Osip Emilevich Mandelstam Life Poems

• 1. Tristia
  I have studied the Science of departures,
  in nightâ??s sorrows, when a womanâ??s hair falls down.
  The oxen chew, thereâ??s the waiting, pure,
  in the last hours of vigil in the town,
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• 2. Venetian Life
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  The meaning of somber and barren
  Venetian life is clear to me:
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• 3. The Age
  My beast, my age, who will try
  to look you in the eye,
  and weld the vertebrae
  of century to century,
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• 4. To Read Only Children's Books
  To read only children's books,
  To have only childish thoughts,
  To throw everything grown-up away,
  To rise from deep sadness.
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• 5. We Went Out Of Our Minds With The Easy Life
  We went out of our minds with the easy life,
  Wine from morning on, hungover by evening,
  How can I keep this idle gaiety,
  Your blush, O drunken plague?
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• 6. Why Do The Clock-hopperssing
  Why do the clock-hopperssing,
  And fever rustle
  And dry stove crackle --
  It is red silk burning.
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• 7. A Flame Is In My Blood
  A flame is in my blood
  burning dry life, to the bone.
  I do not sing of stone,
  now, I sing of wood.
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• 8. As Psyche-life Goes Down To The Shades
  As Psyche-Life goes down to the shades
  In a translucent forest in Persephone's tracks,
  A blind swallow falls at her feet
  With Stygian tenderness and a green branch.
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• 9. Just For Joy, Take From My Palms
  Just for joy, take from my palms
  A little sun, a little honey,
  As Persephone's bees commanded.
  
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