Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov Peace Poems

• 1. The Palm Branch Of Palestine
  Palm branch of Palestine, oh tell me,
  In that far distant home-land fair,
  Wast rooted in the mountain gravel
  Or sprung from some vale garden rare?
  ...
• 2. A Prayer
  Faithful before thee, Mother of God, now kneeling,
  Image miraculous and merciful--of thee
  Not for my soul's health nor battles waged, beseeching,
  Nor yet with thanks or penitence o'erwhelming me!
  ...
• 3. Sail
  A lonely sail is flashing white
  Amdist the blue mist of the sea!...
  What does it seek in foreign lands?
  What did it leave behind at home?..
  ...
• 4. The Beggar
  By gates of an abode, blessed,
  A man stood, asking for donation,
  A beggar, cruelly oppressed
  By hunger, thirst and deprivation.
  ...
• 5. To Kasbek
  With winged footsteps now I hasten
  Unto the far cold North away,
  Kasbek,--thou watchman of the East,
  To thee, my farewell greetings say!
  ...
• 6. The Poet's Dead
  The Poet's dead! - a slave to honor -
  He fell, by rumor slandered,
  Lead in his breast and thirsting for revenge,
  Hanging his proud head!...
  ...
• 7. The Sail
  A single sail is bleaching brightly
  Upon the waves caressing bland,
  What seeks it in a stranger country?
  Why did it leave its native strand?
  ...
• 8. I Go Out On The Road Alone
  Alone I set out on the road;
  The flinty path is sparkling in the mist;
  The night is still. The desert harks to God,
  And star with star converses.
  ...

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