Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Russia: Vol. XX. 1876–79. | | | | Worskla | | Lament for Yessaul Pushkar | | From the Russian |
| | Translated by Mrs. T. A. L. Robinson
THERE flows a little river, | |
| And Worskla is its name; | |
| And of the little river | |
| Know old and young the fame. | |
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| And on the little river | 5 |
| They know good songs to sing; | |
| And on the little river | |
| They like good thoughts to think. | |
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| O thoughts, ye manly thoughts, | |
| Ye call up sorrow and woe; | 10 |
| O thoughts, ye manly thoughts, | |
| From you strong deeds can grow! | |
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| Where are you, brave Kozaks? | |
| Where are you, valiant lords? | |
| Your bones are in the grave, | 15 |
| In the deep moor your swords! | |
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| Where art thou, O Pushkar? | |
| Where art thou, valiant knight? | |
| Ukraina weeps for thee, | |
| And for her fate so bright. | 20 |
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| His bones are in the grave, | |
| Himself with God is now; | |
| O, weep, O, weep, Ukraina, | |
| An orphan left art thou. | | | | |
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