THE BOOK OF POEMS IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY ... - TopReferat
THE BOOK OF POEMS IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY ... - TopReferat
THE BOOK OF POEMS IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY ... - TopReferat
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Весеняя распутица<br />
Ведет меня во тьму,<br />
А он юлит и крутится,<br />
И все равно ему—<br />
Геройство иль бесчестие,<br />
Позор иль торжество:<br />
Вечерние известия—<br />
И больше ничего.<br />
Шагает демон маленький,<br />
Как некий исполин,<br />
Расхлябанною валенкой<br />
Над безднами судьбин.<br />
Но в самом безразличии,<br />
В бездушьи торгаша—<br />
Какой соблазн величия<br />
Пьет жадная душа!<br />
"Evening news!…"<br />
Yell, caress my ears,<br />
Pushy beast,<br />
Spirit of the evening streets.<br />
The muddy springtime<br />
Leads me into darkness,<br />
But he fidgets and twirls around,<br />
And everything is the same to him—<br />
Heroism or dishonor,<br />
Disgrace or triumph:<br />
It's all the evening news—<br />
And nothing more.<br />
The little demon strides<br />
Like some sort of giant,<br />
With a loose felt boot<br />
Over the chasms of others' fates.<br />
But in that very indifference,<br />
In the soullessness of the tradesman—<br />
What a temptation of greatness<br />
Does the greedy soul drink up!<br />
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