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If you liked it, please support the author with a like and a subscription (or even a repost). * * * * He swore in a strict temple (Nikolai GUMILYOV) He swore in a strict temple Before the statue of the Madonna That he would be faithful to the lady, The one whose gaze is unyielding. And forgot about the secret marriage, Lavishing caresses everywhere, At night he was stabbed to death in a fight And came to the threshold of paradise. "Have you not sworn in My temple," Madonna's speech sounded, "That you will be faithful to the lady, The one whose gaze is unyielding? Step aside, it is not these harvests That the Heavenly King is gathering. He who has broken the word of the oath Perishes, unknown to God." But, sad and stubborn, He fell at the feet of the Madonna: “I have never met a lady anywhere, The one whose gaze is unyielding.”