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THIS book forms the Russian section of a more extensive S lavonic anthology which has been in progress for some re re years , and , as far as it has been completed , includes p sent ative selections from the modern poetry of the Poles ,
S . Czechs , and erbs The disadvantages associated with all anthologies are increased in the case of an anthology of translated verse , where the choice of the contents is affected not only by the ’ translator s personal leanings , but also by the suitability of any particular poem for translation into another As d language . regards the present volume , it is admitte ly the merest outline , to be filled in later , as circumstances may permit . But it is hoped that this collection , in as Spite of such obvious shortcomings have been indicated , will convey a fairly adequate idea of the chief features in modern Russian poetry , a branch of Russian literature which has so far received very little serious attention in this country . On the subj ect of verse —translation there is a great is divergency of opinion , and it not proposed to discuss the matter at length in this preface . In the main , the translator has considered it h is duty to produce render ings which , in themselves , are reasonably good English
. h as verse At the same time , an endeavour been made to give the meaning of the originals as closely as t h e
restrictions of rhyme and rhythm will permit . The character of the original metre has been retained in V 1 5 25 8 1 0 MODE RN R U SSIAN POE T RY
t h e almost every case . In the Russian text natural s tonic accent h a been indicated . S ome of these rend e rings first app e ared in The New A e e g , and are reprinted in this coll ction by kind per e mission of the Editor , whom the translator tak s this opportunity of thanking . It is also a duty and a pleasure B aks o . h w h to express gratitude to Mr Alexander y , read f the proofs of the book , and o fered valuable suggestions as and criticisms While it w passing through the press .
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Th e a e t i p ges ref r to h e E ngl sh ver s w h s .
P REFACE
I NTR OD UCTI O N
K . D B L M NT: . A O
MY S ONG - CRAFT 1 AM CH O I CENESS O F RUSSI A N ’ L I FE S B EHEST THE REEDS I CAME I NTO TH I S WO RL D THE L I GHT WI L L B URN AND DARK EN o WAVES OF THE OCEAN THE MAGI C WOR L D ALEXANDER BLOCK TENDER - GREY THE DAY WAS THE WI L L O W-BO UGHS VAL ERY B RYUS OV STANZAS ON B OOK CATA L OGUES
D . B ON To K . ALM T B I RD S OF WRATH DUS K THE S TONE HE W E R I VAN B UNIN NIG N HT HASTE S 0 HO W AGL EAM
ZI NAI DA H I P P I U S : S ONG EL ECTRI CI TY MODE R N R USSIAN PO E TR Y
L OKHVI TS K AY A : AND M OAN OF WI NDS
D ME RE ZH K V K . S . O S Y : NI RVANA Q U O TH NATURE THE EVENTI DE FON DL ED NATURE TH E S O WER
M S K N . I N Y : ’ MAN S P O NDE R I NGS AND L A B O URS I VI EW THE P R O M I SED L AND WHAT Y O U ARE W ONT To NAME TH E C I TY AFAR
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FR OM M OI STEN ED C L A'Y NO RTHERN TRI OL ETS (L ) THO U EARTH
I I . ( ) THE EARTH , THE EARTH I (I I I . ) QU VERS THE HEART
- X I V . P I I I ( ) CHURCH S RE , CRUC F v LI ( . ) WHAT DE GHT I N TH I S HO UR EVI L DRAGON O VER THE RI VER v S OL OVY OV : . FRI END B E L OVED ! o M I STRESS EARTH AM I D THE M O RNI NG HAZES THE C O URT O F MY EM P RESS I NTRO DUC TIO N
THE more recent developments in the history of Russian poetry may be regarde d as a revival following upon a I n th e period of depression and stagnation . following sketch an attempt will be made to trace briefly the vary
ing stages in its progress during the nineteenth century , b e fore the achievements of contemporary writers are dis e cuss d in any detail . Th e first important epoch in the history of Russian poetry during the nineteenth century is associated with the names of Pushkin and Lermontov . Pushkin , in particular , founded a poetical school , among the members V azemsk Del vi of which were such men as y y , g , Yazykov , and B arat y nsky . This was the golden age of Russian poetry , the popularity of which was enhanced by Push ’ e kin s r lations with the Court . 8 1 1 e 1 8 . Pushkin died in 37 , Lermontov in 4 Th se dates mark the beginning of a decline in the vogue which a t poetic l li erature had been enj oying . It rapidly sank from one extreme of favour to the other , and before long. lyric ve rse was re garded as an inferior branch of litera e ture , and was n glected by readers and critics alike .
