – Баллада (В избушке позднею порою) by Михаил Лермонтов
• Михаил Лермонтов – Ах! Ныне я не тот совсем by Михаил Лермонтов
• Михаил Лермонтов – Арфа by Михаил Лермонтов
• Михаил Лермонтов – Ангел by Михаил Лермонтов
• Михаил Лермонтов – А. А. Олениной (Ах! Анна Алексевна) by Михаил Лермонтов
• Михаил Кузмин – Звезда Афродиты by Михаил Кузьмин
• Михаил Кузмин – Зимнее солнце by Михаил Кузьмин

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