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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DEMON, by ALEXANDER (ALEKSANDR) ALEXANDROVICH BLOK Poet's Biography First Line: Behind me you must go, behind me Last Line: Into the glittering void of night. | |||
BEHIND me you must go, behind me, My slave obedient and true; The sparkling mountain-ridges find me In flight unfaltering with you. Above abysses I shall take you, Bottomless pits of mystery; And there, while futile terrors shake you, Is inspiration's strength for me. Amid the ether's flaming shower I do not let you swoon, but show My shadowy wings and sinewy power To lift you and not let you go. Upon the hills in white resplendence, Upon the unstained meadow-ground, In beautiful divine attendance My fire shall strangely burn around. Know you how frail is that delusion By which mankind is tricked, how small Is the poor pitiful confusion That by wild passion's name we call? When shadows gather in the even And my enchantment seizes you, You wish to fly aloft to heaven Through fiery deserts of the blue. I gather you in my embraces And raise you up with me afar To where a star is like earth's places And earth's not different from a star. Then stricken dumb with admiration, New universes you can see, Sights unbelievable, creation Made by my playful fantasy. In fear and strengthlessness you shiver; I hear you whisper: "Let me go!" You from my soft wings I deliver And smile upon you, "Fly below!" Beneath my smile divinely winning, In an annihilating flight, Like a cold stone, you flutter, spinning Into the glittering void of night. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AUTUMN LOVE by ALEXANDER (ALEKSANDR) ALEXANDROVICH BLOK RUSSIA by ALEXANDER (ALEKSANDR) ALEXANDROVICH BLOK SHADOWS ON THE WALL by ALEXANDER (ALEKSANDR) ALEXANDROVICH BLOK THE LADY UNKNOWN by ALEXANDER (ALEKSANDR) ALEXANDROVICH BLOK THE STEPS OF THE COMMANDER by ALEXANDER (ALEKSANDR) ALEXANDROVICH BLOK THE UNKNOWN WOMAN by ALEXANDER (ALEKSANDR) ALEXANDROVICH BLOK VOICE FROM THE CHORUS by ALEXANDER (ALEKSANDR) ALEXANDROVICH BLOK VULTURE by ALEXANDER (ALEKSANDR) ALEXANDROVICH BLOK INTO CRIMSON DARK THOU GOEST by ALEXANDER (ALEKSANDR) ALEXANDROVICH BLOK A LITTLE BLACK MAN RAN THROUGH THE CITY by ALEXANDER (ALEKSANDR) ALEXANDROVICH BLOK WHEN MOUNTAIN ASH IN CLUSTERS REDDENS by ALEXANDER (ALEKSANDR) ALEXANDROVICH BLOK |
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