Yet , in Spite of these adverse conditions , there was not a e e compl t lack of lyric poets . About the middle of the century , at the very time when this reaction was most w as marked , the tradition of the earlier years being e T ut ch ev Maiko v worthily uph ld by such men as y , , Fet , e e and Polonsky . The n gl ct of p oetry was , in fact , due as to the political situation . It w a period when Russian society w as beginning to show symptoms of internal ferment . All men of intellectual ability were expected to employ their talents for the advancem e nt of the political c ause . This practical materialism , which rej ected all 1X X MOD E R N R USSIAN PO E TR Y
its activities not serving an immediate purpose , found warmest advocat e in the person of Dmitri Ivanovitch . P is arev (1 8 41 a critic with an aggressive attitude to a wards poetry and all purely esthetic products . The con sequence w as that only those poets could flourish whose e e activities happ n d to fulfil the urgent needs of the time . S uch a on e was Ny ekr assov (1 8 2 1 with poems that championed the cause of the lower classes and formed an e loquent protest against the prevailing conditions . In w a N the same y , Koltsov and ikitin , both of peasant e origin , were widely read owing to the popular ton of their verses . Love of the popular became during this period a fashion , not only in language and literature , but e e also in such ext rnal matters as dr ss and deportment . Nads on 1 8 6 2 — 8 In the eighties , ( 7) attained remarkable success by a volum e of poems in which the leading theme is sympathy for the unfortun ate and oppressed . The pathetic circumstances associated with his name — above e — all , his early d ath from consumption procured for his poems a reputation which their lachrymose rhetoric scarcely deserve d ; but the enthusiasm they at first aroused was followed by a period of even less merited e e n gl ct . The nineties — critical years in many European litera tures — found Russia passing through a fre sh e poch of e e im unrest , but this tim the movement was to hav an portant artistic aspect . The study of the English Pre Raphae lites and the French symbolists wi dened the poetical outlook by introducing new standards of tech i e e n qu and subj ect matter . The languag was gradually rendered capable of more subtle forms and shades of expression than had been known to the earlier poets . e And this , it may be notic d , is a process through which all the rej uvenated Slavonic literature s have passed within recent years . Abundant translation from foreign litera e e tures is a characteristic symptom of such a dev lopm nt , for not only is the language strengthened and enriched by this activity , but the poets themselves acquire greater e linguistic and metrical skill , whil a more intelligent and
- e . receptive r ading public is created Thus , among the VI‘ ChIICk " Czechs , Jaroslav } and his followers accomplished INTROD UCTION xi surprising results in this direction ; the Poles have Jan i S S v e tislav St e fan o vié Ukr ai Kasprow cz ; the erbs , ; the m I e s o nia s , van Franko and ev n small a race as the Wends CiSi ski n . have an analogous pioneer in Jakub In Russia , corresponding s e rvices were rendered by Konstantin e Br u s ov Balmont and Val ry y , and although they were not t h e first of the Russian modernists in point of time , the importance of their literary achievem e nts j ustifies the prominence here accorded to their work . Of 1 8 6 these two poets , Balmont (born in 7) was in fiuence d h is C specially by English poets , and opious and e S e Spirited translations include r nderings of h lley , Whit B r s v o x . u o w h si man , and Edgar Allan Poe y , is years his w as e e younger than friend , attract d chi fly by such
Verh aere n e . writers as Verlaine , , and Maet rlinck Balmont began his literary care e r in 1 8 90 with a volume U t h e N Sk of verses entitled nder orthern y , and five years later he had attained a position of importance in As contemporary Russian literature . a poet , critic , and translator he has displayed remarkable ene rgy and ver ili is it s sat ty . The leading quality of his verse spon
t ane ous . e and impassioned nature Poem succeeds po m , e unfl a in volume succeeds volum , in a regular flood of gg g e - harmony . At the same time , the subj ct matter is of the most varied description : rhapsodic invocations of the e e e elements , primitive chants and run s , snatch s of artl ss - e folk song , interchange with verses full of impr ssionistic e imagery , simple rhymes for children , and lyrics inspir d by e B i t h e e e . primitive forces of the lem nts Fire , Wat r , a th , ” t h e and Air , he says in one of his prefaces , are four ruling elements , with which my Spirit lives constantly in a j oyful and mysterious contact . This pantheistic feel is S O e ing , by the way , peculiarly lavonic . takar The r , a h as Czech poet , , for example , also dedicated hymns to the e four lements , While Brezina , the Czech symbolist and S mystic , has written a wonderful dithyramb entitled ong S u n S of the , the Earth , the Waters , and the ecret of e Fir . ’ e Balmont s glowing lyricism , drunken , as it wer , with ow n - e e e x its rapture , sometimes lapses into self ass rtiv t r avagances where the poet seems overwhelmed by the xii MODE R N R USSIAN PO E TRY
hi s splendour of his own creative powers . I n one of best known poems he begins :
a m o e n e o f an so a e o f m en I ch ic ss Russi st t ly i , Th e oe e o re me m era av e e n p ts b f y h lds h b e .
