Fyodor Sologub Earth Poems
- 1. Devil's Swing
Over the rushing river
Where shaggy fir-trees stand,
The devil himself is pushing
My swing with furry hand.
... - 2. What Are Our Villages
What are our villages, destitute,
Or the whole of time and of space?
Father's mansions exist in a multitude, -
We don't know their name, and their place.
... - 3. Don Quixote
(Fragment)
Through the rusty, ever-grinding clangour
Of the fierce worldly chariot,
... - 4. The Sacred World's Unquestioned
1896
The sacred world's unquestioned Pharaoh -
I filled it with my spirit's breath
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