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THI S book forms t he Russian section of a more e x tensive

S lavonic ant hology which has been in progress for some
yea r s and as far as it has been completed includes r e p r e
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se n t at i ve selections from the modern poetry of t he Poles ,

C zechs and S erbs

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The dis advant ages associat ed with all ant hologies are
inc r eased in t he case o f an anthology of translated verse ,

where t he choice of t he contents is a ffected not only by t he

translator s personal leanings but also by t he s uit ability
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of any p articular poem for translation int o another

language As regards t he present volume it is admitte dly
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t he merest outline t o be fil l ed in l at er as circumst ances

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may permit B ut it is hoped t hat t his collection in

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S pite of such obvious sho r tcomings as have been indicated ,

will convey a fairly adequate idea of t he chief features in

mode r n Russian poetry a branch of Russian literature
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which has so far received very little serious attention in

this country .

On the subj ect of verse translation t here is a great

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divergency of opinion and it i s not proposed t o discuss

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the matt e r at length in t his p reface I n t he main the .

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t r anslator has c onside r ed it h is d u ty t o produce render

ings which in themselves a r e r easonably good E nglish
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ve r se At the s ame time an endeavour h as been made

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t o give t he meaning of t he originals as closely as t h e

rest r ictions of rhyme and rhythm will pe r mit The .

character of the original met r e has been ret ained in

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almost eve r y c as e . I n the Russi an t ext t h e natural

t onic accent h as been indi c ated .

S ome of t hese rend e rings first app e ared in Th e New

Ag e an d are reprint ed in t his c oll e ction by kind per
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mission of t he E ditor whom the t ranslator t ak e s this

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opportunity of t hanking I t is als o a duty an d a pleasure

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t o express gratitude t o M r Ale x ander B aks h y w h o re ad

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the proofs of the book and o ffered valuable suggesti ons

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and criticisms W hile it w as p assing t hrough t he press .

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T HE L I G H T W I L L B UR N AND D A R K E N
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T HE M A G I C W OR L D
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L O K H VI TS K AY A :
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D . S . ME R E Z H K O V S K Y :
NI RV A NA
Q U O T H N A T UR E
T HE EVE N T I D E F O N D L E D
N A T UR E
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W H A T Y O U A R E W O N T To N A M E
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FR OM M O I ST E N E D C L A Y '

N O R T HE R N T R I O L E TS

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A M I D T HE M O R NI NG H A Z E S
T HE C O UR T O F MY E M P R E SS
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THE more recent developments in t he histo r y o f R u ssian

poetry may be r e gard e d as a revival following upon a
period of depression and st agnation I n t h e following .

sketch an attempt will be made t o trace briefly the vary

ing stages in its progress during the nin eteent h century ,

b e fore the achievements o f contemporary writers are dis

cuss e d in any det ail .

Th e first important epoch in t he history of Russian

poetry during the nineteenth century i s associated with
the names of Pushkin and Lermontov Pushkin in .
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particular founded a poetical school among the members

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of which were such men as Vy a z e m s k y De l v i g Y azykov , , ,

and B arat y n sk y This was the golden age of Russian

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poetry the popularity of which w as enhanced by Pus h

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kin s r e lations with the C ourt

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Pushkin died in 1 8 3 7 Lermontov in 1 8 4 1

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dates mark t he beginning of a decline in t he vogue which

poetic al lit erature had b een enj oying I t rapidly s ank .

from one e x treme of favou r t o t he other and before long ,

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lyric v e rse was r e garded as an inferior bran ch o f litera

ture and was n e glected by readers and critics alike
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Y et in S pite of t hese adverse conditions the r e was n ot a

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compl e t e lack of lyric poets Ab out t he middle o f t he

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century at t he very time when this reaction was most

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marked t he tradition of t he earlier years w a s being

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worthily uph e ld by such men as Ty ut c h e v Ma i ko v Fet , , ,

and Polonsky The n e gl e ct of p oetry was in fact due

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t o t he political situation It w as a period when Russian

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soci ety w as beginning to s how sympt oms of intern al

fe r ment All men o f intellectual ability were e x pect ed
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t o employ t heir t alent s for the a dvancem e nt o f the political

c ause This practical materialism which rej ected all
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activities n ot s erving an immediate purpose found i t s ,

warmest advocat e in the person of D mitri I vanovitch

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P i s a r e v (1 8 4 1 a critic with an aggressive attitude to

w ards poetry an d all purely aesthetic products The con .

sequence w a s t hat o nly those poets could flourish whose

activities happ e n e d to fulfil t he urgent n eeds of the time .

S uch a o n e was Ny e k r a ss o v (1 8 2 1 with poems that

championed the cause of the lower c lasses and formed an
e loquent protest against the prevailing conditions In .

the s ame w ay K oltsov an d Nikitin bot h of peasant

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origin were widely read owing t o the popular t on e of

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their verses Love of the popular became during this

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period a fashion not only in language and literature but

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also in such ext e rnal matters as dr e ss and deportment .

I n t he eighties Nads o n (1 8 6 2 8 7 ) att ained remarkable

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success by a volum e of poems in which the leading theme

is symp at hy for the unfortun ate and oppressed The .

pathetic circumstances associated with h is name above —

all his early d e ath from consumption procured for his

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poems a reput ation which their lachrymose rhet oric

scarcely deserv e d ; but the enthusiasm they at first
aroused was followed by a p eriod of even less merited
n e gl e ct .

The nineties critic al years in many E uropean liter a

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t ures found Russia passing t hrough a f r e sh e poch of

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unrest but t his tim e t he movement was t o hav e an i m

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port ant artistic aspect The study of t he E nglish Pre .