f This is the una fected egotism of youth , and it also is happens to be true , for it highly probable that the literary historian of the future will date the second great t epoch of Russian poetry from Balmont , j ust as the firs f is associated with the name of Pushkin . O the great
European lyric poets of modern times , B almont is akin ’ ’ Dra h m an n d Annunzio rc lick f S c V h . to winburne , , , and j His influence has alt e re d the whole aspect of Russian e e poetry in the last g n ration . ’ If B ryu s o v s po e try lacks some of the exuberance and e ext rnal brilliance which is so characteristic of Balmont , if it is often more sob e r and deliberate than that of the elder poet , it gains by a greater depth and unity of e e thought , by a mor obvious scheme of id as , by a closer ’ contact with the realities of life . Balmont s poems are s k sta rs ocecm sun sh oreles s s aces full of such words as y , , , , p , clouds eaks silen ce ch aos eternit t h e e , p , , , y , s lect vocabulary of t h e unre al ; while Bryuso v — probably influenced by Verh aere n — fi n ds inspiration in the bustle of cities and e Y e e . t sub the fev rish life of the str ets , although his e ct s are e j frequ ntly artificial , he does not treat them in B r s v an artificial manner . yu o has been specially at e tract d towards the French symbolists , many of whom e he has translated . His versions from Maet rlinck , ’ Verh aeren d Annun zio Verlaine , , , and Wilde , together with a critical study of the late Latin poet Ausonius , also e Show in what dir ction his literary sympathies lie . They have expos e d him to t h e accusation of b e ing a scholar e e rather than a po t , but succ ssive volumes of fervid and e delicate v rse have triumphantly vindicated him , and have shown that inspiration and industry do not mutually e exclude each other . There is no d nying a certain exotic ’ tendency in some of B ryuso v s poetry ; but from this he e so has gradually freed hims lf more and more , that in his most recent volumes he has attain e d an admirable clarity B r uso v of style . Finally , let it be mentioned that y INT ROD U CTION xiii
as ranks high a Russian prose writer . Two of his novels t h e R in particular The Fiery Angel , dealing with e ” naissance period , and The Altar of Victory , a product ’ of Bryuso v s late Latin studies — woul d represent modern Russian fiction far more worthily than the maj ority of e th recent numerous importations . The poetical movement inaugurated by Balmont and Br uso v e y had its centr at Moscow , with the review f Vy essy (The Balance) as its o ficial organ . The epithet h as decadent been applied to these writers , but in Russian this implies nothing furth e r than modernity o f i thought and cultivation of advanced artistic pr nciples . A few years before the establishment of this literary e e e centre , another group of writers had b gun to d v lop
Similar activities in the Russian capital , and to publish ’ S everrL V es tm k N their works in the y y ( orthern Herald) . e — Merez h ko vsk The chi f members of this group y , his e Wife , known as an author under her maid n name of Zinaida n S olo ub — Hippi s , Minsky , and g followed , in the e main , religious tend ncies , which can be traced back to the influence of Vladimir S olo vyév (1 8 5 3 phil o S olo v Ov sopher and poet . y , whose name is associated with various religious controversies — h e was a champion of Catholicism— AS sometimes regarded as the source of
Russian symbolism . And it is significant that although 1 8 Merez h kov sky (b . 66) is more prominent as a nov e list e his and critic than as a po t , first published work was a
e S . volume of poems entitl d ymbols It cannot be said , Merez hk ov sk however , that y as a poet has passed through e e any clearly marked stag s of dev lopment . His poetry reflects rather thos e ide as which have found more ample his expression in other writings , to which they furnish an eloquent commentary .
Zin aida Hi ius . pp (b who , like her husband , is also h as a prominent novelist , Shown from her earliest works a leaning towards the abstruse and metaphysical . In her verses this is even more strongly pronounced than in her other writings . The language of her poems is often beautiful , but often , too , they contain hazily mystical thoughts expressed with an abundance of rather highl y coloured imagery . The same kind of hysterical affecta xiv MODE RN R U SSIAN PO E TR Y
tion is characteristic of other Russian poetesses . All that is morbid , overwrought , and fantastic in the Russian spirit seems to become unple asantly accentuated in the work o f these feminine writers . Thus the poems of Myrrha Alexandrovna Lokh vit sk ay a (1 8 69 to men nre tion only one of several , are full of noisy and u e strain d declamation , with frequent touches of feverish eroticism .
Nicolai Maximov it ch Minsky (b . whose real name Vil enkin e is , began his care r with poems which lead back s e e to the tradition of Nad on . Th ir mark dly individual style and harmonious language gain e d for Minsky a p opu l arit y which began to diminish when h e turn e d his atten e a tion towards mor purely esthetic ideals . Later still , he e e e attained a fresh stage in his d v lopm nt , as a poet of religious mysticism . At one time he founded , together e th e with Gorky , a socialistic daily pap r , but venture soon aut h o ri came to an end , partly through the action of the ties , partly also because of the lack of agreement between
Minsky and his socialistic colleagues . Minsky is essen tiall h e h as y a poet of transition , and , as such , come to h is occupy a precarious standing among contemporaries . 1 0 f The revolution of 9 5 a fected his work critically , lead ing him , as it did , into such outbursts of unbalanced ’ rhe toric as the Workmen s Hymn .
