| Deutsch and Yarmolinsky, comps. Modern Russian Poetry. 1921. | | | | Madonna | | By Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837) |
| | | NOT by old masters, rich on crowded walls, | |
| My house I ever sought to ornament, | |
| That gaping guests might marvel while they bent | |
| To connoisseurs with condescending drawls. | |
| Amidst slow labors, far from garish halls, | 5 |
| Before one picture I would fain have spent | |
| Eternity: where the calm canvas thralls | |
| As though the Virgin and our Saviour leant | |
| From regnant clouds, the Glorious and the Wise, | |
| The meek and hallowed, with unearthly eyes, | 10 |
| Beneath the palm of Zion, these alone…. | |
| My wish is granted: God has shown thy face | |
| To me; here, my Madonna, thou shalt throne: | |
| Most pure exemplar of the purest grace. | | | | |
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