We severed in Autumn early,

Ere the earth was torn by the plough;

The wheat and the oats and the barley

Are ripe for the harvest now.

We sunder’d one misty morning

Ere the hills were dimm’d by the rain;

Through the flowers those hills adorning —

Thou comest not back again.

My heart is heavy and weary

With the weight of a weary soul;

The mid-day glare grows dreary,

And dreary the midnight scroll.

The corn-stalks sigh for the sickle,

‘Neath the load of their golden grain;

I sigh for a mate more fickle —

Thou comest not back again.

The warm sun riseth and setteth,

The night bringeth moistening dew,

But the soul that longeth forgetteth

The warmth and the moisture too.

In the hot sun rising and setting

There is naught save feverish pain;

There are tears in the night-dews wetting —

Thou comest not back again.

Thy voice in my ear still mingles

With the voices of whisp’ring trees,

Thy kiss on my cheek still tingles

At each kiss of the summer breeze.

While dreams of the past are thronging

For substance of shades in vain,

I am waiting, watching and longing —

Thou comest not back again.

Waiting and watching ever,

Longing and lingering yet;

Leaves rustle and corn-stalks quiver,

Winds murmur and waters fret.

No answer they bring, no greeting,

No speech, save that sad refrain,

Nor voice, save an echo repeating —

He cometh not back again.

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• Вера Павлова – Вот и пришли времена by Вера Павлова
• Вера Павлова – Вопрос ребра by Вера Павлова
• Вера Павлова – Весть обызвестковалась by Вера Павлова
• Вера Павлова – Вергилий в предсмертном бреду by Вера Павлова
• Вера Павлова – В ранец тетрадки собраны by Вера Павлова
• Вера Павлова – Утро вечера мудренее by Вера Павлова
• Вера Павлова – Удобряю ресницы снами by Вера Павлова
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• Вера Павлова – У святителя вместо спины by Вера Павлова
• Вера Павлова – Ты вольно или невольно by Вера Павлова
• Вера Павлова – Твоя хладность by Вера Павлова
• Вера Павлова – Трогающему грудь by Вера Павлова
• Вера Павлова – Торчащее обтесать by Вера Павлова
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• Вера Павлова – Снежную бабочку-однодневку by Вера Павлова
• Вера Павлова – Снег by Вера Павлова
• Вера Павлова – Слово держу осторожно by Вера Павлова
• Вера Полозкова – Или, к примеру, стоял какой-нибудь by Вера Полозкова

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