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THE DEMON
THE DEMON
OF
LERMONTOFF
TRANSLATED FROM THE RUSSIAN
By FRANCIS STORR
THE DEMON
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The Demon
Ill
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The Demon
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VII
VIII
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The Demon
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The Demon
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The Demon
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if below
Fast sped the gallant steed, as
The were raging, swifter than a roe.
fight
Now stopped and sniffed the air and shook his
mane, 170
And stamped, then fled precipitous ; again
The hillside heard the thunder of his feet.
While his mute rider, swaying in his seat.
With feet pressed home in stirrup, drooping head.
Slack reins, and unresisting as the dead, 175
Was carried onward by his faithful horse
A trail of purple marked his headlong course,
Thus had a brigand Ossetin's random ball
Laid in the dust the pride of Synodal.
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The Demon
so late ?
XIV
The Demon
II
The Demon
Ill
The Demon
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The Demon
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The Demon
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VIII
The Demon
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I
; ;
The Demon
TAMARA
Who art thou ? Dread spirit, tell
DEMON
Beauteous maid !
TAMARA
Who art thou ? Tell !
DEMON
I am he whose mystic spell
Lulled to rest thy troubled brain,
Turned to ecstasy thy pain,
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The Demon
TAMARA
Tempter, hence Can I believe
!
DEMON
I know not, only this I know,
With new-born life my heart 's aglow ; 440
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The Demon
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The Demon
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The Demon
TAMARA
Wherefore confide thy woes to me ?
Thou hast sinned . . .
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!
The Demon
DEMON
Sinned against thee? 540
TAMARA
Hush ! Hush ! they '11 hear us.
DEMON
None is near.
TAMARA
And God ?
DEMON
He heeds not never fear, —
He 's in the heaven of heavens, not here.
TAMARA
The day of wrath, the pains of hell
DEMON
What matter if at one we dwell ? 545
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The Demon
TAMARA
Whoe'er thou art, my friend unknown,
With thee, alas my rest is flown.
!
DEMON
I swear by first created light,
By the last judgment and the night
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The Demon
The Demon
Ungovernable as my hate.
Listen, Tamara, thou shalt fly
With me, the nursling of the air,
Above the heights of azure sky,
Above the starry spheres, and share 610
The Demon
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; —
The Demon
XI
Inevitable, —
and she knew no more ;
His fiery kisses like the lightning spark
Flashed through her veins and all again was
dark.
He was her all, her god, her heaven, her hell
To youth, to hope, to life her last farewell. 665
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The Demon
XII
XIII
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The Demon
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The Demon
XIV
XV
Scarce had the father priest his requiem said,
And laid Tamara in her rocky bed,
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The Demon
XVI
XVII
XVIII
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The Demon
XIX
But as if not built by human hands,
still,
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