ON LOMONOSSOEF.[9]
God chose him from his earliest years;Revealed, ’mid glittering icebergs stood,In northern light, in gleam of stars,In roar of wave, in hum of wood,And bade him leave his Fisher’s net,And led him forth from town to town,That “Rus”[10]to him from gloomy cotTo sparkling palace, might be known;And led him to famed Western climes,That there his genius might obtainAll knowledge, from the earliest timesMade known to mighty chosen men;That, from their torch of knowledge, heMight light his own, and, with right handUplifted high that all might see,Illume with it his native land.
God chose him from his earliest years;Revealed, ’mid glittering icebergs stood,In northern light, in gleam of stars,In roar of wave, in hum of wood,And bade him leave his Fisher’s net,And led him forth from town to town,That “Rus”[10]to him from gloomy cotTo sparkling palace, might be known;And led him to famed Western climes,That there his genius might obtainAll knowledge, from the earliest timesMade known to mighty chosen men;That, from their torch of knowledge, heMight light his own, and, with right handUplifted high that all might see,Illume with it his native land.
God chose him from his earliest years;Revealed, ’mid glittering icebergs stood,In northern light, in gleam of stars,In roar of wave, in hum of wood,And bade him leave his Fisher’s net,And led him forth from town to town,That “Rus”[10]to him from gloomy cotTo sparkling palace, might be known;And led him to famed Western climes,That there his genius might obtainAll knowledge, from the earliest timesMade known to mighty chosen men;That, from their torch of knowledge, heMight light his own, and, with right handUplifted high that all might see,Illume with it his native land.
God chose him from his earliest years;
Revealed, ’mid glittering icebergs stood,
In northern light, in gleam of stars,
In roar of wave, in hum of wood,
And bade him leave his Fisher’s net,
And led him forth from town to town,
That “Rus”[10]to him from gloomy cot
To sparkling palace, might be known;
And led him to famed Western climes,
That there his genius might obtain
All knowledge, from the earliest times
Made known to mighty chosen men;
That, from their torch of knowledge, he
Might light his own, and, with right hand
Uplifted high that all might see,
Illume with it his native land.
FOOTNOTES:[9]Lomonossoef—the first great Russian scholar—was the son of an Archangel fisherman.[10]Ancient name of Russia.
[9]Lomonossoef—the first great Russian scholar—was the son of an Archangel fisherman.
[9]Lomonossoef—the first great Russian scholar—was the son of an Archangel fisherman.
[10]Ancient name of Russia.
[10]Ancient name of Russia.