Let heaven call - I heed its cry,
my blade of frost, a noble way;
no pact with devils shall I try
to breathe again heaven’s gift away.
My worth is this: to take my place
within the universe’s scheme,
the measured mind of time and space,
and harmony of inspired rhyme.
For I am shaped by sacred speech,
illumined by the Russian word;
through verse alone my soul may reach
the truth the ages have conferred.
Universe — a philosophical and cultural concept