| Deutsch and Yarmolinsky, comps. Modern Russian Poetry. 1921. | | | | In the White Land | | By Konstantin Balmont (b. 1867) |
| | | THE CANDID psalm of Silence rises whitely burning, | |
| The icy wastes are lit with sunset’s radiant yearning. | |
| The drowsy elements in yawning vistas freeze, | |
| And voiceless are the argent Polar liturgies. | |
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| Above the sea of whiteness, crimson curtains falling; | 5 |
| No fields or forests here, clear crystal shines appalling. | |
| White altars stretch beneath the changeless icy skies, | |
| A prayer, not suppliant, a psalm, not voiced,—arise. | | | | |
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