Deutsch and Yarmolinsky, comps. Modern Russian Poetry. 1921.
Whispers, Timid BreathingAfanasy Shenshin-Foeth (18201892)
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Of a nightingale.
Heaving silver waters rilling
In the quiet vale.
Through the haze of space.
Moods like faery lanterns gleaming
On the dearest face.
Amber lights and fawn.
Kisses soft, and softer weeping.
And the dawn, the dawn!