S ol o ub Tet ernikov . 1 8 6 Fedor g (pseudonym for , b 3) is a po e t of the de cadent school in t h e narrower acceptation of As the word . in his novels and short stories , so also in his poems , he is almost entirely absorbed by contemplation of the abnormal , the morbid , and the perverse . But the qualification of this statement should not be overlooked , for it is possible to overstate this aspect of the case . ’ Ve n erov e e S ol o ub s Professor g declar s , for instanc , that g lyrics and his prose form a downright hymn to death . e e e e m h a And in anoth r passag the sam critic says , after p ’ sizing t h e fact that this attitude on S olo gub s part is n u ’ affe cted and Sincere : S ologub s creative spirit is domin e e e ated by t rnal twilight , and not a singl sunbeam illumin e s this subterranean world . In the work of S ol o ub e g , d ath , madness , and sensuality are entangled in ” one aw ful nightmare . A criticism of this kind ignores INT R OD UCTION XV
’ S olo ub s the pure and hopeful side of g work , which , though not prominent , is nevertheless expressed emphatically e nough in such charming verses as the Northern Trio t h e lets and , in fact , throughout volume of poems called S olo ub Kindred Earth . Even in his fiction g some times writes with a playful fancy of which the stories hitherto translated into English give no hint . But it ’ must b e admitted that the main body of S ol ogub s work represents the tragic lack of harmony b e tween ideals and
e e . reality , and is , as a result , ste p d in despair and loathing It is t h e metaphysical strain often induced by this attitude which connects him with what may be calle d the M e re zhkovsk y group . But the bonds which unite him to other poets are Slender the main impression produced by his e verses is one of moros isolation .
All these poets have , in varying degrees , come under
e . 1 8 0 foreign influences . In this r spect Ivan Bunin (b 7 ) cannot b e assigned to one or other of t h e groups hithe rto e dealt with , for his v rses show no traces of the l ater e e e He e developm nts of Russian po tical styl . is mor S typically lavonic than any of the modernists , although he himself is modern in his impressionistic manner of depicting the various aspects of the typical Russian land
— scape . The influence of folk song , which even in the less obviously national poets has left considerable traces , is ’ i s very marked in Bun n verses . He has also written stories of Russian country life , similar in spirit to his e e d licate rhymes , and , on a larger scale , a r alistic novel the scenes of which are laid in rural Russia in the years
e . immediately following the r volution As a translator , Bunin is best known by his metrical version of Longfell ow ’ s
. N 1 1 2 Hiawatha In ovember , 9 , he celebrated the - e twenty fift h anniversary of his literary b ginnings . The summary manner in which the remaining poets must be tr e ated is not always in proportion to the valu e e of their achievem nt . There is , for example , Alexander
Block , whose verses are distinguished by their devout and austere tone ; the s e arch for an unattained ideal is often expressed in the symbolism of medi aeval chivalry . O e V at ch esl av nly bar mention , too , can be made of y
Ivanov , whose philosophic verses are exquisitely polished MOD E R N R U SSIAN PO E TRY
e f and harmonious , with d liberate and e fective lapses into an archaic style . Another of the younger poets of dis is B el tinction Andrey y y , author also of a remarkable S D ” novel , The ilver ove , which follows worthily in the tradition of Gogol . For the present , bare mention alone f must su fice for such poets as Kuzmin , Voloshin , Annen B alt rus h aitis — Sky , , and Count Alexis Tolstoy Tolstoy I I I . , as he is called ; he has reanimated popular lege nds and tradi tions in verses that are essentially modern in tech i n que . Br us o v Less than twenty years ago , Balmont and y were looked upon as bold innovators , before whom none of Now the most cherished poetical traditions were safe . a w h o younger generation of poets has arisen , regard the symbolists and modernists generally as conventional and is academic . Among these youngest poets there a good deal of mere extravagance and eccentricity . In some cases there is undoubtedly more than this : S ergey Goro e sk e e d t y , for instance , has written powerful v rs s , the most effective of which are those based upon old Russian ’ S ev er anin s mythology . And perhaps behind Igor y crude and violen t att e mpts at originality there is real As e e e . talent , which will d v lop with incr asing maturity for the rest , they must , for the present , remain anonymous .
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My airy - tuned songs with the looming of pain
e I have h ard in the chimes of the rain , And the pattern - wise melting and dallying light
I have glimps e d as the planets unite .
And though amid mortals , no mortal am I ,
- flo o The river ds raised me on high .
And in ocean my bounty of sound I have thrown ,
- My hundred fold chants to intone .
e I am choic ness of Russian , so stately of mien ,
The poets before me my heralds have been ,
e I the first in this tongu subtle byways revealed ,
S . trains tuneful , and wrathful and wistful I wield
I — a , rending asunder ,
I - a , sporting of thunder ,
I — a fin el - , stream , y spun ,
I — , for all and for none .
riv enl Rills plashing in foam , that are y merging ,
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The j ewels unblemished , of earth s matchless purging .
The summons of woodlands in verdure of May ,
All I grasp , all I take , and I bear all away .
