Poems by Alexander Pushkin

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A Presentiment Poem of Love
The clouds again are o’er me,
Have gathered in the stillness; …

A Wish Poem of Love
Slowly my days are dragging
And in my faded heart each moment doubles …

Consolation
Life,—does it disappoint thee?
Grieve not, nor be angry thou! …

Death-Thoughts
Whether I roam along the noisy streets
Whether I enter the peopled temple, …

Despair Poem of Love
Dear my friend, we are now parted,
My soul’s asleep; I grieve in silence. …

Elegy (My wishes I have survived) Autobiographical Poem
My wishes I have survived,
My ambition I have outgrown! …

Elegy (Happy who to himself confess) Poem of Love
Happy who to himself confess
His passion dares without terror; …

Elegy (Hushed I soon shall be. But if on sorrow’s day) Poem of Love
Hushed I soon shall be. But if on sorrow’s day
My songs to me with pensive play replied; …

Elegy (The extinguished joy of crazy years) Poem of Love
The extinguished joy of crazy years
On me rests heavy, like dull debauch. …

Eugene Onéguine
“My uncle’s goodness is extreme,
If seriously he hath disease;
He hath acquired the world’s esteem …

Fame
Blessed who to himself has kept
His creation highest of the soul, …

First-Love Poem of Love
Not at once our youth is faded,
Not at once our joys forsake us, …

Friendship
Thus it ever was and ever will be,
Such of old is the world wide: …

Home-Sickness
Mayhap not long am destined I
In exile peaceful to remain, …

In an Album Poem of Love
The name of me, what is it to thee
Die it shall like the grievous sound …

“In Vain, Dear Friend” Poem of Love
In vain, dear friend, to conceal I tried
The turmoil cold of my grieving soul; …

Insanity
God grant I grow not insane:
No, better the stick and beggar’s bag: …

Inspiring Love Poem of Love
The moment wondrous I remember
Thou before me didst appear …

Invocation Poem of Love
Oh, if true it is that by night
When resting are the living …

Jealousy Poem of Love
Damp day’s light is quenched: damp night’s darkness
Stretches over the sky its leaden garment. …

Love Poem of Love
Bitterly groaning, jealous maid the youth was scolding;
He, on her shoulder leaning, suddenly was in slumber lost. …

Love and Freedom Poem of Love
Child of Nature and simple,
Thus to sing was wont I …

Love’s Debt Poem of Love
For the shores of thy distant home
Thou hast forsaken the foreign land; …

My Demon Autobiographical Poem
In those days when new to me were
Of existence all impressions:— …

My Monument Autobiographical Poem
A monument not hand-made I have for me erected;
The path to it well-trodden will not overgrow; …

My Muse Autobiographical Poem
In the days of my youth she was fond of me,
And the seven-stemmed flute she handed me. …

My Pedigree Autobiographical Poem
With scorning laughter at a fellow writer,
In a chorus the Russian scribes …

Not at All Poem of Love
I thought forgotten has the heart
Of suffering the easy art; …

Questionings
Useless gift, accidental gift,
Life, why given art thou me? …

Regret Autobiographical Poem
Not ye regret I, of spring my years,
In dreams gone by of hopeless love; …

Reminiscence Autobiographical Poem
When noisy day to mortals quiet grows,
And upon the city’s silent walls …

Resigned Love Poem of Love
Thee I loved; not yet love perhaps is
In my heart entirely quenched …

Resurrection Autobiographical Poem
With sleepy brush the barbarian artist
The master’s painting blackens; …

Rights
Not dear I prize high-sounding rights
By which is turned more head than one; …

Signs Poem of Love
To thee I rode: living dreams then
Behind me winding in playful crowd; …

Sleeplessness
I cannot sleep, I have no light;
Darkness ’bout me, and sleep is slow; …

Sorrow Poem of Love
Ask not why with sad reflection
‘Mid gayety I oft am darkened, …

Spanish Love-Song Poem of Love
Evening Zephyr
Waves the ether. …

The Angel
At the gates of Eden a tender angel
With drooping head was shining; …

The Awaking Poem of Love
Ye dreams, ye dreams,
Where is your sweetness? …

The Bard Poem of Love
Have ye heard in the woods the nightly voice
Of the bard of love, of the bard of his grief? …

The Birdlet Poem of Nature
God’s birdlet knows
Nor care, nor toil; …

The Birdlet (In exile I sacredly observe)
In exile I sacredly observe
The custom of my fatherland: …

The Black Shawl Narrative Poem
I gaze demented on the black shawl
And my cold soul is torn by grief. …

The Burnt Letter Poem of Love
Good-bye, love-letter, good-bye! ‘T is her command….
How long I waited, how long my hand …

The Cloud Poem of Nature
O last cloud of the scattered storm,
Alone thou sailest along the azure clear; …

The Cossak Narrative Poem
Once at midnight hour,
Darkness thro’ and fog, …

The Delibash
Cross-firing behind the hills:
Both camps watch, theirs and ours; …

The Drowned Narrative Poem
Into the hut the children run,
In haste they called their father: …

The Floweret
A floweret, withered, odorless
In a book forgot I find; …

The Graces Poem of Love
Till now no faith I had in Graces:
Seemed strange to me their triple sight; …

The Gypsies
Over the wooded banks,
In the hour of evening quiet, …

The Horse
Why dost thou neigh, O spirited steed,
Why thy neck so low, …

The Nightingale
In silent gardens, in the spring, in the darkness of the night
Sings above the rose from the east the nightingale; …

The North Wind Poem of Nature
Why, O wrathful north wind, thou
The marshy shrub dost downward bend? …

The Outcast Narrative Poem
On a rainy autumn evening
Into desert places went a maid; …

The Poet
Ere the poet summoned is
To Apollo’s holy sacrifice …

The Prophet Autobiographical Poem
Tormented by the thirst for the spirit
I was dragging myself in a sombre desert, …

The Roussalka Narrative Poem
By a lake once in forest darkness
A monk his soul was saving, …

The Storm-Maid Poem of Love
Hast thou seen on the rock the maid,
In robe of white above the waves, …

The Task
The longed-for moment here is. Ended is my long-yeared task.
Why then sadness strange me troubles secretly? ….

The Three Springs
In the world’s desert, sombre and shoreless
Mysteriously three springs have broken thro’: …

The Winter-road Poem of Nature
Breaking thro’ the waving fogs
Forth the moon is coming, …

To a Babe
Child, I dare not over thee
Pronounce a blessing; …

To the Poet
Poet, not popular applause shalt thou prize!
Of raptured praise shall pass the momentary noise; …

Winter Evening Poem of Nature
The storm the sky with darkness covers,
The snowy whirlings twisting; …

Winter Morning Poem of Nature
Frost and sun—the day is wondrous!
Thou still art slumbering, charming friend. …

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