Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE JAR, by FEODOR KUZMICH TETERNIKOV Poet's Biography First Line: Inside a jar with painted flowers Last Line: And spill it down upon my breast. Alternate Author Name(s): Sologub, Fedor (fyodor) | ||||||||
INSIDE a jar with painted flowers A surly servant carries wine. In skies above the darkness lowers, The road is rough and no stars shine. With straining eyes to guide his going, He peers into the darkness dim, Lest the wine flood and overflowing Drip down and soak his breast for him. I also bear a jar, and filled it With sufferings of long ago; I lulled and cunningly distilled it, My poison of remembered woe. By devious ways I travel bearing My jar that brims with evil, lest Someone should come with hands uncaring And spill it down upon my breast. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE AMPHORA by FEODOR KUZMICH TETERNIKOV THE DEVIL'S SWINGS by FEODOR KUZMICH TETERNIKOV THE DRAGON by FEODOR KUZMICH TETERNIKOV TO-MORROW TO FRESH WOODS AND PASTURES NEW' by AMY LOWELL HALF-WAKING by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM THE TIME OF LOVE by FLORENCE E. BALDWIN PSALM 2; DONE AUGUST 8, 1653 - TERZETTI by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE |
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