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A LEGEND OF THE WATER SPRITE	A
	-
In forest depths beside a mere	B
A monk once made his habitation	C
Absorbed in penances severe	B
In fast and prayer he sought salvation	C
Already by his own poor spade	D
His grave was hollowed to receive him	E
And every day the good saint prayed	D
That Heaven from earth would soon relieve him	E
	-
One summer's eve the hermit poor	F
At prayer within his narrow room	G
Looked out beyond his humble door	H
And saw the forest wrapped in gloom	G
Night mists were rising from the mere	B
Between the clouds the moon 'gan peep	I
The monk unto the pool drew near	B
And gazed into its waters deep	I
	-
He saw himself drew back perturbed	J
By fears he ne'er had known before	H
For lo the waters were disturbed	J
Then suddenly grew calm once more	H
'While fitful as a twilight shade	D
Than virgin snow more purely white	A
From out the pool appeared a maid	D
Approaching in the silver light	A
	-
She shook the bright drops from her hair	K
And gazed upon the anchorite	A
To look upon her form so fair	K
The good monk trembled with affright	A
And he beheld her from afar	L
With head and hand strange signals make	M
Then swifter than a shooting star	L
Dive back into the silent lake	M
	-
All night the hermit could not sleep	I
All day in agony he prayed	A
But still he could not choose but keep	I
The image of that wondrous maid	A
Before him So when day did wane	N
And overhead the moon was bright	A
He watched and saw her come again	O
In all her beauty dazzling white	A
	-
She beckoned to him where he stood	A
And gave him greeting glad and free	P
She played and splashed about the flood	A
She laughed and danced in childish glee	P
As softly to the monk she cried	A
' Come hither monk and join me here '	-
Then suddenly she dipped to hide	A
Her beauty in the darkling mere	B
	-
The third day came grown mad with love	Q
The hermit sought th' enchanted shore	H
Ere yet night's veil was drawn above	Q
And waited for the maid once more	H
Dawn broke the monk had disappeared	A
And now the frightened children say	R
He haunts the pool and lo his beard	A
Floats on the water night and day	R

Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin

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