A poem by Alcaeus of Mytilene (c. 625/620 – c. 580 BC)
The rain of Zeus descends, and from high heaven
A storm is driven:
And on the running water-brooks the cold
Lays icy hold;
Then up: beat down the winter; make the fire
Blaze high and higher;
Mix wine as sweet as honey of the bee
Abundantly;
Then drink with comfortable wool around
Your temples bound.
We must not yield our hearts to woe, or wear
With wasting care;
For grief will profit us no whit, my friend,
Nor nothing mend;
But this is our best medicine, with wine fraught
To cast out thought.
A few random poems:
- Михаил Лермонтов – Баллада (Куда так проворно, жидовка младая)
- Аля Кудряшева – И если Богу нужны гимнасты
- In Thoughtless Mind by Satish Verma
- On The Way To The Bottom by Shel Silverstein
- Олег Бундур – Не боюсь
- Our Hands Have Met by William Morris
- I See Chile In My Rearview Mirror
- Winter Apples by Tatiana Gusarova, translated by Fledermaus
- To My Brother George poem – John Keats poems
- Religious Obsession — translation from Dharmamoha by Rabindranath Tagore
- The Epic Menageries by MB Moshe
- Алексей Жемчужников – Радостные куплеты
- Sonnet 72: O, lest the world should task you to recite by William Shakespeare
- “Give me a roof where Wisdom dwells” poem – Alfred Austin
- Ancient History by Siegfried Sassoon
External links
Bat’s Poetry Page – more poetry by Fledermaus
Talking Writing Monster’s Page –
Batty Writing – the bat’s idle chatter, thoughts, ideas and observations, all original, all fresh
Poems in English
- Recollection
- Practising The Anthem
- Practising Anthem
- Peace
- On Australian Hills
- Mirage
- Memoriam
- Mates
- Lord Nevils Advice
- Lord Nevil039s Advice
- Looking In The Fire
- Looking Fire
- Learn
- Last Battle Cid
- Influence
- Individuality
- In Memoriam
- Honour
- Home Sick
- Holy Communion
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Parallel Translations of Poetry
The Poetry Repository – an online library of poems, poetry, verse and poetic works
Alcaeus of Mytilene ( c. 625/620 – c. 580 Before Christ) ] was a lyric poet from the Greek island of Lesbos who is credited with inventing the Alcaic stanza. He was included in the canonical list of nine lyric poets by the scholars of Hellenistic Alexandria.