Mikhail Lermontov image
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Born in October 15, 1814 / Died in July 27, 1841 / Russian Federation / Russian

Poems by Mikhail Lermontov

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A Song

...   Would for this the twig or branches ...

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To My Country

... Piled high The wagons silent standing take their nightly rest, ...

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On Departure For The Caucas

... By eyes and ears of paid, false sergeants-- ...

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The Gift Of The Terek

...   Pearled with foam its tearful flood ...

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I Go Out On The Road Alone

... By night and day, my hearing would be soothed ...

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The Demon

... “...Cold and regretless shalt thou view this sphere, ...

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A Prayer

... Then, when strikes the hour her way from earth for wending, ...

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Prayer

... Like dead-weight slipping from the brain ...

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The Beggar

... Into his stretched arm, thin and languished ...

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To The Clouds

... High o'er the verdant Steppes, wide through the blue of heaven-- ...

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Heaven And The Stars

... The heavens and the stars are--heaven and stars ever, ...

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On Napoleon's Death

... Cold hears thy soul the praise or cursing of posterity ...

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"No, I'm not Byron: I am, yet,"

... Another translation by Martha Gilbert Dickinson Bianchi: ...

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To A.C.S.

... Yet passioned glances thou dost silence-- ...

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The Leaf

... "You are dusty and yellow - ill-suited to my wholesome young sons ...