Poems in prose. Boston, Cupples-Upham 1883. 120 p port 87
Contents: The village.—The old woman.—A dialogue.—The dog.—My opponent.—An axiom.—Dost thou hearken to the words of the fool.—The beggar.—A contented man.—The destruction of the world.—Mascha.—The blockhead.—An oriental legend.—Two quatrains.—The sparrow.—The laborer and the man with the white hand.—The skull.—The last meeting.—The rose.—The visit.—Necessitas-vis-libertas.—The alms.—The insect.—The cabbage-soup.—The happy land.—Who is the richer?—The old man.—The newspaper correspondent.—Two brothers.—In memory of I. P. W.—The egotist.—The supreme being’s banquet.—The nymphs.—The sphinx.—The friend and the enemy.—Christ.—The stone.—The doves.—To-morrow, to-morrow!—Nature.—Hang him!—What shall I think about?—How lovely and fresh those roses were!—A trip by sea.—N. N.—Stop!—The monk.—Let’s keep a good heart.—Prayer.—The Russian language.
Also appeared with New York, Putnam’s c1883 imprint.
—— 2d ed. Boston, DeWolfe, Fiske 1883. 120 p 88
Reprinted 1887.
Reprinted 1887.
—— A metrical version by J. B. Mather. Adelaide, Advertiser Newspapers 1934. 98 p 89
Contents: In the village.—A dialogue.—The old woman.—The dog.—My adversary.—The beggar.—The fool’s judgment thou wilt hear.—A contented man.—A rule of life.—The end of the world.—Masha.—A blockhead.—An eastern tale.—The two poets.—The sparrow.—The skulls.—The working man and the man with the white hands.—The rose.—In memoriam.—The last good-bye.—A visit.—Necessitas-vis-libertas.—The alms.—The insect.—Cabbage soup.—The fields of the blest.—Which is the richer?—The old man.—The reporter.—The two brothers.—The egoist.—Jupiter’s feast.—The sphinx.—The nymphs.—Friend and foe.—Christ.—The stone.—The doves.—To-morrow! to-morrow!—Nature.—Hang him.—What shall I think?—How were the roses so fresh and so fair?—On the sea.—N. N.—Abide.—The monk.—We are still at war.—Prayer.—The Russian language.
—— Tr Eugenia Schimanskaya. Drawings by Donia Nachshen. London, Drummond 1945. 66 p illus 90
Contents: The village.—The conversation.—The old woman.—The dog.—The rival.—The beggar.—“You shall hear the judgment of the fool.”—The contented man.—Worldly wisdom.—The end of the world.—Masha.—An eastern tale.—Two quatrains.—The sparrow.—The skulls.—The worker and the man with white hands.—The rose.—The memory of U. P. Vrevskaya.—The last meeting.—The visit.—Necessitas-vis-libertas.—Charity.—The insect.—Cabbage soup.—The realm of azure.—Two rich men.—The old man.—The journalist.—Two brothers.—The egotist.—The feast of the supreme being.—The sphinx.—The nymphs.—Enemy and friend.—Christ.—The stone.—Two doves.—To-morrow! To-morrow!—Nature.—Hang him.—What shall I be thinking?—“How lovely, how fresh were the roses ...”—A sea voyage.—N. N.—Stay!—The monk.—We’ll still go on fighting!—Prayer.—The threshold.—The Russian language.