THE BAKCHESARIAN FOUNTAIN.

BY

ALEXANDER POOSHKEEN.



AND OTHER POEMS, BY VARIOUS AUTHORS,



TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL RUSSIAN,

BY

WILLIAM D. LEWIS.






TO

MY RUSSIAN FRIENDS,

THE FOLLOWING EFFORT TO RENDER INTO THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE A FAVOURITE POEM
OF ONE OF THEIR MOST ADMIRED BARDS, AND SOME SHORTER PRODUCTIONS OF OTHER
RUSSIAN POETS,