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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO A FRIEND, by BORIS LEONIDOVICH PASTERNAK Poem Explanation Poet's Biography
First Line: Come, don't I know that, stumbling against shadows
First Line: Come, don't I know that, stumbling against shadows
Come, don't I know that, stumbling against shadows,
Darkness could never have arrived at light?
Do I rate happy hundreds over millions
Of happy men? Am I a monster quite?
Isn't the Five-Year-Plan a yardstick for me,
Its rise and fall my own? But I don't quiz In asking:
What shall I do with my thorax
And with what's slower than inertia is?
The great Soviet gives to the highest passions
In these brave days each one its rightful place,
Yet vainly leaves one vacant for the poet.
When that's not empty, look for danger's face.
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