Gde svetly'j klyuch, spuskayas` vniz
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Gde svetly'j klyuch, spuskayas` vniz,
Po sery'm kamnyam tochit slyozy',
Polzut na chyorny'j kiparis
Grozdami purpurny'e rozy'.
Syuda kogda-to, v zhguchij znoj,
Pod tyomnolistvenny'e lavry',
Bezhali l`vy' na vodopoj
I buro-pegie kentavry';
S kozlom bodalsya zdes` satir;
Vakxanki s krikami i smexom
Svershali vinogradny'j pir,
I xor timpanov, flejt i lir
Slivalsya shumno s dal`nim e`xom.
Na toj skale Diany' xram
Xranila devstvennaya zhricza,
A zdes` nad morem po nocham
Ply'la bogini kolesnicza…

No uzh ne ta teper` pora;
Gde by'l zavetny'j les Diany',
Tam sly'shny' zvuki topora,
Groxochut vrazh`i barabany';
I vsyo proshlo; nigde sleda
Ne vidno Grecii schastlivoj,
Bez tajny' les, bez plyasok nivy',
Bez pesnej pyostry'e stada
Pasyot tatarin molchalivy'j…

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


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