Y n ou g , as dreams , evermore , S trong because I adore
Both myself and the rest ,
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FE BE HE T. 4 . LI S S
E E I Q U STION D with fetterless breezes , How with youth to accomplish my days ; I was answered by dallying breezes : I Be thou airy as breezes , as haze
I questioned with dominant ocean , ’ Where life s mighty behest to descry ; I w as answere d by resonant ocean : Be thou ever full - sounding as I
I questioned with measureless sunshine , How the dawn to outdo in it s light : w as There naught in response from the sunshine , But I heard in my spirit : Burn bright
5 REE D . . THE S
H h as W EN midnight come on the desolate slough ,
S . carce heard are the reeds , so softly they sough
Of what do they whisper and talk to and fro ? For what are the flamelet s amongst them aglow ?
They shimmer , they glimmer , and once more they wane ,
Then the wandering light is enkindled again .
i h as When midn ght come , then the reeds are aquake
They harbour the toad and the hiss of the snake .
In the slough is aquiver a perishing gaze : ’ Tis - the purple hued moon that forlornly decays . I O KONSTANTIN DMI TRI Y E VI TC H B AL MONT
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THE light will burn and darken , then burn with stronger
blaze ,
But unreturning darkens the sheen of youthful days .
Glow then , and be enkindled , the while thou still art
young , ’ Let ever more undwindled the heart s loud chords be
strung ,
That something be remembered in waning years of woe ,
- That chill old age be lighted by that decayless glow , ’ Born of exalted fancies , and headstrong youth s ado ,
Heedless , but full of splendour , heedless and hallowed ,
too .
O W E AV S of the ocean , akin to the blood in my veins ,
Ye ever unfettered are coursing to other domains ,
Ye ever are lonely in chillness of ebb and of flow ,
— — w e . And , alone or united , pine in uncomforted woe Why may I not breathe and course on as a wave of the sea ?
On is earth I am lonely , and cold the spirit in me ,
I likewise am speeding to other , to other domains , O waves of the ocean , akin to the blood in my veins 1 4 KONSTANTI N DMI TR I Y E VI Tc H BALMONT
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9 MAG C O D . . THE I W RL
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Adamant and moonstone sheen .
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Whose may be the feet that don Crystal shoon you gaze upon ?
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TE NDE R-GRE Y A 1 . THE DAY W S
TE R- GRE NDE Y the day was , grey as sorrow , and ’ Pallid grew the evening , like a woman s hand .
In the house at evening they had hid their hearts , ’ Faint with tender sorrow , grief that ne er departs .
forebore Hands were clasped together , eyes to meet , U nto glistening shoulders laughing lips retreat .
- Garb that bares the shoulders , serpent like array ,
White as scaly raiment in the waning day .
’ O er the table- cover brow to brow inclined ; ’ O er d the glowing faces locks of hair were twine .
O e Beat of hearts grew swifter , glances sore ppress d ,
— In their thoughts the garden , sultry , deep , at rest .
e Mutely they together , as in covenant , stirr d ; ’ Woman s white apparel on the steps was heard .
Mutely in the garden , tracelessly they fled ,
S . oftly in the heavens , shame its flush outspread
d re . Then , perchance , a star fell , with a trail of
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N K T OGUE . 1 . STANZAS O BOO CA AL S
YE lists and catalogues still haunt my brain ;
Before me I behold you , face on face ,
Near me afresh on this unpeopled plain .
Your secrets long ago I held in chase
’ - By lamp light o er the catalogue I bent , To probe for books that scarce had left a trace ;
To track down names ; by syllables I went ,
Sipping at words of foreign tongues with care ,
S urmising much from briefest document .
Poets and epochs I upraised in air On : scanty cue , as oft , to wit , would be ’ N0 author s name or Bound in calf or Rare .
e And now , meseems , a Skeleton are y Of all that lived in ages long ago ,
That beckons with a scornful nod to me .
: And says I , having somewhat yet to grow , Of l sti l more bones and j oints must be possessed ,
I crave for books , that words may overflow .
Ponder and dream , and be renown your quest ’ Tis one to me , or imbecile or sage ,
Produce of wisdom or a merry j est . 2 2 VAL E RY Y AK OVLE VI TC H B RY US OV
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For all things their established term I gauge .
Create , and from the dreams Whereon you pore , ’ I ll keep a few scant verses , age on age .
Naught in omnipotence can stand before
My verdict . I allot the deathless bays
And crown a world of phantasy and lore .
Thus quoth the wraith to me on Silent ways ,
And as to earth with humble kiss I fall ,
While the moon swiftly dies before my gaze ,
O I ! transient glory, accept your call
2. T O B M NT. D . A O K . L
T N A w e é. night , as was our wont , sought the caf ear ,
Paris aglow and drunken in its rapture swayed . I gaze upon your face ; I strive from year to year To pierce the veil and seek the scars new wounds have
made .
And like a rugged sailor you to me appear , ’ Who in those goodly times Magellan s call obeyed , n Trusting to seas unknow his soul too proud for fear ,
For he has learnt what ocean yields not to the staid .
I And fain would surmise amid What azure gleam ,
What marges you have sought , far from our native skies ,
Where dead Atlantides and phantom Lemurs teem .
