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Река времен в своем стремленьи
Уносит все дела людей
И топит в пропасти забвенья
Народы, царства и царей.
А если что и остается
Чрез звуки лиры и трубы,
То вечности жерлом пожрется
И общей не уйдет судьбы.
6 июля 1816
About This Book
A collection of devotional odes and prayers that alternate personal supplication with public address, meditating on divine power, providence, and human frailty. The poems confront mortality, doubt, and the fleeting nature of earthly honors while finding consolation in faith and mercy; they also offer moral exhortations to rulers, judges, and family life, praising piety, charity, and domestic harmony. Lyric, rhetorical language mixes vivid natural and funerary imagery with reflective argument, moving between confident trust in divine goodness and earnest appeals for guidance, forgiveness, and strength in the face of suffering and change.