Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov Cold 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. The Leaf
  A little oak leaf tore off from its branch
  Was driven o'er the steppe by a cruel gale;
  Dried up and withered from the cold, the heat and sorrow
  It finally alit by the Black Sea shore.
  ...
• 3. On Napoleon's Death
  Cold hears thy soul the praise or cursing of posterity.
  Quit of the human race, thou man of destiny!
  They only could o'erthrow, who thee did elevate--
  Forever thus remains thy greatness great!
  ...
• 4. Bored And Sad
  It's boring and sad, and there's no one around
  In times of my spirit's travail...
  Desires!...What use is our vain and eternal desire?..
  While years pass on by - all the best years!
  ...
• 5. Meditation
  With sadness I survey our present generation!
  Their future seems so empty, dark, and cold,
  Weighed down beneath a load of knowing hesitation,
  In idleness stagnating, growing old.
  ...
• 6. The Beggar
  By gates of an abode, blessed,
  A man stood, asking for donation,
  A beggar, cruelly oppressed
  By hunger, thirst and deprivation.
  ...
• 7. 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!
  ...
• 8. The Demon
  â??...Cold and regretless shalt thou view this sphere,
  Where crimeâ??s inseparable from fate,
  Where beauty only blossoms to grow sear,
  Where all is miserable, where, without fear
  ...
• 9. 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!...
  ...

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