| Deutsch and Yarmolinsky, comps. Modern Russian Poetry. 1921. | | | | Autumn | | By Vyacheslav Ivanov (b. 1866) |
| | | THE AIR is sad and still. A bright transparency! | |
| Enskied a woman veiled in light invisibly | |
| Upholds a balance high above the clear sun’s pouring, | |
| The instant’s equipoise, serene and frail, adoring. | |
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| But each sere leaf that from the trees falls, separate, | 5 |
| And lays upon the golden scales its trembling weight | |
| May force the balance Summer’s plenty freighted | |
| Down to the wintry regions soon to darkness fated. | | | | |
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