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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DO NOT TOUCH, by BORIS LEONIDOVICH PASTERNAK Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Don't touch. Fresh paint,' the notice said | |||
I should have seen the sign: "Fresh paint," But useless to advise The careless soul, and memory's stained With cheeks, calves, hands, lips, eyes. More than all failure, all success, I loved you, for your skill In whitening the yellowed world As white cosmetics will. Listen, my dark, my friend: by God, All will grow white somehow, Whiter than madness or lamp shades Or bandage on a brow. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DEFINITION OF CREATIVENESS by BORIS LEONIDOVICH PASTERNAK ON EARLY TRAINS by BORIS LEONIDOVICH PASTERNAK THE PROXY by BORIS LEONIDOVICH PASTERNAK DROWSY GARDEN by BORIS LEONIDOVICH PASTERNAK WE'RE FEW by BORIS LEONIDOVICH PASTERNAK IMPROVISATION by BORIS LEONIDOVICH PASTERNAK OUT OF SUPERSTITION by BORIS LEONIDOVICH PASTERNAK SUMMER DAY by BORIS LEONIDOVICH PASTERNAK TO A FRIEND by BORIS LEONIDOVICH PASTERNAK WAVES: 1 by BORIS LEONIDOVICH PASTERNAK |
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