
A tender, mournful voice threads through this lyrical collection, begun as a personal tribute to a beloved wife whose sudden death left the poet yearning for solace. The opening verses place the reader at an altar once bright with floral garlands, now shadowed by loss, while the poet’s devotion persists in each line addressed to “the green star” of eternal fidelity. Through intimate confessions and whispered promises, the work invites listeners to feel the ache of grief softened by the steady rhythm of nature’s cycles.
The anthology unfolds across the seasons, offering miniature poems that celebrate spring’s rebirth, summer’s heat, autumn’s melancholy, and winter’s quiet stillness. Celestial images of stars and the sea mingle with earthy symbols of lilies, roses, and lilacs, creating a mosaic of hope that suggests comfort will eventually return. Listeners will be carried along a path where sorrow and beauty intertwine, finding reassurance that even in darkness, the world’s gentle music endures.
Language
eo
Duration
~22 minutes (21K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Andrew Sly, Mark C. Orton, Marc Vanden Bempt and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2015-05-08
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects

A Russian-born Esperanto poet and translator, he is remembered for helping shape early Esperanto literature through verse that reached readers far beyond his own time.
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