Rapha e lit es and t he French symb olists wi dene d t he

p oetical outlook by introducing new st andards of t ech
n i qu e and subj ect matter The languag e was gradually .

rendered capable of more subtle forms an d shades of

e x pression t han had been known t o t he earlier poets .

A nd this it may b e n otic e d is a process through which all

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t he rej uvenated S lavonic lit eratur e s have p assed within

recent years Abundant translation from foreign litera
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tures is a charact eristic symptom of such a dev e lopm e nt ,

for n ot only is t he language strengthened and enriched by

this activity but t he poets t hemselves ac quire greate r
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linguistic an d metrical skill whil e a more int elligent an d ,

rec eptive r e ading public is created Thus among t he -

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C zechs Jaroslav VI C h IIC k }" and his followers accomplished

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sur p rising result s in t his direction ; t he P oles have Jan
K asprowi cz ; t he S erbs S v e t i s l av S t e fan o v i é ; t he U k r a i
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niams I van Franko and ev e n s o small a rac e as t he Wends

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have an analogous pioneer in Jakub C i Si n s ki I n Russia .

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corresponding s e rvices were rendered by K onst antin

B almont and V al e ry B ry u s o v an d although t hey were not ,

t h e first of t he Russian modernist s in point of time the ,

im p ort ance of t heir literary achievem e nts j ustifies t he

p r ominence here accorded t o their work .

Of t hese two poets B almont (b orn in 1 8 6 7 ) was in ,

fi u e n c e d specially by E nglish poets and h i s C opious and ,

S p irited translations include r e nderings of S h e lley Whit ,

man and E dgar Allan P oe B r y u s o v w h o is s i x years

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younge r than h i s f riend w as attract e d chi e fly by such ,

writers as V erlaine Ve r h ae r e n an d M aet e rlinck , , .

B almont began his literary care e r in 1 8 90 wit h a volume

of verses entitled U nder t h e Nort hern S k y and five ,

years later he had att ained a position o f imp ort ance in

cont emporary Russian lit erature As a po et critic and .
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t r anslator he has dis p layed remarkable en e rgy and ver

s at i l it y The leading quality of his verse i s i t s spon
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t a ne o u s and impassioned nature Poem succeeds p o e m .

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volume succeeds volum e in a regular flood o f u n fl agg i n g ,

harmony At the s ame time t he subj e ct matter is of

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the most varied description : rhapsodic invocations of the

elements primitive chant s and run e s snat ch e s of artl e ss
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folk song int erchange with verses full of impr e ssionistic

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imagery simple rhymes for c hildren and lyri c s inspir e d by

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t h e primitive forces of t he e lem e nts Fire Wat e r B a i th .

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and Air he s ays in one of his prefaces
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ruling elements wit h which my S pirit lives c onst antly in

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a j oyful an d myst erious cont act This pantheistic feel .

ing i s by t he w ay pec u liarly S lavonic Ot akar The e r a

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C zech p oet h a s for example als o dedicated hymns t o t he

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four e lements W hile Brezin a the C zech symbolist and

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mystic has written a wonderful dit hy r amb entitled S ong

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of t he S u n t he E arth the Wat ers an d t he S ecret o f

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Fir e .

B almont s glowing lyricism drunken as it wer e wit h

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its o w n rapture s ometimes lapses int o self ass e rtiv e e x

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t r av ag a n ce s where t he poet seems ove r whelmed by the

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splendou r of his own creative p owe r s . I n one o f hi s best

k nown p oems he begins :
I a m ch o ic e n e ss o f R ussi an s o st a t e l y o f m i e n ,

Th e p o e ts b e fo e m e m y h e ra lds h a v e b e e n
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This is the una ffected egotism of youth and it als o ,

happens t o b e true for it i s highly prob able t hat the

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literary hist orian of the future will dat e t he second great

epo c h of Russian poetry from B almont j ust as t he firs t ,

is associat ed with t he name of Pushkin Of the great .

E uropean lyric poets of modern times B almont is akin ,

t o S wi nburn e Dra ch m an n d An n u n z i o and Vr c h lic kj

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H is influence has alt e r e d the whole aspect of Russian

poetry in the l ast g e n e ration .

I f B r y u s o v s po e try lacks some of the exuberance and

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e x t e rnal brilliance which is s o charact eristic o f B almont ,

if it is o ften more s ob e r and deliberat e t han t hat of the

elder poet it gains by a greater dept h and unity of
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t hought by a mor e obvious s cheme o f id e as by a closer

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cont act wit h t he realities o f life B almont s p oems are .

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full o f such words as s ky s ta r s o cecm s u n s h or el es s spa ces

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cl ou ds pe a ks s i l en ce c h a os eter n i ty t h e s e lect vocab ulary

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of t h e unr e al ; while B r y u s o v probably influenced by —

V e r h a ere n fi n ds inspiration in the bustle of cities and

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t he fev e rish life of t he str e ets Y e t although his s u b .

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e c t s a r e frequ e ntly artifi c ial he does not treat t hem in

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an artifi c ial manner B r y u s o v has been specially at

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tract e d towards t he French symbolists many of whom ,

he has translat ed H is versions from M aet e rlinck

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V erlaine Ve r h a er e n d An n u n z i o and Wilde t oget her

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wit h a critical study of t he l at e Latin p oet Ausonius also ,

S how in what dir e ction his literary sympat hies lie They .

have expos e d him t o t h e accusation of b e ing a scholar

r at her t han a po e t but succ e ssive volumes of fervid and
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delicat e v e rse have t riumphantly vindicated him and ,

have shown t hat inspiration an d industry do n ot mutually

exclude ea c h ot her There is no d e nying a certain exotic
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t endency in s ome of B r y us o v s poetry ; but from this he ’

has gradually freed hims e lf more an d more s o that in his ,

most recent volumes he h as attain e d an admirable cla r ity

of style . Finally let it b e mentioned that B r yuso v
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r anks high a s a Russi an prose writ er Two of his novels .

in particular The Fiery Angel dealing wit h t h e R e ,

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naissance period and The Altar of V ict ory a product
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of B ry u so v s l at e Latin studies woul d represent modern

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Russian fiction far more worthily than t he maj ority o f

t h e recent numerous importations .

