For monasteries, from Narrative Poems by Alexander Pushkin & Mikhail Lermontov. More on the poet here:
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/337014/Mikhail-Lermontov
from The Novice / by Mikhail Lermontov b. Oct 15, 1814 [Oct 3 Old Style] translated by Charles Johnston
Down from the mountains rode one day
a Russian general, on his way