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В дверях Эдема ангел нежный Главой поникшею сиял, А демон мрачный и мятежный Над адской бездною летал. Дух отрицанья, дух сомненья На духа чистого взирал И жар невольный умиленья Впервые смутно познавал. «Прости,» он рёк, «тебя я видел, И ты недаром мне сиял: Не всё я в небе ненавидел, Не всё я в мире презирал.»
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In the doorway of Eden a gentle angel, with head adroop, was shining. but a dark and rebellious demon was flying over the abyss of hell. The spirit of denial, the spirit of doubt gazed at the spirit pure, and an involuntary heat of tenderness he dimly experienced for the first time. "Pardon," he said, "You I saw, And not for nothing were you shining for me: not everything in heaven have I hated. not everything in the world have I despised."
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