THE ACKERMAN STEPPE

Across sea-meadows measureless I go,

My wagon sinking under grass so tall

The flowery petals in foam on me fall,

And blossom-isles float by I do not know.

No pathway can the deepening twilight show;

I seek the beckoning stars which sailors call,

And watch the clouds. What lies there brightening all?

The Dneister's, the steppe-ocean's evening glow!

The silence! I can hear far flight of cranes--

So far the eyes of eagle could not reach--

And bees and blossoms speaking each to each;

The serpent slipping adown grassy lanes;

From my far home if word could come to me!--

Yet none will come. On, o'er the meadow-sea!

Sonnets from the Crimea · 第 7 / 22 题