The poetical movement i naugurated by B almont an d

Br y u s o v had its centr e at M oscow with the review ,

Vy essy (The B alance ) as its o fficial organ The epit het .

decadent h a s been applied t o t hes e writers but in ,

Russian t his impli es nothing furth e r t han modernity o f

thought and cultivation of advan c ed artistic pri nciples .

A few years before t he est ablishment of this literary

centre another group of writers had b e gun t o d e v e lop
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S imilar activities i n t he Russian capit al and t o publish ,

their works in t he S everrLy Vy es tm k (Northern H erald )

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The c hi e f members o f t his group Me r e z h k o vs k y his —

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W ife known as an author un der her maid e n name o f

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Z i n ai d a H ippi n s M insky and S o l o gu b followed in the

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main religious t end e ncies which c an be traced b ack t o

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the influence of V ladimir S o l o v y é v (1 8 5 3 phil o

sopher and poet S o l o v y Ov whose name is associated
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with various religious controversies h e was a champion —

of C atholicism AS sometimes regarded a s the sourc e o f

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Russian symbolism And it is significant that although

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Mer e z h k o v s k y (b 1 8 66 ) is more prominent as a nov e list

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and critic than as a po e t h i s first published work was a ,

volume o f poems entitl e d S ymbols It c annot be said .

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however that Me r e z h k o v s k y as a poet has p assed t hrough

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any clearly mark ed st ag e s of dev e lopment H is poetry .

reflects rat her thos e id e as which have found more ample

expression in h is other writings to which t hey furnish an ,

eloquent comment ary .

Z i n a i d a Hip p i u s (b who like he r husband is also

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a prominent novelist h as S hown fro m her earliest works a

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leaning towards the abstruse and met aphysical I n he r .

verses this is even more strongly pronounced t han in her

other writings The language of her poems is often
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beautiful but often t oo they cont ai n hazily mystical

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t hought s e x pressed wit h an abundance of rather highl y

coloured imagery The s am e kind of hysteric al a ff ect a
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tion is charact eristic o f ot her Russian poetesses Al l that .

is morbid overwrought and fant astic in t he Russian

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spirit seems t o become unpl e asantly accentuat ed in t he

work o f t hese feminine writers Thus t he po ems o f .

M yrrha Alexandr ovna L o k h v i t s k ay a (1 8 6 9 t o men

tion only one of s everal are full of noisy and u n re ,

strain e d declamation wit h frequent t ouches of feverish ,

eroti c ism .

Nicolai Ma xi m o v it c h M insky (b whose real name .

is Vil e n k i n began his care e r wit h poems whi c h lead back

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t o t he t radition of Na d s o n Th e ir mark e dly individual .

style a n d harmonious language gain e d for M insky a p o p u

l a r it y which began to diminish when h e turn e d his atten
tio n t owards mor e purely aesthetic ideals Later still he .
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att ained a fresh stage in his d e v e lopm e nt as a poet of ,

r eligious mysticism At one time he founded toget her .

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wit h G orky a socialistic daily pap e r but t h e venture soon

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came t o an end p artly t hrough t he action o f t he au t h o ri

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ties partly also bec ause of the lack o f agreement between

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M insky an d his socialistic colleagues M insky i s essen .

t i al l y a poet of transition and as such h e h as come t o , , ,

occup y a precarious st anding among h is contemporaries .

The r evo l ution of 1 90 5 a ffected his work critically lead ,

ing him as it did int o suc h outbursts o f unbalanc ed

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rh e t oric as t he Workmen s H ymn ’

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Fedo r S ol o gu b (pseudonym for Te t e rnik o v b 1 8 6 3 ) is a , .

po e t o f t he d e cadent school in t h e narrower acceptation of

t he word As in his novels and short stories so als o in his
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poems he is almost entirely absorbed by contemplation

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of t he abnormal t he morbid and t he perverse B ut t he

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qualification of t his st at ement should not be overlooked ,

for it is possible t o overstat e t his aspect of the case .

Profess or V e n ge r o v declar e s for inst anc e t hat S o l ogu b s , ,

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lyrics and his prose form a downright hymn to death .

An d in anoth e r pass ag e t he s am e critic s ays after e m p h a ,

sizing t h e fact t hat this attitude on S o l o g u b s part is n u ’

a ffe ct ed and S in c ere : S o l o gub s creative spirit is domin ’

at ed by e t e rnal twilight and not a singl e sunbeam ,

illumin e s t his subt erranean world In t he work o f .

S o l o gu b d e ath madness and sensuality are ent angled in

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t he pure and hopeful side of S o l o gub s work which though ’

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not prominent is nevert heless expressed emphatically

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e nough in such charming verses as t he No rt hern Trio

lets and in fact t hroughout t h e volume of poems c alled
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K indred E art h E ven in his fiction S o l o gub some

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times writes wit h a playful fancy of which t he stories

hit hert o translated int o E nglis h give no hint B ut it .

must b e admitted t hat t he main body of S o l o gu b s work ’

represents t he tragic lack of harmony b e tween ideals and

reality and is as a result ste e p e d in despair and loathing
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It is t h e met aphysical strain often induced by t his attit ude

which c onnects him with what may b e call e d t he M e r e
z h k o v s k y group B ut t he bonds whi c h unit e him t o
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other poets are S lender t he main impression produced by

h i s verses is one of moros e isolation .