What secrets sleep amid the darkness of your eyes
But , to proclaim what tidings in your gaze abound ,
Nor I v . you , nor , nor any yet the words ha e found 2 4 VALE RY Y AK OVL E VI TCH BRY US OV
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BI RDS of wrath with their plumage of fire all bedight ’ Over heaven s white portals were borne in their flight ;
On the marble the fiery refulgences flared .
’ Then swiftly o er ocean the wanderers fared .
e But upon the pur marble , the threshold unstained , There w as something unwonted that flushed and remained ; ’ Neath the crystalline vault never - ending aloft
Most secret enticements by angels were quaffed .
T — NO . h e et re r E T m o f t h e o igi n a l h a s n o t b ee n re p ro d uc e d .
4 DUS . . K
E LE CT RICAL moons are twinkling On curving and delicate bands ; The telegraph wires are tinkling
In tender , invisible hands .
The clocks with their amber faces ’ By magic are lit o er the crowd ; Of stillness th e cooling traces
- The thirst ridden pavement enshroud .
’ N eath a net that quivers enchanted , The square lies hushed in the haze ; The evening has smilingly planted
’ A kiss on the harlots gaze .
As music that soothingly quavers
’ I - s daytime s far away roar . O dusk ! In your lulling favours
Y ou steep my Spirit once more . 26 VALE RY Y AKOVL E VI TCH BRY US OV
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Long and sultry the day was , Night Sings as sh e goes A lullaby ditty
And calls to repose .
Her dark gaze is mournful , On her way naught is met O my heart , sleep and Slumber ,
Take your rest and forget .
HOW ! agleam , how garnished the spring Turn your eyes in the old way upon me : S a ? y , wherefore this sorrowing Why lavish this tenderness on me ?
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’ MY w is t h e indow high o er earthly Spaces , ’ O er the earthly Spaces I ’ behold but the sky with evening s red traces , ’ With evening s red traces .
sk s o And the gaze of the y is faded and dreary , S o faded and dreary ; N o pity it has for the heart that is weary , For my heart that is weary
Alas , by a frenzied dismay I am riven , I am riven ; I I know not the thing whereto am driven ,
I am driven .
Nor whence is the wish that I bow myself under ; I bow myself under ;
But my heart is desiring and craving a wonder,
A wonder .
0 f may it be aught that life never o fers , That life never offers ; ’ U tis f nto me a wonder the sky wanly pro fers , That it proffers 3 2 ZI NAI DA NI KOLAY E VNA HI P P I US
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But tearless I weep for the vow that is broken ,
For the vow that is broken .
- The thing that I s eek is no earth given token ,
No - v earth gi en token .
E 2. E R TY L CT I CI .
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No t — grafted , but entwined . Dim is the weft that mates them
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And they the same await .
End unto end is taken ,
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And yea and nay awaken , I nto one moulding shaken ,
— And from their death comes , light . - Mfippa Aneucéanpos na HOXBrMuHafI
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AS in the day of first creation ,
The azure skies are calm again , AS though the world knew not privation , As though the heart knew naught of pain ; For love and fame my craving passes ; ’ Mid Silence of the fields at mom as I breathe , breathe these very grasses ’ O er days agone , and days unborn I would not chafe , nor reckoning squander . This only do I feel once more :
’ — What gladness ne er again to ponder ,
’ — r What bliss to know all yearning o e .
2 UOTH NAT RE . Q U
Q U OT H nature unto me in tones of stately scorning :
Begone , and break not in upon my harmony ! I weary of thy tears ; mar not with anguished mourning
The calm wherewith my azure nights encompass me .
— All have I given thee , life , youth and freedom given ,
e s t all But thou in sens les feud has flung it away . N ature hast thou with overweening murmurs riven ,
— o Thou hast forgot thy mother , g , I speak thee nay . 3 8 DMITRI S E R GY E Y E VI TC H ME RE Z HKOVS KY
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Or dost thou rate as naught in heaven the starry lustre ,
And in the brooding woods the dusk where nothing speaks ,
And all the rugged beauty on the cloudy peaks ?
— - All have I given thee , this world is wonder gifted ,
e Yet couldst thou not be happy , ev n as all the rest ,
a - i Happy as woodland beast , and swallow , ether l fted ,
m - And bud that sleeps a id its silvery dew clad nest .
S la est By thy bewilderment the j oy of life thou y , e a Begone , I loath thee , full of we k and sickly dole i Thou , w th thy probing mind and haughtiness of soul , as Thy happiness without me seek , best thou mayest .
THE eventide fondled the earth in farewell , And in its suspense not a leaf dared to sway ;
The creak of a cart far away rose and fell ,
S tars marshalled aquiver in silent array .
- - it s Clear blue is the sky , deep and strange is guise ;
But look not upon it with glances that crave ,
But seek not therein the revealment you prize ,
- Clear blue is the sky , but as mute as the grave .
O n to a e e i n th e r n n n e h a s e out o f th e wi g d f ct p i ti g , this li slipp d m h e o m w as k A o v o v o lume fro which t p e ta e n . lth ugh I h a e c nsulte d ’ e v e ra o e r e o n o f Me re z h ko vsk s o e m ave e en na e s l th diti s y p s , I h b u bl r f h x to find ano th e co py o t e te t . 40 DMIT RI S E RGY E Y E VI TC H ME RE ZHKOVS KY
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NOT b loodshed , nor ills we engender , Could yet fling a mantle of gloom On the heavenly palace of splendour ,
Or on earth with the lure Of its bloom .
