It features the proud father Old Gudaal and the Prince, who pursues his lost love on a gallant steed.
It features the proud father Old Gudaal and the Prince, who pursues his lost love on a gallant steed. When the Georgian noble's daughter awakens she can only remember clear dreams, sad eyes, and tender words. Though a messenger tries to sway the title character, he replies, "You are no judge of such as we/ For her heart belongs to me." Begun when its author was sixteen, it was reworked numerous times, most notably after his exile to the Caucasus. Subtitled, "An Eastern Tale," it climaxes with a kiss between the aforementioned Tamara, who is instantly killed, and the title figure who opens the poem by flying over the earth and contemplating his exile from heaven. For ten points, identify this long poem about a former angel by Lermontov
It features the proud father Old Gudaal and the Prince, who pursues his lost love on a gallant steed.
{The Demon}