“За Отрока — за Голубя — за Сына,
За царевича младого Алексия
Помолись, церковная Россия!
Очи ангельские вытри,
Вспомяни, как пал на плиты
Голубь углицкий — Димитрий.
Ласковая ты, Россия, матерь!
Ах, ужели у тебя не хватит
На него — любовной благодати?
Грех отцовский не карай на сыне.
Сохрани, крестьянская Россия,
Царскосельского ягнёнка — Алексия!
4 апреля 1917,
третий день Пасхи
Pray for the Son - the Dove - the Adolescent,
For the young Tsarevich, for the young Alexis -
Russia, pray, who the true faith confessest!
Wipe those angel eyes now, ponder deeply
Him that fell upon the stones - think meetly
On the dove of Uglich, on Dimitri.
Gentle mother, Russia, kind, caressing!
Is thy heart so hard as not to grace him
With thy loving-kindness, with thy blessing?
Visit not upon the son the father's trespass.
Russia of the country folk - be his protectress:
Spare the lamb of Tsarskoye Selo, Alexis!
4 April 1917
Third day of Easter”
―
The Demesne of the Swans
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