Gde svetlyj ključ, spuskajas' vniz
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Gde svetlyj ključ, spuskajas' vniz,
Po serym kamnjam točit slëzy,
Polzut na čërnyj kiparis
Grozdami purpurnye rozy.
Sjuda kogda-to, v žgučij znoj,
Pod tëmnolistvennye lavry,
Bežali l'vy na vodopoj
I buro-pegie kentavry;
S kozlom bodalsja zdes' satir;
Vakchanki s krikami i smechom
Sveršali vinogradnyj pir,
I chor timpanov, flejt i lir
Slivalsja šumno s dal'nim ėchom.
Na toj skale Diany chram
Chranila devstvennaja žrica,
A zdes' nad morem po nočam
Plyla bogini kolesnica…

No už ne ta teper' pora;
Gde byl zavetnyj les Diany,
Tam slyšny zvuki topora,
Grochočut vraž'i barabany;
I vsë prošlo; nigde sleda
Ne vidno Grecii sčastlivoj,
Bez tajny les, bez pljasok nivy,
Bez pesnej pëstrye stada
Pasët tatarin molčalivyj…

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Confirmed with А. К. Толстой, Сочинения : в 2 т., М.: Художественная литература, 1981. — Т. 1. Стихотворения.


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