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Vzdymajutsja volny

Language: Russian

Vzdymajutsja volny, kak gory,
i k tvjordi voznosjatsja zvezdnoj,
i s uzhasom padajut vzory
v mgnovenno [raskrytyje]1 bezdny.

Podobnaja strasti, ne znajet
srediny trevozhnaja sila,
to k nebu, to v propast' brosajet
lad'ju bez vesla i kormila.

Ne ver' zhe, ko zvezdam vzletaja,
vysokoj izbrannika dole,
ne ver', v glubinu nispadaja,
chto zvezd ne uvidish' ty bole!

[V stikhii bezbrezhnoj nastupit
volnen'ju zatish'je, i vskore
v obychnyj svoj uroven' vstupit]2
dushi uspokojennoj more.


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1 Tolstoy: "razrytyje"
2 Tolstoy: "Stikhii bezbrezhnoj, bezdonnoj, / Ujmetsja volnen'je, i vskore/ V svoj uroven' vstupit zakonnyj..."

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