We severed in Autumn early,

Ere the earth was torn by the plough;

The wheat and the oats and the barley

Are ripe for the harvest now.

We sunder’d one misty morning

Ere the hills were dimm’d by the rain;

Through the flowers those hills adorning —

Thou comest not back again.

My heart is heavy and weary

With the weight of a weary soul;

The mid-day glare grows dreary,

And dreary the midnight scroll.

The corn-stalks sigh for the sickle,

‘Neath the load of their golden grain;

I sigh for a mate more fickle —

Thou comest not back again.

The warm sun riseth and setteth,

The night bringeth moistening dew,

But the soul that longeth forgetteth

The warmth and the moisture too.

In the hot sun rising and setting

There is naught save feverish pain;

There are tears in the night-dews wetting —

Thou comest not back again.

Thy voice in my ear still mingles

With the voices of whisp’ring trees,

Thy kiss on my cheek still tingles

At each kiss of the summer breeze.

While dreams of the past are thronging

For substance of shades in vain,

I am waiting, watching and longing —

Thou comest not back again.

Waiting and watching ever,

Longing and lingering yet;

Leaves rustle and corn-stalks quiver,

Winds murmur and waters fret.

No answer they bring, no greeting,

No speech, save that sad refrain,

Nor voice, save an echo repeating —

He cometh not back again.

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Poems in English 

• Иннокентий Анненский – Любовь к прошлому by Иннокентий Анненский
• Иннокентий Анненский – Листы by Иннокентий Анненский
• Иннокентий Анненский – Леконт де Лиль. Явление божества by Иннокентий Анненский
• Иннокентий Анненский – Леконт де Лиль. Пускай избитый зверь, влачася на цепочке by Иннокентий Анненский
• Иннокентий Анненский – Леконт де Лиль. Огненная жертва by Иннокентий Анненский
• Иннокентий Анненский – Леконт де Лиль. Негибнущий аромат by Иннокентий Анненский
• Иннокентий Анненский – Леконт де Лиль. Над синим мраком ночи длинной by Иннокентий Анненский
• Иннокентий Анненский – Леконт де Лиль. Из стихотворения «Призраки» by Иннокентий Анненский
• Иннокентий Анненский – Лаодамия (лирическая трагедия в 4 действиях с музыкальными антрактами) by Иннокентий Анненский
• Иннокентий Анненский – Из участковых монологов by Иннокентий Анненский
• Иннокентий Анненский – Из окна by Иннокентий Анненский
• Иннокентий Анненский – Идеал by Иннокентий Анненский
• Иннокентий Анненский – Гораций by Иннокентий Анненский
• Иннокентий Анненский – Гармония by Иннокентий Анненский
• Иннокентий Анненский – Франсис Жамм. Когда для всех меня не станет меж живыми by Иннокентий Анненский
• Иннокентий Анненский – Еврипид. Вакханки (перевод) by Иннокентий Анненский
• Иннокентий Анненский – Еврипид. Троянки (перевод) by Иннокентий Анненский
• Иннокентий Анненский – Еврипид. Орест (перевод) by Иннокентий Анненский
• Иннокентий Анненский – Еврипид. Киклоп драма сатиров (перевод) by Иннокентий Анненский
• Иннокентий Анненский – Еврипид. Ион (перевод) by Иннокентий Анненский

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Duckduckgo – the real alternative and a search engine that actually works. Without much censorship or partisan politics.

Yahoo– yes, it’s still around, amazingly, miraculously, incredibly, but now it seems to be powered by Bing.

 

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