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C.D. Warner, et al., comp. The Library of the World’s Best Literature.
An Anthology in Thirty Volumes. 1917.

Tryst

By Afanasy Fet (Shenshin) (1820–1892)

Translation of John Pollen

A WHISPER, a gentle sigh,

Trills of the nightingale;

The silver flash of the brook

Asleep in the sleepy vale.

The shadow and shine of night

Shadows in endless race;

The sweep of a magical change

Over a sweet young face.

The blush of a rose in the mist,

An amber gleam on the lawn,

A rash of kisses and tears—

And oh, “the Dawn, the Dawn!”