Memory

I see her yet, that dark-eyed one,

Whose bounding heart God folded up

In His, as shuts when day is done,

Upon the elf the blossom’s cup.

On many an hour like this we met,

And as my lips did fondly greet her,

I blessed her as love’s amulet:

Earth hath no treasure, dearer, sweeter.

The stars that look upon the hill,

And beckon from their homes at night,

Are soft and beautiful, yet still

Not equal to her eyes of light.

They have the liquid glow of earth,

The sweetness of a summer even,

As if some Angel at their birth

Had dipped them in the hues of Heaven.

They may not seem to others sweet,

Nor radiant with the beams above,

When first their soft, sad glances meet

The eyes of those not born for love;

Yet when on me their tender beams

Are turned, beneath love’s wide control,

Each soft, sad orb of beauty seems

To look through mine into my soul.

I see her now that dark-eyed one,

Whose bounding heart God folded up

In His, as shuts when day is done,

Upon the elf the blossom’s cup.

Too late we met, the burning brain,

The aching heart alone can tell,

How filled our souls of death and pain

When came the last, sad word, Farewell!

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• Алексей Толстой – Рука Алкида тяжела by Алексей Константинович Толстой
• Алексей Толстой – Рондо by Алексей Константинович Толстой
• Алексей Толстой – Растянулся на просторе by Алексей Константинович Толстой
• Алексей Толстой – Пустой дом by Алексей Константинович Толстой
• Алексей Толстой – Пусть тот, чья честь не без укора by Алексей Константинович Толстой
• Алексей Толстой – Против течения by Алексей Константинович Толстой
• Алексей Толстой – Прогулка с подругой жизни by Алексей Константинович Толстой
• Алексей Ржевский – Сонет, три разные системы заключающий by Алексей Ржевский
• Алексей Ржевский – Рондо (И всякий так живет) by Алексей Ржевский
• Алексей Ржевский – Рок все теперь свершил, надежды больше нет by Алексей Ржевский
• Алексей Ржевский – Прости, Москва by Алексей Ржевский
• Алексей Ржевский – Портрет by Алексей Ржевский
• Алексей Ржевский – Ода Императору Петру Феодоровичу by Алексей Ржевский
• Алексей Ржевский – Как я стал знать взор твой by Алексей Ржевский
• Алексей Ржевский – Долго ль прельщаться by Алексей Ржевский
• Алексей Ржевский стихи: читать все стихотворения, поэмы поэта Алексей Ржевский – Поэзия на Poetry Monster by Алексей Ржевский
• Алексей Плещеев – Знакомые звуки, чудесные звуки by Алексей Плещеев
• Алексей Плещеев – Ёлка в школе by Алексей Плещеев
• Алексей Плещеев – Весна (Песни жаворонков снова) by Алексей Плещеев
• Алексей Плещеев – Весна by Алексей Плещеев

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