All t hes e poets have in varying degrees c ome under , ,

foreign influences I n t his r e spect I van B unin (b 1 8 7 0 )

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cannot b e assigned t o one or ot her of t h e groups hit h e rt o

dealt with for his v e rses show no traces of t he l at er
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developm e nt s of Russian po e tical styl e H e is mor e .

typically S lavonic than any of t he modernists altho ugh ,

he himself is modern in his impressionistic manner of

depicting t he various aspects o f t he typical Russian land
scape The in fluence of folk song which even in t he less
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obviously nation al poets has left considerable traces is ,

very marked in B u n i n s verses H e has als o written ’

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stories of Russian country life similar in spirit t o his ,

d e licat e rhymes and on a larger scale a r e alistic novel

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t he scenes of which ar e laid in ru r al Russia in the years

immediat ely following t he r e volution As a translator .
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Bunin is b est known by his metrical version of Longfell ow s ’

H iawatha I n November 1 91 2 he celebrated the

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twenty fift h annivers ary of his literary b e ginnings

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The summary manner in which t he remaining poets

must b e tr e at ed is not always in proportion t o t he valu e
of t heir achievem e nt There is for example Alexander .
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Block whos e verses are distinguished by their devout

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and auste r e t one ; t he s e arch for an unatt ained i deal is

often e x pressed in t he symb olism of medi aeval chivalry .

Only bar e mention t oo can b e made of Vy at c h e s l a v

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Ivanov whose philosophic verses are e x quisitely polished

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and harmonious wit h d e liberat e an d e ffective lapses i nt o

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an archaic style Another of t he younger po ets of dis

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tinction i s Andrey B y e l y author also of a remarkable

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novel , The S ilver D ove which follows worthily in t he

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tradition of G ogol For t he present bare mention alone

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must su ffice for such p oets as K uzmin V oloshin Annen , ,

S ky B al t r u s h a i t i s an d C ount Alexis Tolstoy Tolst oy I I I

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as he is c alled ; he has reanimat ed p opular leg e nds an d

tra di tions in verses t hat are essentially modern in t ech
n i que .

Less t han twenty years ago B almont and B r y us o v were

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l ooked upon as bold innovat ors before whom none of ,

t he most cherished po etical tr aditions were s afe No w a .

y ounger generation of p oets has arisen w h o regard t he ,

symb olists and modernists gener ally as conventional and

academic Among t hes e youngest poets t here i s a good
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deal of mere extravaganc e and ecc entricity I n some .

cases t here is undoubt edly more t han t his : S ergey G oro

d et s k y for inst anc e has written powerful v e rs e s the
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most e ffective of which are t hose based upon old Russian

myt hology And perhaps behind Igor S e v e r y an i n s ’

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With the kiss es b estowed by a maiden .

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By the avalanche the y have b een brought .

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H ow with youth t o acc om p lish my days ;

I was answered by dallying breezes :
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W HE N midnight h as come on t he desolate slough ,

S ca r ce hea r d are the reeds so softl y the y so u gh

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For what are the fl a m el et s amongst them aglow ?

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Then the wande r ing light is enkindled again .

When midni ght h as come then the r eeds a r e a quake

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In the slough is aquiver a pe r ishing gaze :

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S inking down you turn your eyes ,

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—

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, , .

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U nt o glist ening shoulde r s laughing li p s ret r eat .

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-
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—
, ,
.

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S o f tly in the heavens shame its flush outspread , .

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2 . T HE W I LL OW B OU G H S .

L A D S and lasses gathering ,

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-
,

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Wa y farers cross them as t hey go ;

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, , ,

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t h e tr i p p i n g m e l o d y o f it s m e t r e .
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 Va l ery Yak ovl evitch Bryusov

1 . STA NZ A S ON BOO K CA TA L O GUE S .

YE li s ts and catalogues haunt m y b r ain ;s t ill

B e f o r e me I b ehold you face o n face , ,

Near me afresh on this unpeopled plain .

Y o ur s ec r ets long ago I held in chase

B y lamp light o er the cat alogue I b ent
-
’

To pr ob e for b ooks t hat s carce had left a t race ;

To t r ack down n ames ; by syllables I w ent ,

S ip p ing at words o f foreign tongues with care ,

S u r mising much from briefest document .

Po ets and epochs I upraised in air

On scanty cue as oft t o wit would b e :
, , ,

N0 author s nam e or B ound in calf or Ra r e

’
.

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, ,

Of all that lived in ages long ago ,

That beckons with a scornful nod to me .

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, ,

Of sti l l mo r e b on es and j oints must b e possessed ,

I c r ave fo r books that words may overflow

,
.

Ponde r and dream and b e renown your quest

,

Tis one t o me or imb ecile or sage

’

, ,

Produce o f wisdom o r a merry j est .

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Fo r all things their established term I gauge .

C reat e and from the dreams W h ereon you pore

, ,

I ll kee p a f ew scant verses age on age

’

, .

Naught in omni p ot ence can stand b efo r e

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Thus quoth the wraith t o m e on S ilent ways ,

And as t o ea r th with humble kiss I fall ,

While the moon swift l y dies b efo r e my gaze ,

O t r ansient glory I acce p t you r call

, !

2 TO. K D. . B A L MONT .

AT night as was ou r wont w e sought the ca f é Nea r

, ,
.
,

Pa r is aglow and d r unken in its r apture swa y ed .

I gaz e upon your face ; I strive f rom year t o yea r

To p ierce the veil and s eek th e scars n ew wounds have
made .

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Who in those goodly times M agellan s call obe y ed ’

T r usting t o s eas unkn own his soul t oo p r oud fo r fear ,

For h e has lea r nt what ocean yields n ot to the st aid .

