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1816 — февраль 1817

«Тот вечно молод, кто поет…»*

  Тот вечно молод, кто поет    Любовь, вино, Эрота  И розы сладострастья жнетВ веселых цветниках Буфлера и Марота.Пускай грозит ему подагра, кашель злой  И свора злых заимодавцев:  Он всё трудится день-деньской  Для области книгопродАвцев.  «Умрет, забыт!» Поверьте, нет!    Потомство всё узнает:  Чем жил, и как, и где поэт,Как умер, прах его где мирно истлевает.  И слава, верьте мне, спасет  Из алчных челюстей забвенья  И в храм бессмертия внесет  Его и жизнь, и сочиненья.

Первая половина марта 1817

<В.Л. Пушкину>*

  Чутьем поэзию любя,Стихами лепетал ты, знаю, в колыбели;  Ты был младенцем, и тебяЛелеял весь Парнас и музы гимны пели,Качая колыбель усердною рукой:  «Расти, малютка золотой!  Расти, сокровище бесценно!  Ты наш, в тебе запечатленно  Таланта вечное клеймо!Ничтожных должностей свинцовое ярмо    Твоей не тронет шеи:  Эротов розы и лилеи,  Счастливы Пафоса затеи,Гулянья, завтраки и праздность без трудов,Жизнь без раскаянья, без мудрости плодов,    Твои да будут вечно!    Расти, расти, сердечный!  Не будешь в золоте ходить,Но будешь без труда на рифмах говорить,      Друзей любить    И кофе жирный пить!»

Первая половина марта 1817

Умирающий Тасс*

(элегия)

…E come alpestre e rapido torrente,

Come acceso baleno

In notturno sereno,

Come aura o fumo, o come stral repente,

Volan le nostre fame: ed ogni onore

Sembra languido fiore!

Che più spera, o che s’attende omai?

Dopo trionfo e palma

Sol qui restano all’alma

Lutto e lamenti, e lagrimosi lai.

Che più giova amicizia o giova amore!

Ahi lagrime! ahi dolore!

«Torrismondo», tragedia di T. Tasso[101]
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