Alexander Pushkin

 

Elegy (My wishes I have survived,...)

by Alexander Pushkin

My wishes I have survived,
My ambition I have outgrown!
Left only is my smart,
The fruit of emptiness of heart.

Under the storm of cruel Fate
Faded has my blooming crown!
Sad I live and lonely,
And wait: Is nigh my end?

Thus touched by the belated frost,
When storm's wintry whistle is heard,
On the branch bare and lone
Trembles the belated leaf.

1821

Source:

Poems
Copyright 1888
Translator: Translated from the Russian, By Ivan Panin
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