1902 <br /> <br />When I sailed in a sea of tempests, <br />And when my ship sunk into sea, <br />I wildly cried: "My friend, the best one, <br />My dear Devil, pray, help me! <br /> <br />Don't let my evil, restless soul <br />Have perished before ordered dates, <br />I will attend to sins the whole <br />Black train of all my future days." <br /> <br />And Devil took and threw me, coarse, <br />Into the boat, old and frail. <br />I found there the pair of oars, <br />The little bench and grayish sail. <br /> <br />And I again brought on the ground <br />Into the large and evil life <br />My soul, everywhere pushed out, <br />My body, sunk in sinful strife. <br /> <br />And I am faithful, Devil-father, <br />To the pledge, in evil time I gave, <br />When I was in the sea disaster <br />And such miraculously saved. <br /> <br />I'll make your fame midst earthly nations <br />To a shame of every day, unjust, <br />I'll sing praise to the worlds damnation, <br />And while enticing, I'll entice.<br /><br />Fyodor Sologub<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/when-i-sailed-in-a-sea/