As of old , we are tenderly ravished By valleys and blossoms and rills U nchanging , the starlight is lavished ,
And the tune that the nightingale trills .
Great forests with deep - hidden spaces ’ Know naught of our spirit s dismay ; And never a wrinkle defaces
’ The heaven s clear azure array .
E 5 . THE S OW R .
FAR above the stretch of hills The east has flung its lustre round ; Moistened breath of night - time fills
- Clods of plough uprooted ground .
S ee , how with his measured pace ’ O er the fields the sower goes ; ’ Calm , as in God s holy place On earth and in the heaven flows . 42 DMIT RI S E R GY E Y E VI TC H ME RE Z HKOVS KY
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’ M onderin s - AN S p g and labours , dream like , pass away ,
Heroes will be forgot , and sepulchres decay ,
' And all in common dust is merged .
And righteousness and love , and sciences and lore , AS is words upon a Slate , whose meaning no more ,
By undiscovered hand are purged .
- But words that are not these , beneath the self same hand ,
Far from the numbing muteness of this earthly land ,
Again , pale riddles will supply . A nother light will shine , for gloom to prey upon ,
And others there will live , not as our lives have gone ,
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h . But e en as we , untraced s all die
And w e have not the power to fathom or to view
The guise wherein our spirit shall be garbed anew ,
The shapes wherein its breath shall dwell . e Perchance , of all that love within us stirs to lif , N othing upon this planet shall again be rife , But there is one thing naught can quell :
O w e nly the thing that now an empty dream count ,
The blurred and fretful wish beyond the earth to mount ,
Restive essays towards some height .
’ Hatred of things that are , foreboding s timid glow ,
And burdensome desire for shrines we cannot know , On this alone shall come no blight . 46 NIKO L AI MAXI MOVI TC H MI NS KY
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- The radiance of thought , like to a cloud girt beam ,
Whatever lives are fashioned yet , S ’ till shall they make ado , and rouse them e en as we , ’ v From ery depths of dread to dreams that ne er can be , ul Fretf of soul , as we do fret .
And therefore he is not on earth immortal who
Either in good or ill his fellows could outdo , Who upon glory ’ s tablets frail as Hath graved the deeds of him , that , a dream , are
naught , ’ F ore whom the throng , of that same clay as he is wrought ,
Or . utter homages , or quail
But above all is he immortal unto whom
e Through dust of earth afar new worlds wer wont to loom ,
Worlds though unreal , yet perishless . o He who s craved and pined for things beyond the earth ,
’ That by his craving s power he gav e his vision birth ” Mid an unending wilderness .
I VI E W the promised land before m e .
Gleaming of waters , tents of trees . But anger of the Lord forbore me
To touch the dow e r I long to seize .
c I rose from heat and sandy pla es , I tasted death in living hours : f My strength so wanes , that it e faces
Within my soul all placid powers . 48 NIKOLAI MAXI MOVI TC H MINSKY
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And if my mournful - tuned ovation I s chanted to that glad domain ,
I shape a hymn of salutation , ’
No t . for my own , but others gain
H W AT you are wont to name as inspiration , Delicacy of hearkening I call ; l Hours there are that palpably enthral ,
When I hear the plaintive incantation .
Of someone wh o above my spirit stirred :
I hark , I grope , I feel , my senses wane I labour on until I shape again
The thing that by my mastery I heard .
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D W ’ O N yonder , mid hills in a shimmering bend
Lo , the city afar . l Pa e village and woodland before it extend ,
Where tintings of meadow and pasturage blend ,
The city gleams faintly afar .
No r — dwelling , nor yard but in shadows of night ,
Something glides through the mist .
’ As u if listless o er many a so l in its plight , ’ As if weary o er many a vision of might , ’ O r e the city lies dimly the mist . 5 0 NIK OL AI MAXI MOVI TC H MINS KY
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FR M O moistened clay by God was I created ,
But never freed from earthly guise .
With peaks and valleys I am federated , ’ E e n as myself , the earth I prize . W hen gazing on the distant roads I ponder , Methinks that feeling I can grasp How wheels thereon , and stones and feet that wander ,
Are all as if within my clasp .
- torrents I behold with deep toned courses , Methinks that merged amid their power Earth bears her saps with their restoring forces
- U . nto my spring tide , as her dower
R R NORTHE N T O ETS . 2. I L
TH OU earth with guile and irksome woe , Art yet a mother unto me ! so Mute mother mine , I love thee , Thou earth with guile and irksome w o e ! ’ How sweet in earth s embrace to be , Nestling to her when May ’ s aglow !
