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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MONUMENT, by ALEKSANDR SERGEYEVICH PUSHKIN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I've built my monument, but not with hands I made it Last Line: To fools, but let them have their say. Alternate Author Name(s): Pushkin, Alexander; Poushkin, Aleksander Sergyevich | |||
I'VE built my monument, but not with hands I made it; Where the crowds flock to it, no grass shall ever grow. With an unruly head it soars, and in its shade it Leaves Alexander's Pillar low. Not all of me shall die! My secret lyre shall show it And make my soul outlive the dust and fly decay. And I shall be renowned while lives a single poet On earth beneath the eye of day. Through all great Russia's spaces shall my name be spoken, And every living tongue of man my name shall tell; Proud breed of Slav, and Finn, and Tungus still unbroken, And Kalmuck whom the steppe knows well. And I shall for long years be loved by all the nation Because for noble passions with my lyre I call, Because in pitiless days I prayed for liberation, Asked clemency for those who fall. Listen to God's commands, my Muse, not disobeying; Fear not rebuke nor ask to win the crown of bay, Indifferent to praise and censure, nothing saying To fools, but let them have their say. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A NEREID (2) by ALEKSANDR SERGEYEVICH PUSHKIN A PRAYER by ALEKSANDR SERGEYEVICH PUSHKIN ANGEL by ALEKSANDR SERGEYEVICH PUSHKIN DEVILS by ALEKSANDR SERGEYEVICH PUSHKIN ELEGY by ALEKSANDR SERGEYEVICH PUSHKIN FOREBODING by ALEKSANDR SERGEYEVICH PUSHKIN GIRLS' SONG by ALEKSANDR SERGEYEVICH PUSHKIN MADONNA by ALEKSANDR SERGEYEVICH PUSHKIN MESSAGE TO SIBERIA by ALEKSANDR SERGEYEVICH PUSHKIN NIGHT PIECE by ALEKSANDR SERGEYEVICH PUSHKIN ON THE DEATH OF AMALIA RIZNICH by ALEKSANDR SERGEYEVICH PUSHKIN |
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