Alexey K. Tolstoy (1817-1875). "A Well, and the Cherry Trees Swaying". Deutsch and Yarmolinsky, comps. 1921. Modern Russian Poetry

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Deutsch and Yarmolinsky, comps. Modern Russian Poetry. 1921.

“A Well, and the Cherry Trees Swaying”

By Alexey K. Tolstoy (1817–1875)


A WELL, and the cherry trees swaying
Where bare girlish feet trod the fruit;
Nearby the damp imprint betraying
The stamp of a heavy nailed boot.

Stilled now is the place of their meeting,	5
But nothing the silence avails:
In my brain passion’s echo repeating
Their whispers—the splash of the pails.