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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• Гавриил Державин – На храм при Гапсале by Гавриил Державин
• Гавриил Державин – На выздоровление мецената by Гавриил Державин
• Гавриил Державин – На возвращение графа Зубова из Персии by Гавриил Державин
• Гавриил Державин – На умеренность by Гавриил Державин
• Гавриил Державин – На рождение царицы Гремиславы by Гавриил Державин
• Гавриил Державин – На прогулку в грузинском саду by Гавриил Державин
• Гавриил Державин – Ключ by Гавриил Державин
• Гавриил Державин – Капнисту by Гавриил Державин
• Гавриил Державин – К силуэту Ивана Ивановича Хемницера by Гавриил Державин
• Гавриил Державин – К правде by Гавриил Державин
• Гавриил Державин – Анакреоново удовольствие by Гавриил Державин
• Гавриил Державин – Анакреон у печки by Гавриил Державин
• Гавриил Державин – Афинейскому витязю by Гавриил Державин
• Галина Гампер – Здесь сегодня все пошло с молотка by Галина Галина
• Галина Гампер – Забываю я все by Галина Галина
• Галина Гампер – Я вгоняла содержанье by Галина Галина
• Галина Гампер – Я повторяю, сердце остужая by Галина Галина
• Федор Тютчев – Князю Суворову by Фёдор Тютчев
• Федор Тютчев – Князю Горчакову by Фёдор Тютчев
• Федор Тютчев – Каким венком нам увенчать by Фёдор Тютчев

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