And fain would I su r mis e amid W hat azure gleam ,

What ma r ges you have s ought fa r fr om our n ative skies , ,

Whe r e dead Atlantides and phant om Lemu r s t eem .

What secrets slee p amid the da rkn ess o f y our eyes

B ut t o p roclaim what t idings in you r gaze abound
, ,

No r you n o r I n o r any yet the words ha v e foun d

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.
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3 . B I R DS OF W R ATH .

B I RD S
of w r ath with thei r plumage o f fire all bedight
O ver heaven s white portals were born e in thei r flight ;
’

O n the ma r ble the fiery refulgences flared .

Then swiftly o e r ocean the wandere r s fared

’
.

But upon the pur e marble the threshold unstained , ,

The r e w as something unwonted that flushed and

r emained ;
Neath the crystallin e vault n ever ending aloft
’
-

M ost s ecret entic ements by angels were quaff ed .

NO TE . Th e m e t re
—
of the or igi n a l h as not b ee n re p ro d u c e d .

4 . D US K .

E L E C T RI C AL
moons are twinkling
O n curving and delicat e bands ;
The t eleg r aph wires a r e tinkling
I n tender invisible hands
, .

The clocks with thei r amber faces

B y magi c are lit o er the crowd ; ’

O f stillness t h e co oling traces

The thirst ridden pavement ensh r o u d
-
.

Neat h a n et that quivers enchanted

’

The square lies hushed in the haze ;

The evening has smilingly planted
A kiss o n the harlots gaze ’
.

As music that so othingly quave r s

I s daytime s far away roar
’
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.

O dusk ! I n your lulling favours

Y ou steep my S pirit once mo r e .
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5 . TH E S TONE H E WE R .

S TONE HE WE R W hitely ar r ayed

, s t o n e h e w er , ,

What art thou building ? For whom ?

H o do not baulk us intent on our trade
'

, ,

F r om our building a prison will loom .

S t o n eh ew er trowel in hand
, s t o n e h e w er , ,

Wh o then will s o b in these walls ?

No t y ou n or your brothe r rich man unde r st and
—
, , , ,

For theft to your lot n ever falls .

S t o n eh e w e r , without sleep
s t o n e h ew e r , wh o
Will abide the r e long hou r s of the night ?
M ayb e m y son will h e t oils f o r his kee p
—
,
—
.

And such is the close o f ou r plight .

—
S t on eh ew e r then will he think
, s t o n eh e w e r ,

Of them w h o laid bricks he r e of yore !

—
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,

sh r ink
This we ourselves know give o e r ! ’

NOTE — T his is a
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th e p r cis
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NI GH T hastens and seizes

C lea r gleams in the east .

F r om her raiment light breezes

Over fields are releas ed .

L ong and sultry the day was ,

Night S ings as sh e goes

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And calls to repos e .

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O my heart slee p and S lumb er
, ,

Take your rest an d forget .

H OW agleam how ga r nished the s pr ing !

,

Turn y ou r eyes in the old way upon me :

S a y whe r efore this so r rowing ?
,

Wh y lavish this tende r ness on me ?

Y o u are mute as a blossom so f r ail

, ,

S ay n aught —
No confession is needed :
The flight of you r love I have heeded ,

L one agai n is m y trail '

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1 . S ONG .

MY w indow i shigh o er t h e ea r thl y S paces

’

O e r the ea r thly S paces

’

I behold but the sky with evening s r ed t r aces

’

With evening s red t races

’
.

A nd the gaze of the is s o faded and d r ea ry

sk y ,

S o faded and drea ry ;

No pity it has for th e heart that is wea r y ,

Fo r my heart that is weary

Alas by a frenzied dismay I am riven

, ,

I am riven ;
I know not the thing wheret o I am d r iven ,

I am driven .

No r whence is the wish that I bow m y sel f u nder ;

I b ow myself under ;
But my heart is desiring and c r aving a wonde r ,

A wonder .

0 may it be aught that life neve r o ffers ,

That life n ever o ff e r s ;

’
U nto me t i s a wonde r the sky wanly p ro ffers ,

That it pro ffers

32 Z I NAI DA NI K OL AY E V NA H I P P I U S

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 Z I NAI DA NI K OL AY E V NA H I P P I U S 33

But tearless I weep f or t he vow that is b r oken ,

For the vow that is broken .

The thing that I s eek is no earth given t oken -

,

No earth gi ven token

-
.

2 E L E C TR I C I TY
. .

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The ends are unconfined

Ti s yea and nay not grafted
’

, ,

No t graft ed but entwined

,
—
.

D im is the weft that mates them

C lose and inanimate ,

But wakening awaits the m ,

And they the same await .

E nd unto end is taken ,

F r esh yea and n ay ignite ,

And yea and nay awaken ,

I nto one moulding shaken ,

And from their death comes light ,

—
.
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AND moan of w inds and whispered thoughts of gloom ,

From life no j oy is won

somewhere ~
, warmth and ocean s mu ffled boo m
—
,
’

And lustre o f the s u n .

blizzard wails and in the heart it throws

,

A load of t ears unshed .

somewhe r e myrtle v e rdant myrtle grows

, ,

And stainless roses spread .

L ife p assing by in empty brooding delves

, , ,

U nmeaning u n b e di gh t
,

somewhere mirth and bliss will yield thems elves

, ,

And comeliness and light !

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’ ‘
Mepemufiecum

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 Dmi tri Sergyeyevi tch Merezhkovsky

1 . NI R VA NA .

AS in the day of first creation ,

The azure skies are calm again ,

AS though the world kn ew not privation ,

As though the heart kn ew naught of pain ;

Fo r love and fame my craving passes ;
’
M id S ilence of the fields at m o m
I b r eathe as breathe thes e very g r ass es
,

O er days agone and days unborn

’

I wou l d not chafe nor reckoning s quande r

, .

