23 MARCH 1945, Page 11

A LOVE SONG

MY darling, be brave,

Come, live with me:

I am the white cherry bough

That sways over thee.

I am the shining green star, In the East I abide:

I am the cold billow washing The ship's iron side.

I am the free water nymph

Diving under the stream: To be free and together, Ah, what a sweet dream.

And in the dark night So gently to die And look at each other With cold glassy eye.

(Translated from the Russian of Alexander Blok by V. DE S. PINTO.)