Afanasy Afanasyevich Fet Heart Poems

• 1. My Face Turned Upwards To The Sky
  My face turned upwards to the sky
  One summer night I lay upon some hay
  A lively close-knit starry chorus
  Was flickering all around.
  ...
• 2. With One Firm Thrust
  With one firm thrust to force the boat of living
  From off the sands, and, by a wave tossed high,
  Be toward a new life borne, a new beginning,
  To feel the wind from scented shores sweep nigh,
  ...
• 3. What Grief! The Alley's End
  What grief! The alley's end
  Is lost in snow again today,
  And once again, the silver snakes
  Are crawling through the snow.
  ...
• 4. Upon A Haystack On A Southern Night
  Upon a haystack in lands of South,
  I lay, while facing skies of night,
  The choir of stars, alive and couth,
  Was trembling, spread at every side.
  ...
• 5. When You Were Reading Those Tormented Lines
  When you were reading those tormented lines
  In which the heart's resonant flame sends out glowing streams
  And passion's fatal torrents rear up,-
  Didn't you recall a single thing?
  ...
• 6. By Life Tormented
  By life tormented, and by cunning hope,
  When my soul surrenders in its battle with them,
  Day and night I press my eyelids closed
  And sometimes I'm vouchsafed peculiar visions.
  ...
• 7. I Always Like The Northern Birches
  I always s like the northern birches:
  Their view, so downcast and grave,
  The fever, which poor souls scorches,
  Cools like the mute speech of a grave.
  ...

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