Love Poems - Alma Books

Love Poems

Love Poems

Alexander Pushkin

Edited and translated by Roger Clarke

With translations by

James Falen, Jill Higgs, R.H. Morrison, John Coutts, Mary Hobson, David and Lyudmila Matthews, Walter Arndt, Walter Morison, B. Kelley

ALMA CLASSICS

Alma Classics an imprint of

alma books ltd 3 Castle Yard Richmond Surrey TW10 6TF United Kingdom

Love Poems first published by Alma Classics in 2013 A revised edition published by Alma Classics in 2014 This new paperback edition first published by Alma Classics in 2016

Translation ? Roger Clarke (2014, unless otherwise indicated), except for the poems below:

`Reason and Love', `Dor?da ? and Another', `The Page, or At the Age of Fifteen', `Detachment', `Charming Lad' ? James Falen `The Moon' ? Jill Higgs `For Friends', `I Loved You' ? R.H. Morrison `Cupid and Hymen', `Ye Gods!', `The Desire for Fame', `Rhyme', `The Baron's Return' ? John Coutts `Friendship and Love' ? Mary Hobson `My Homeland' ? David and Lyudmila Matthews `The Tenth Commandment', `2nd November' ? Walter Arndt `The Rain-Quenched Day' ? Walter Morison `A Correction' ? B. Kelley

Extra Material, Commentary and Introduction ? Roger Clarke

Printed in Great Britain by CPI Group (UK) Ltd, Croydon CR0 4YY

Typeset by Tetragon, London

isbn: 978?1?84749?689?8

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Contents

Introduction

xi

I The Imperial Lyc?e (1813?17)

3

Reason and Love

5

The Tear

6

For the Lovely Girl Who Took Snuff

7

To a Young Widow

9

To Elv?na

11

The Moon

12

To Morpheus

13

For Friends

14

The Singer

15

Cupid and Hymen

16

A Window

18

Her

19

Notice on the Infirmary Wall

20

For Delivery to the B?bolovsky Palace

21

II St Petersburg (1817?20)

23

Friendship and Love

25

Yours and Mine

26

Ye Gods!

27

To Yelizav?ta Ogary?va,

28

My Homeland

29

For Princess Gol?tsyna

30

Madrigal for M--

31

To A. B--

32

For Catherine Bak?nina

33

To Shcherb?nin

34

For Olga Masson

35

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