Adam Bernard Mickiewicz White Poems
- 1. The Pass Across The Abyss In The Tschufut-kale
(Mirza)
Pray! Pray! Let loose the bridle. Look not down!
The humble horse alone has wisdom here.
... - 2. Alushta By Day
The mighty mountain flings its mist-veil down;
With little flowers the gracious fields are bright,
And from the forest colors flash to sight
Like gems that drop from off a Calif's crown.
... - 3. On Juda's Cliff
On Juda's Cliff I love to lean and look
On waves that battling beat and break with might,
While farther seaward in a bland delight,
I see them shining where a rainbow shook.
... - 4. Baktschi Serai
In ruin are the spacious, splendid halls
With frozen forest of white columns where
The Tartar Khan his palace builded fair,
Where loneliest the shrilling cricket calls.
... - 5. Baktschi Serai By Night
From out the mosques the pious wend their way;
Muezzin voices tremble through the night;
Within the sky the pallid King of Light
Wraps silvered ermine round him while he may,
... - 6. Mountains From The Keslov Steppe
(Pilgrim)
What would Great Allah with the frozen sea?
Would he of icy clouds a throne carve bright,
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