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Anthology of Modern Slavonic Literature in Prose and Verse/The Maenad

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Vyacheslav Ivanovich Ivanov2707320Anthology of Modern Slavonic Literature in Prose and Verse — The Maenad1919Paul Selver

VYACHESLAV IVANOV.

THE MAENAD.

Wildly sped the Maenad onward,
Like a doe,
Like a doe,—

With heart bursting from her bosom,
Like a doe,
Like a doe,—

With heart quailing like a falcon,
Prison-pent,
Prison-pent,—

With heart baleful like the sun at
Morn's ascent,
Morn's ascent,—

With heart like the evening sun, a
Sacrament,
Sacrament . . .

Thus when thou the godhead meetest,
Heart, shalt grow . . .
Heart, shalt grow . . .

And on the final threshold greetest,
Heart, shalt grow . . .
Heart, shalt grow . . .

From the peace-cup, O oblation,
Quaff content,
Quaff content,

Wine with mute conciliation
Blends content . . .
Blends content . . .

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.


The longest-living author of this work died in 1970, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 53 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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