Со мной жила голубка, умерла...
Со мной жила голубка, умерла,
Решил, что умерла она в печали;
А горе в чём, моя ль вина была,
Мои ли руки лапки ей связали?
А шёлковая нить была крепка
Для красных лапок! Смерть нас разлучила,
Настолько жизнь со мною не сладка,
Своей кончиной жизнь остановила?
Хоть ты одна жила среди дерев,
Меня осиротила, умерев!
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John Keats - I had a dove and the sweet dove died
I had a dove, and the sweet dove died
And I have thought it died of grieving;
O what could it grieve for? Its feet were tied
With a silken thread of my own hand’s weaving:
Sweet little red feet! why would you die?
Why would you leave me, sweet bird, why?
You liv’d alone on the forest tree,
Why, pretty thing, could you not live with me?
I kiss’d you oft, and gave you white pease;
Why not live sweetly as in the green trees?