CONTENTS.
| PAGE | |
|---|---|
| FROM VLADIMIR VLADISLAVLEF. | |
| Rhymes and Reason | [1] |
| FROM LERMONTOF. | |
| The Angel | [3] |
| The Voyage | [5] |
| Prayer | [6] |
| Thanksgiving | [7] |
| On Death of Pushkin | [8] |
| Dream | [9] |
| Clouds | [11] |
| Prayer | [12] |
| How weary! How dreary! | [14] |
| Alone I pass along the lonely Road | [15] |
| Men and Waves | [17] |
| Ballad: The Queen of the Sea | [18] |
| The Prophet | [21] |
| When—Then | [23] |
| My Native Land | [24] |
| To —— | [26] |
| The Dagger | [27] |
| No! not for thee | [29] |
| Dispute | [30] |
| “Why” | [35] |
| Moscow | [36] |
| FROM PUSHKIN. | |
| I wander down the noisy Streets | [37] |
| Anacreontic | [39] |
| To his Wife | [40] |
| Let me not lose my Senses, God | [41] |
| I’ve overlived Aspirings | [43] |
| Peter the Great | [44] |
| The Prophet | [45] |
| Play, my Kathleen | [47] |
| A Monument | [48] |
| The Poet | [49] |
| FROM NADSON. | |
| Pity the stately Cypress Trees | [51] |
| FROM NEKRASOF. | |
| Te Deum | [52] |
| The Prophet | [54] |
| Offer my Muse a Friendly Hand | [55] |
| Dream | [56] |
| A Sick Man’s Jealousy | [57] |
| The Landlord of Old Times | [59] |
| The Russian Soldier | [61] |
| FROM MAIKOF. | |
| A Midsummer Night’s Dream | [62] |
| Who was He? | [64] |
| The Easter Kiss | [66] |
| On Lomonossof | [67] |
| Propriety | [68] |
| The Singer | [69] |
| A Little Picture | [70] |
| The Alpine Glacier | [73] |
| The Mother | [74] |
| The Kiss refused | [77] |
| The Snowdrop | [78] |
| A Smile and a Tear | [79] |
| FROM COUNT TOLSTOI. | |
| Believe it not | [80] |
| The Scolding | [81] |
| FROM VLADIMIR VLADISLAVLEF. | |
| Reflection | [82] |
| The Would-be Nun | [83] |
| The Schoolboy’s Devil | [84] |
| POPULAR SONG. | |
| The Gipsy Maid | [87] |
| FROM TYOUCHEF. | |
| Scarce cooled from Midday Heat | [89] |
| The Spring Storm | [90] |
| FROM PRINCE VYAZEMSKI. | |
| The Troika | [91] |
| FROM LEBEDEF. | |
| Theodora | [93] |
| FROM H. | |
| The Lie’s Excuse | [95] |
| FROM DERJAVIN. | |
| The Stream of Time | [96] |
| NATIONAL SONGS. | |
| Marriage | [97] |
| The Grain | [98] |
| Wedding Gear | [99] |
| FROM DOROSHKEVISH. | |
| Sebastopol | [101] |
| FROM POLONSKI. | |
| On Skobelef | [102] |
| FROM KRYLOF. | |
| Fable—The Swan, the Pike, the Crab | [103] |
| CHILD’S SONG. | |
| Little Birdie | [105] |
| FROM LAL. | |
| Advice | [107] |
| THE TITULAR COUNCILLOR. | |
| The Titulyárnyi Sovétnik | [109] |
| FROM K. P. | |
| No! I can ne’er believe | [110] |
| To the Poet Maikof | [112] |
| FROM SHENSHIN (FET.). | |
| A Russian Scene | [113] |
| Tryst | [114] |
| FROM PLESHEEF. | |
| Spring | [115] |
| Passion | [116] |
| FROM E. KYLAEF. | |
| Billows | [117] |
| FROM COUNT T. | |
| No Half-measures | [118] |
FROM THE RUSSIAN OF
VLADIMIR VLADISLAVLEF.
From my poor rhymes you turn your face,
From my allurements flee;
So shuns the vane the wind’s embrace,
And scorns his minstrelsy.