Gde svetlyj kljuch, spuskajas' vniz
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Gde svetlyj kljuch, spuskajas' vniz,
Po serym kamnjam tochit sljozy,
Polzut na chjornyj kiparis
Grozdami purpurnye rozy.
Sjuda kogda-to, v zhguchij znoj,
Pod tjomnolistvennye lavry,
Bezhali l'vy na vodopoj
I buro-pegije kentavry;
S kozlom bodalsja zdes' satir;
Vakkhanki s krikami i smekhom
Svershali vinogradnyj pir,
I khor timpanov, flejt i lir
Slivalsja shumno s dal'nim `ekhom.
Na toj skale Diany khram
Khranila devstvennaja zhrica,
A zdes' nad morem po nocham
Plyla bogini kolesnica…

No uzh ne ta teper' pora;
Gde byl zavetnyj les Diany,
Tam slyshny zvuki topora,
Grokhochut vrazh'i barabany;
I vsjo proshlo; nigde sleda
Ne vidno Grecii schastlivoj,
Bez tajny les, bez pljasok nivy,
Bez pesnej pjostrye stada
Pasjot tatarin molchalivyj…

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


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