Deutsch and Yarmolinsky, comps. Modern Russian Poetry. 1921.
The Seeking of SelfVyacheslav Ivanov (b. 1866)
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That is, oh, Nature, thy law! That is thy lesson, oh, Man!
Hearing dark music, the poet knoweth no rest; he abideth—
Purer and purer the sound, clearer the fore-uttered word.