Boris Pasternak Poems

It snowed and snowed ,the whole world over,
Snow swept the world from end to end.
A candle burned on the table;
A candle burned.
...

I dreamt of autumn in the window's twilight,
And you, a tipsy jesters' throng amidst. '
And like a falcon, having stooped to slaughter,
...

This was its promise, held to faithfully:
The early morning sun came in this way
Until the angle of its saffron beam
...

I used to glorify the poor,
Not simply lofty views expressing:
Their lives alone, I felt, were true,
Devoid of pomp and window-dressing.
...

February. Take ink and weep,
write February as you’re sobbing,
while black Spring burns deep
through the slush and throbbing.
...

When Passion week started and Jesus
Came down to the city, that day
Hosannahs burst out at his entry
And palm leaves were strewn in his way.
...

The sun is hotter than the top ledge in a steam bath;
The ravine, crazed, is rampaging below.
Spring -- that corn-fed, husky milkmaid --
Is busy at her chores with never a letup.
...

Beneath the willow wound round with ivy
we take cover from the worst
of the storm, with a greatcoat round
our shoulders and my hands around your waist.
...

I have allowed my family to scatter,
All those who were my dearest to depart,
And once again an age-long loneliness
...

The air is full of after-thunder freshness,
And everything rejoices and revives.
With the whole outburst of its purple clusters
...