Here you will find thePoemEpitaph For A Shepherdessof poet Konstantin Nikolaevich Batiushkov
Beloved maidens! Playful and carefree, You sing, you dance and frolic in the glades. I, too, once dwelt in gay Arcadia, I, too, in early days found moments Of joy in woods and glades: In golden dreams, love promised happiness: But what did I attain in this glad land?- The grave!