Don't imitate: the gift is special here, <br />And with its own greatness it is great; <br />Either Doratov or the new Shakespeare - <br />You are not liked: they hate returning, yet. <br />The law of a bard and Israel's the same: <br />To make the idol is the crime and shame! <br />And when, Mickiewicz, oh, my bard, elated, <br />I saw you by the Byron's feet - I thought: <br />Rise, rise immediately, a priest humiliated! <br />Rise and remember: you're yourself a god!<br /><br />Yevgeny Abramovich Baratynsky<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/don-t-imitate/