This only do I feel once more :

What gladness ne er again to ponder
—
’

What bliss to know all yearning o e r

—
’
.

2
.
Q OTH NA TU R E
U

Q U O T H nature unto me in tones o f statel y scorning :

B egone and break not in upon my ha r mony !
,

I wea ry of thy tears ; mar not with anguished mou r ning

The calm wherewith my azure nights encompass me .

All have I given thee life y outh and freedom given

,
—
, ,

But thou in s ens e less feud has t flung it a ll away .

Natu r e hast thou with overweening murmurs riven ,

Thou hast forgot t hy mothe r go I s p eak thee nay ,

—
, .
38 D M IT R I S E R GY E Y E V I TC H ME RE Z H K OV S K Y

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 D M IT R I S E R GY E Y E V I TC H ME R E Z H K O V S K Y 59

dost thou rate as naught in heaven the starry lustre

Or ,

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 ,

— -
,

Y et couldst t hou not b e happy ev e n as all the rest , ,

H appy as woodland beast and swallow aether li fted , ,

-
,

And bud that sleeps a m id its silvery dew clad nest -

.

By thy b ewilderment the j oy of life thou S l ay es t ,

B egone I loath e t hee full of we a k and sickly dole

, ,

Thou wi th thy probing mind and haughtiness o f soul

, ,

Thy happiness without me s eek as best thou ma y est , .

TH E eventide fon dled th e earth in farewell ,

And in its suspens e not a leaf dared t o sway ;

The creak of a cart far away ros e and fell ,

S tars ma r shalled aquiver in silent array .

C lear blue is the sky

-
deep an d strange is it s guis e ;
,
-

But look not upon it with glances that c r ave ,

But seek not therein the revealment you prize ,

C lear blue is t he s k y but as mut e as t he g r ave

-
, .

O wi n g d e fe ct i n th e p r i n ti n g this li n e h a s sli pp e d o u t o f t h e
to a ,

v o lu me fro m which t h e p o e m w a s t a k e n A lth o u g h I h a v e c o n sult e d

.

se e r a l th e r e diti o n s o f Me e h ko v s ky s p o e m s I h a e b e e n u n ab l e
v o r z
’

, v

t o fi n d a n o th e r c o p y o f th e t e x t .
40 D MIT R I S E R GY E Y E V I TC H ME R E Z H K O VS KY

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D MIT R I S E R GY E Y E V I TC H ME R E Z H K OV S K Y 41

4 . NA TU R E .

NO T b l oodshed nor ills we engende r , ,

C ould y et fling a mantle of gloom

On the heavenly p alace o f splendou r ,

Or on earth with the lure O f its bloom .

As o f old we are t enderly ravished

,

By valleys and blossoms and rills

U nchanging the starlight is lavished
, ,

And the tune that the nightingale t r ills .

G reat fo r ests with deep hidden spaces -

K now naught o f our spirit s dismay ; ’

And never a wrinkle defac es

The heaven s clear azure arra y
’
.

5 . T HE S OW E R .

F AR above the st r etch of hills

The east has flung its lustre round ;
M oistened breath of night time fills -

C lods of plough uprooted ground -

.

S ee how with his measured p ace

,

O er the fields the s owe r goes ;

’

C alm as in G od s holy place

’

On earth and in the heaven flows .

42 D M IT R I S E R GY E Y E V I TC H ME R E Z H K O V S K Y

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D MIT R I S E R GY E Y E VI TC H ME R E Z H K O V S K Y 43

A sacred awe through all t he land ,

As of s ome secret thing is borne ;

And wi th a gently sweeping hand
Far and wide h e s catt ers corn .

An d for th e toiler must again

Ou t of th e womb o f earth be born
A harvest o f th e golden grain
That quickens fro m th e p erished corn .

Life out of death is rendered free

B efore th e glance of holy skies ;
O pray t hen and believing s ee
, , ,

A won de r from a wonder rise .

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 Ni ko l ai Maximovi tch Mi n sky

MA N S
’
and labours dream like p ass awa y
p o n d e r i n gs ,
-
, ,

H eroes will be forgot and sepulchres decay

, ,

And all in common dust is merged

'

And righteousness and love and s ciences and lore , ,

AS words upon a S late wh ose meaning i s n o more

, ,

By undiscovered hand are purged .

But words that are not t hes e beneath the self same hand
,
-
,

Fa r from the numbing muteness of this earthly land ,

Again pale riddles will supply

,
.

Another light will shine for gloom t o prey upon

, ,

And others there wi ll live n ot as our li ves have gone

, ,

But e en as we u nt r aced s h all die

’

,
.

And w e have not the power t o fathom or t o view

The guise wherein our spirit shall be garbed anew ,

The shapes wherein its breath shall dwell .

Pe r chance of all that love within us stirs t o lif e

, ,

Nothing upon this plan et shall again be rife ,

B ut there is one t hing naught can quell :

Onl y the thing that now an empty d r eam w e count ,

The blurred and f retful wish beyond the earth to mount ,

R estive essays towards s ome height .

H atred of things that are f oreboding s timid glow

,
’

And burdens ome desire for shrin es w e cann ot know ,

On this alone shall co me n o blight .

46 N I KO L AI MAXI M OV I TC H M I N S KY

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 N I KO L AI MAXI M O V I TC H MI N S KY 47

In whatsoever g uis e and where mid worlds shall gleam

,
’

The r adiance o f t hought like t o a cloud gi rt b eam

,
-
,

What ever lives are fashion ed yet ,

S ti ll shall they make ado an d rouse them e en as we

’

, ,

F r om v e r y de p ths o f dread to dreams that n e e r can be

’

Fretf ul of s oul as we do fret

,
.

