Do You Remember? Poem by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok

Do You Remember?

Rating: 4.6


In the harbor passive,
Just where green water calmly sleeps,
Set in the column, strong and massive,
Appeared navy's silent ships.

All four were gray. And many questions
Were shortly overwhelming us,
And sailors, very tanned and fashioned,
To shore in solemn silence passed.

The world became luring and broad,
But once, ships started to depart:
The four of them on their road
Dug in the ocean and night.

The sea obtained the former glow,
The lone beacon sadly twinkled
When on the mast, becoming low,
The last of signals lost the link.

Oh, how little we wait from living -
We are the children - I and you,
You see, the heart is happy, seeing
The smallest part of all that new.

A pocket knife brought you a treasure -
The speck of dust from a far land -
And world again becomes a stranger
That by the colored cloud veiled.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Edward Kofi Louis 27 September 2020

Strong and massive! ! Luring and broad! Musing along with love and life. Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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Luis Estable 27 September 2020

I admire the diction here though I do not get all the lines. I fail to grasp the full meaning a two or three verses, but I recognize that this is an excellence poem.

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Mahtab Bangalee 27 September 2020

The sea obtained the former glow, The lone beacon sadly twinkled When on the mast, becoming low, The last of signals lost the link........beautiful poem shared; pleasure to read

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Sylvia Frances Chan 17 October 2023

Colours are of great importance in his poems. Typical Blok symbolism.5 Stars Full

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Sylvia Frances Chan 17 October 2023

Block has its own symbolism, completely different from the rest, but his poem here is soft and yet it conveys tremendous power.5 Stars Full

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Rose Marie Juan-austin 27 September 2021

A beautiful and powerful poem on life adorned with great images. So beautifully expressed.

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Khairul Ahsan 28 September 2020

'And world again becomes a stranger That by the colored cloud veiled' - These two lines aptly conclude this beautiful poem.

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Dr. Antony Theodore 28 September 2020

A pocket knife brought you a treasure - The speck of dust from a far land - And world again becomes a stranger That by the colored cloud veiled. a very fine poem. tony

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