Thou earth with guile and irksome woe , Art yet a mother unto me ' 5 4 FE DOR K UZMI TC H S OLOGU B
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CHaS Ha JI ér HaH nonéH ! F E D O R K UZMI TC H S OL OGU B
THE e earth , the arth , ye men , revere ,
e Green secrets of its moist ned weeds , Its s e cret ordinance I hear :
— e The earth , the arth , ye men , revere , ’ e E en its d lights , Where venom breeds I Earthy , untaught , hold it dear .
Th e t h e earth , earth , ye men , revere ,
Green secrets Of its moistened weeds .
U E R e Q IV S the h art with j oyousness , N orth afresh , return of rain , S lender , tender moss again , Despair is one with j oyousness
And torment with a sweet caress , S V oft isions of a wooded lane ,
And trembles the soul with j oyousness , Beloved North ! Beloved rain !
(iv . )
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e And around , the sorrowing fi lds , What more peace and radiance wields Than this sheen of living sky ? e And , my fri nd , I would descry Where in holier fashion yields TO the glad secrecies on high This soft legend of the fields ! 5 6 F E DO R KUZMI TCH S OLOGUB
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H — W AT delight , from place to place With uncovered feet to fare And a scanty scrip to bear !
— What delight , from place to place With austere and humble grace To e ntwine a tuneful air
— What delight , from place to place With uncovered feet to fare
I N TH HOUR 3 . I S
I N this hour when darkened skies are by the awful thunder
rent , I n this hour when shakes our dwelling t o its very
fundament , In this hour when every hope and every love are in
despair , When the mightiest in Spirit purse the brow in restless
care ,
In this hour your hearts shall rouse them higher , higher
in their pride ,
Victory is theirs alone who faithful to the end abide .
O w h o in nly theirs trust with blindness , even though
Spite of fate , Only the irs who on their mother fling not grievous stones
of hate . 8 FE DOR K UZ MI TC H S OL OGU B
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6 0 Vladimir Sergyeyevitch Sol ovyov
F R E e I N D belov d , dost thou see not
’ That whate er our gaze embraces , I s but a reflex , but a shadow Of the things the eye ne ’ er traces ?
e Friend belov d , dost thou hear not That the roar of earthly surging Is naught but a distorted echo Of harmonies in triumph merging ?
e Friend belov d , dost thou feel not That the world but one thing holdeth What one heart unto anothe r With a mute acclaim un fo lde t h ?
O M RE ! IST SS earth Before thee have I knelt ,
e And through the fragrances that the begird ,
The glowing of a kindred heart I felt ,
The throbbing of a living world I heard . In noon - tide beams with such enraptured blaze
The bounty of the radiant skies was sent , With whose still lustre the re sponsive lays
Of rippling streams and rustling woods we re blent .
To me the sacrament reve al-s again
’ u t h e e Earth s so l with unearthly sheen unit ,
' And from the fire of love all e arthly pain
I s borne away like passing smoke in flight . 6 1 6 2 VL ADIMI R S E RGY E Y E VI TC H S OL OVY OV
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M D A I the morning hazes , wavering of pace ,
I - j ourneyed to a secret , wonder laden shore ; The daybreak strove to quench the straggling starry trace ; D reams still were on the wing , and held in their embrace ,
My spirit sought unfathomed godheads to adore .
U e ch ill e pon a lonely j ourn y in a , whit day ,
e I . Amid unfathom d regions , as of old fare
e I e The hazes now are r nt , and clearly surv y How h ow hard the upward path , and still far away ,
How far away is all my dreams laid bare .
e But to the midnight hour , unfalt ring of pace , ’ I e still shall j ourney on , to reach my y arning s shore ;
e e Yonder on high , ben ath anoth r starry trace ,
With fires of victory illumining the place ,
My shrine awaits me with its hallowed store .
THE court of my empress is lofty of height ,
With seven golde n pillars around .
The crown of my empress is sevenfold bedight , ’ With j ewels unnumbered tis bound .
’ And in the green garden , my empress own , The ros e s and lilies bloom fair ; In the waves of a silvery “ streamle t is thrown
The flash of her brow and her hair . 64 VL ADIMI R S E RGY E Y E VI TC H S OL OVY OV
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’ But my empress ne er harks to the whispering rill , On the blossoms s h e turns not her gaze :
And the glow of her eyes in despair has grown chill ,
And grief on her pondering preys .
S h e : beholds in a midnight domain far away , ’ Mid the chillness of hazes and snow , How the gloom ’ s evil powers in a single affray
Her lover of old overthrow .
- s h e h as And her gem studded crown from her brow torn , From her golden - wrought palace she wends ; Of a sudden , approaching her comrade forsworn ,
s h e . Benignant , her hand extends
’ And as o er the dark wint e r young spring - tide has cast
s h e His glow , in tenderest love ’ Has bent herself o er him , and shielded him fast
With her glittering she lte r above .
t h e As the powers of the gloom in dust he descries , He is kindl ed with purest of flames And with perishless love in her radiant eyes Thus softly her friend s h e acclaims :
I know thee inconstant as waves of the sea ;
Thou hast sworn to me trueness alway ,
e —b e Thine oath thou betray d , y b trayal of me , My heart couldst thou likewise betray ?
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