And therefore he is not on earth immort al who

E ithe r in good or ill his fellows could out do ,

Who upon glory s t ablets frail ’

H ath graved the deeds of him that as a d r eam a r e , , ,

naught,

F o r e whom the throng of t hat s ame clay as he is wrought

’

, ,

Or utte r homages or quail , .

But above all is he immortal unt o whom

Th r ough dust of earth afar n ew worlds wer e wont t o loom ,

Worlds though unreal yet perishless ,

.

H e who s o c r aved and pined for t hings beyond the earth ,

That by his craving s power h e gav e his vision birth

’

”
M id an unending wilderness .

I VI E W the promised land b efore m e .

G leaming of waters tents of trees ,

.

But anger of t he Lord forbor e m e

To t ouch the dow e r I long t o s eiz e .

I ros e from heat and s andy pla c es ,

I tast ed death in living hours :

M y strength s o wanes that it e ffaces ,

Within my soul all placid powers .

48 N I KO L AI MAXI MOVI TC H M I N S KY
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A nd if my mournful tuned ovation -

I s chanted to that glad domain ,

I shape a hymn o f salut ation ,

No t for my own but others gain

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,

W H AT you are wont t o name as inspiration ,

D elicacy of hearkening I call ;

H ours th ere are that palpably enthrall ,

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I hark I grope I feel my senses wane
, , ,

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The thing that by my mast ery I hea r d .

4 . T H E C I TY A F A R .

DO W N yonde r mid hills in a shimmering b end

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, .

Pal e village and woodland b efo r e it e x t end ,

Whe r e tintings o f meadow and pastu r age blend ,

The city gleams f aintl y afar .

No r dwelling nor yard

, but in shadows of night
—
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As i f listless o er many a so u l in its plight

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As if weary o er many a vision of might

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Live va p ours of t oiling and passionat e cri e s

Weave a darkening pall .

D ust and smoke and the specks and the shadows that rise ,

And numb erless hearts with their throbbings land sighs ,

Aloft w eave a darkening p all .

Twixt the din o f the c ity s unrest and my gaze

’ ’

It is sp r ead evermore .

And its l oad nor th e morn nor the noon can upraise ,

G aols churches and courtyards meseems a r e but haze

, , , ,

I n th e farn ess th ey m e rge evermore .

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S t abs the mist for a flash .

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E e n as myself the eart h I prize

’
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Thou earth with guile and irksome w o e !

H o w sweet in earth s embrace t o be

’

N estling to her when M ay s aglow ’

!

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A r t yet a mothe r unt o me '

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TH E earth the arth ye men revere

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G reen secrets of its moist e ned weeds ,

Its s e cret ordinan ce I hear :

—
The earth the e arth ye men revere
, , , ,

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, , , ,

G reen s ecrets Of its moistened weeds .

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North afresh return of rain , ,

S lender tender moss again

, ,

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, ,

Where in holier fashion yields

TO the glad secrecie s on high
This soft legend of the fi elds !
56 FE D OR K U Z MI TC H S OL O GU B

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W H AT delight fr om place to place

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des pair ,

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care ,

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in their pride ,

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Only theirs w h o trus t with blindness even though in ,

S pite o f fate ,

O nly th e irs who on their mother fling not grievous s tones

o f hate .
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E VI L dragon mid t he zenit h hotly b urning

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Thou who all about thee fi e ry thre ads art turning

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With a stifling hotness parching all t he vall e y ,

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’

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 Vl adi m i r S ergyeyevi tch S o l ovyo v

F RIE N D belov ed dost thou s ee not

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I s but a reflex but a s hadow

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,

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What one heart unto anoth e r
With a mute acclaim u n fo l de t h ?

O MI ST R E S Searth ! Before thee have I kn elt ,

And through t he fragrances that the e begird ,

The glowing of a kindred heart I felt ,

The throbbing of a living world I heard .

I n noon tide beams with such enraptured blaze

-

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With whose s till lus tre the re spons ive lays

Of rippling streams and r ustling woods w e r e blent .

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E arth s so u l wit h t h e unearthly sh een unit e

’

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A MI D the morning h azes w avering of p ace

, ,

I j ourneyed t o a secret won der laden shore ;

,
-

The da y break st rove t o quench the stra ggling st arry trace ;

D reams still were on the wing and held in their embrace , ,

M y spirit sought unfath omed godhea d s t o adore .

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Amid unfathom e d regions as of old I fare ,

.

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,

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H ow fa r away i s all my dreams laid b are .

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I still shall j ourney on t o reach my y e arning s shore ;

’

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, ,

With fires of victory illumining the place ,

M y shrine awaits me with its hallowed store .

TH E court of my empress is lofty of height ,

With s even gold e n pillars around .

The crown of my empress is s evenfold bedight ,

With j ewels unnumbered tis bound ’

.

And in the green garden my empre ss o wn ,

’

The r os e s and lilies bloom fair ;

I n the waves of a s ilvery s treaml e t is t hrown “

The flas h of her brow and her hair .

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 V L A D I MI R S E R GY E Y E VI TC H S OLOV Y OV 65

B ut my empress ne er harks to the whis pering rill

’

On t he bloss oms s h e turns not he r gaze :

A nd the g l ow o f he r eyes in despai r has grown chill ,

And grie f on he r pondering preys .

She beholds : in a midnight domain fa r away ,

M id the chillness of hazes and s now

’

H ow the gloom s evil powers in a single a ffray

’

H er lover of old o verthrow .

And he r gem studded c r own fro m he r brow s h e h as to r n

-
,

F r om her golden wrought palace s he wends ;

-

Of a s udden approaching he r comrade f o rs wo r n

, ,

Benignant her hand s h e extends

, .

