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Вторая половина 1815 (?)

Песнь Гаральда Смелого*

Мы, други, летали по бурным морям,От родины милой летали далеко!На суше, на море мы бились жестоко;И море, и суша покорствуют нам!О други! как сердце у смелых кипело,Когда мы, содвинув стеной корабли,Как птицы неслися станицей веселойВкруг пажитей тучных Сиканской земли!..А дева русская Гаральда презирает.О други! я младость не праздно провел!С сынами Дронтгейма вы помните сечу?Как вихорь пред вами я мчался навстречуПод камни и тучи свистящие стрел.Напрасно сдвигались народы; мечамиНапрасно о наши стучали щиты:Как бледные класы под ливнем, упалиИ всадник, и пеший… владыка, и ты!..А дева русская Гаральда презирает.Нас было лишь трое на легком челне;А море вздымалось, я помню, горами;Ночь черная в полдень нависла с громами,И Гела зияла в соленой волне.Но волны напрасно, яряся, хлестали:Я черпал их шлемом, работал веслом:С Гаральдом, о други, вы страха не зналиИ в мирную пристань влетели с челном!А дева русская Гаральда презирает.Вы, други, видали меня на коне?Вы зрели, как рушил секирой твердыни,Летая на бурном питомце пустыниСквозь пепел и вьюгу в пожарном огне?Железом я ноги мои окрыляя,И лань упреждаю по звонкому льду;Я, хладную влагу рукой рассекая,Как лебедь отважный по морю иду…А дева русская Гаральда презирает.Я в мирных родился полнОчи снегах;Но рано отбросил доспехи ловитвы —Лук грозный и лыжи — и в шумные битвыВас, други, с собою умчал на судах.Не тщетно за славой летали далекоОт милой отчизны по диким морям;Не тщетно мы бились мечами жестоко:И море, и суша покорствуют нам!А дева русская Гаральда презирает.

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