Like an evil spirit hast thou <br />Shocked my heart from out its rest, <br />If thou'lt take it quite away now-- <br />Thou wilt win my healing blest! <br /> <br />My heart thy temple evermore! <br />Thy face,--the altar's Godhead sign! <br />Not heaven's grace,--thy smiles, restore, <br />Grant absolution, joy divine!<br /><br />Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/like-an-evil-spirit/