And as o er the dark wint e r young s pring tide has c ast

’
-

H is glow s h e in tenderes t love

,

H as bent he r self o er him and s hielded him fast

’

With her glittering s h e lt e r abov e .

A s t he powers of the gloom in t h e dust he des cries ,

H e is kindl e d with purest o f flames

And with peris hless love in her radiant eyes
Thus s oftly her friend s h e acclaims :

I know thee inco ns t ant as waves of the s ea ;

Thou hast s worn to me trueness alway ,

Thine oath thou betraye d b y b e trayal o f me ,

—
,

M y heart couldst t ho u likewis e betray ?

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( ) MOO MOO AND A VI L LA G E D OC TOR

1 - By T o n n .

G N E E dit e d with I n t o ducti o n No t s

E I FF . d V o c a b ul a y by ,
r , e , an r ,

A R A FF I . .

() T2H E C HA M E L E ON A N D O T HE R TA L ES B Y .

C H E KH OV E dit e d w ith I n t r o ducti o n No t e s a n d V o c a b ul a r y

.
, , , ,

by P S E L V E R . .

Oth er s i n pr epa m tzon .

R USS I A N FOLK TA L ES Tran s lated from t h e Rus s ian -

.

by L E O NA RD A MA G NU S L L B W ith I n t r o ducti o n No t e s a n d
.
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, ,

Gl o ss a r y 8 v o cl o th d e c o r a t e d with a R ussi a n Ar t De si g n
.
, ,
.

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f t h is k i d w h ic h it p ssesses p a rt c ul a r l y w rt h r a d n g t n l y a s a m a t t r f st u d y
, ,

o n o IS i o e i no o e o
b t als f d e l i g h t I t is b etter d m re h u m an f l k l re t h an m st f m re W es t er n
, ,

u o or an o o o o o o ur o
m a t t er p ssi b l y b c a u se it is l ess b a r ba r u s t t a k e its rise fr m S c an di na i an
.

o e I t d es o o no o v

my t h l gy b fr m a g e n t l e N a t u r w rs h i p Th is lu m e is a g d
,

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o o ut o e -
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c n si d a ti n a s an a ut h e n t ic fr ag m e n t f R u ssi an l i t er a t u re Th Ti m
, .

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o er o o . e es .

THE TA L E OF THE A R MA ME NT OF I G OR
A R ussi a n H ist o r ic a l E p ic E dit e d a n d t r a n sl a t e d by L E O NA R D .

A M A G NU S L L B. S m a ll 8 v o cl o th g il t , . .
,
.

A R USS I A N A N THOL OG Y I N EN G L I S H S e l e c t e d and .

E dit e d by C E B E C H H O F E R W ith a n I n t r o ducti o n

. C r 8 vo . . . . ,

cl o th .

A er y c mp re h e n si e d e p rese n t a t i e c ll ec t i n
v o v an r v o o of l iter a ry g e ms t an s l a t ed r
m t E n gl s h (s m e f h fi rs t ti m e )
.
,

o i o or t e .

FI VE R U S S I A N P L AYS , with o n e f rom the U krainian .

T ra n sl a t e d fr o m th e o i g i n a ls (t w o by E re i n o o ne by V o n V i i n r v v, z ,

t w o by C h e kh o o n e by L e s y a U k a i n k a ) by C E B E C H H OF E R
v
,
r . . .

TOL S TOI FOR THE Y OUNG . S ele c t Tales o f Tolstoi .

T ra n sl a t e d fr o m t h e R ussi a n by Mrs R . . S T OW N S E ND ; with

.

c o l o u re d p l a t e s by a R ussi a n a r tist ,
M I C HE L S EVI E R .

L ON D ON
'

A
K E G N P A U L , TR E NC H , TR U BNE R Co .
, L TD .
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LANGUAGE

R USS I A N -ENG L I S H D I C TI ONA RY . By H . F RE E S E ,

M A . .
5 zo pp .

EN G L I S H -
R U SS I A N D I C TI ONA R Y . B y th e sam e .

R U S S I A N MA NU A L FOR S EL F-TUI TI ON (G rammar ;

E xe r cise s ; E x t r a cts with i n t e r li n e a r t r a n sl a ti o n ; V o c a b ul a r i e s ) .

By H F RE B S E
.
, M A
. .

HOW TO L EAR N R U SS I A N . By H . R I OL A . E igh t h

E diti o n .

KEY TO ABOVE .

I VANOFF S R U S S I A N G RA MMAR
’
. S ixte e nth E dition .

RUSS IA N R EA D ER ,
with V o c abulary . By H . R IO LA .

Se c o n d E d ti o n i .

L INE -
UP ON - L I N E RU S S I A N R E A D ER . By C olon e l
A . W JA M I E S O N
. .

MA N U A L OF RU SS I A N C OMM ER C I A L CORRESI ON ’

DENCE B y M AR K S I E P E
. .

NOTES ON THE RU SS I A N VER B . By S . G . S TA FF O RD .

R U SS I A N C OM POS I TI ON : An e c dotes Fables Pas s ages , ,

fr o m E n g lish S t a n d a r d A u th o r s e t c with V o c a b ul ar y t o e a ch
, .

p a ssa g e a n d Gr a m m a tic a l N o t e s B y J S O L O MO NOF F P a r t I . . .

E l e me n t a r y ; I I I n t e r m e d i a te ; I I I A d v a n c e d .

R U SS I A N A C C I D ENC E I N TA BL ES . By M A R K S I E FF .

R U SS I A N C OP Y BOOK . 1 6 pp .
, with rul e d pages Opposit e .

S ER BI A N -
EN G L I S H AND EN G L I S H S ER BI A N -
DIC
TI ONARY . By L O U I S C AH E N .

L O ND O N

K E GA N P A U L , TR E NC H , TR U BNE R Co L TD .
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