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Saints of the Aquarius Age

He erected his temple on the height,
A snow-covered, multi-towered shrine,
That he could pray at the break of dawn
To the changing, heavenly light.

And his God appeared before him,
Infinitely kindred and alien —
Now sad, now gentle, now stern,
Different with every new time.

Asked for nothing, wishing no lies.
Departed and returned again —
A crystal, warm with alternate fires
Amid motionless luminaries.

And the madman, shedding his tears,
Worshipped the heavenly fires,
Then people gathered beneath
To look at the intangible sanctuary.

And laughing, they felt cooler —
“There is no soul in momentary gods,
Here we have a prince and the ruler
Made of heavy eternal stones.”

But the madman could not explain
The gentle dream of his deity —
Its words of snow, softly sung,
Its seal of celestial ore.

N. Gumilyov. Equirhythmic translation by Em Rostverg
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THE VIRGIN MARY - QUEEN OF ANGELS THE VIRGIN MARY - QUEEN OF ANGELS SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST SAINT NICHOLAS SAINT NICHOLAS SAINT ELIJAH SAINT ELIJAH MARY MAGDALENE MARY MAGDALENE SAINTS PETER AND PAUL SAINTS PETER AND PAUL SAINT MATTHEW SAINT MATTHEW SAINT JOHN THE EVANGELIST SAINT JOHN THE EVANGELIST SAINT JOSEPH SAINT JOSEPH SAINT ANNE SAINT ANNE SAINT LUKE SAINT LUKE SAINT VLADIMIR SAINT VLADIMIR SAINT GEORGE SAINT GEORGE SAINT PATRICK SAINT PATRICK SAINT SPYRIDON SAINT SPYRIDON SAINT BARBARAH SAINT BARBARAH SAINT SOPHIA SAINT SOPHIA SAINT FAITH, HOPE and CHARITY (LOVE) SAINT FAITH, HOPE and CHARITY (LOVE) SAINT TATIANA SAINT TATIANA SAINT JOHN CHRYSOSTOM SAINT JOHN CHRYSOSTOM SAINT JOHN OF RILA SAINT JOHN OF RILA SAINT ALEXANDER NEVSKY SAINT ALEXANDER NEVSKY SAINT VALENTINE SAINT VALENTINE MARY OF EGYPT MARY OF EGYPT SAINT DARIA of ROME SAINT DARIA of ROME SAINT IULIA/JULIA – THE MARTYR of CORSICA or CARTHAGE SAINT IULIA/JULIA – THE MARTYR of CORSICA or CARTHAGE SAINT LEO OF CATANIA SAINT LEO OF CATANIA SAINT ANTHONY of PADUA SAINT ANTHONY of PADUA SAINT BOGDAN SAINT BOGDAN