Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin. Ruslan and Lyudmila (№ 397366)

Why would destiny not destined
My fickle lyre
Heroism sing one
And it (the unknown world)
The love and friendship of old age?
The sad truth of the poet,
Why I should for posterity
Vice and malice Stripping
Secrets and the machinations of treachery
Truthful songs to denounce?