The Thief

Thou robb’st my days of business and delights,

Of sleep thou robb’st my nights ;

Ah, lovely thief, what wilt thou do?

What? rob me of heaven too?

Even in my prayers thou hauntest me:

And I, with wild idolatry,

Begin to God, and end them all to thee.

Is it a sin to love, that it should thus

Like an ill conscience torture us?

Whate’er I do, where’er I go-

None guiltless e’er was haunted so!-

Still, still, methinks, thy face I view,

And still thy shape does me pursue,

As if, not you me, but I had murdered you.

From books I strive some remedy to take,

But thy name all the letters make;

Whate’er ’tis writ, I find thee there,

Like points and commas everywhere.

Me blessed for this let no man hold,

For I, as Midas did of old,

Perish by turning every thing to gold.

What do I seek, alas, or why do I

Attempt in vain from thee to fly?

For, making thee my deity,

I gave thee then ubiquity.

My pains resemble hell in this:

The divine presence there too is,

But to torment men, not to give them bliss.

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Poems in English 

• Ольга Седакова – Луг, юго-западный ветер by Поэзия На Русском
• Ольга Седакова – Липа by Поэзия На Русском
• Ольга Седакова – Легенда шестая by Поэзия На Русском
• Ольга Седакова – Кот, бабочка, свеча by Поэзия На Русском
• Ольга Седакова – Когда говорю я: помилуй by Поэзия На Русском
• Ольга Седакова – Как упавшую руку by Поэзия На Русском
• Ольга Седакова – Из песни Данте by Поэзия На Русском
• Ольга Седакова – Играющий ребенок by Поэзия На Русском
• Ольга Седакова – И меня удивило by Поэзия На Русском
• Ольга Седакова – Госпожа и служанка by Поэзия На Русском
• Ольга Седакова – Где-нибудь в углу запущенной болезни by Поэзия На Русском
• Ольга Седакова – Филемон и Бавкида by Поэзия На Русском
• Ольга Седакова – Элегия смоковницы by Поэзия На Русском
• Ольга Седакова – Элегия осенней воды by Поэзия На Русском
• Ольга Седакова – Две книги я несу by Поэзия На Русском
• Ольга Седакова – Дикий шиповник by Поэзия На Русском
• Ольга Седакова – Деревья, сильный ветер by Поэзия На Русском
• Ольга Седакова – Давид поет Саулу by Поэзия На Русском
• Ольга Седакова – Цивилизация by Поэзия На Русском
• Ольга Седакова – Болезнь by Поэзия На Русском

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