Pushkin - Mirsky - 'incisive kisses'

Wed Aug 6 05:25:29 UTC 2008

Dear all,

In his fine book on Pushkin, Mirsky quotes these 2 lines.  Can anyone give
them to me in Russian?

Whose passionate embrace is more alive
Than thy incisive kisses?¹

They are from either Kaf. Plennik¹ or Bak. Fontan¹.

And if anyone happens to know where Mirsky¹s little story is from, that will
be beter still.
When a reader objected that incisive¹ was an inappropriate epithet for
kisses¹, Pushkin replied that he wanted people to understand that my
Georgian bites when she kisses¹.

Best Wishes,

Robert

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