| Deutsch and Yarmolinsky, comps. Modern Russian Poetry. 1921. | | | | Work | | By Alexander Pushkin (17991837) |
| | | HERE is the long-bided hour: the labor of years is accomplished. | |
| Why should this sadness unplumbed secretly weigh on my heart? | |
| Is it, my work being done, I stand like a laborer, useless, | |
| One who has taken his pay, alien to unwonted tasks? | |
| Is it the work I regret, the silent companion of midnight, | 5 |
| Friend of the golden-haired Dawn, friend of the gods of the hearth? | | | | |
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