Его ли стих – могучий шум ветрил, Несущихся в погоню за тобою, – Все замыслы во мне похоронил, Утробу сделав урной гробовою? Его ль рука, которую писать О нет, ни он, ни дружественный дух – Но если, ты с его не сходишь уст, – |
Was it the proud full sail of his great verse, Bound for the prize of all too precious you, That did my ripe thoughts in my brain inhearse, Making their tomb the womb wherein they grew? Was it his spirit, by spirits taught to write He, nor that affable familiar ghost But when your countenance filled up his line, |