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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• Юрий Верховский – Месяцу, заре, звезде, лазури by Юрий Верховский
• Юрий Верховский – Как раненый олень кидается в поток by Юрий Верховский
• Юрий Верховский – Есть имена, таинственны и стары by Юрий Верховский
• Юрий Верховский – Ах, душечка моя, как нынче мне светло by Юрий Верховский
• Жан де Лафонтен – Язычник и деревянный Идол by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Врачи by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Воля и Неволя by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Волк, Мать и Ребенок by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Волк и Лисица на суде перед Обезьяной by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Волк и Конь by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Война Крыс и Ласок by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Виноградник и Олень by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Утопленница by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Третейский Судья, Брат милосердия и Пустынник by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Старый Кот и Мышонок by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Ссора Собак с Кошками и Кошек с Мышами by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Совет Мышей by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Смерть и Несчастный by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Скупой, потерявший свое богатство by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Шершни и Пчелы by Jean de La Fontaine

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