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:
- Elegy II. On The Death Of The University Beadle At Cambridge (Translated From Milton) by William Cowper
- A First Confession by William Butler Yeats
- Василий Лебедев-Кумач – Спортивный марш
- I’ve Lived To See Desire Vanish poem – Alexander Pushkin
- Sonet 53 by William Alexander
- Asparagus – A Tanka Poem
- Calling All Angels
- Some Clouds by Steve Kowit
- Михаил Лермонтов – А. А. Олениной (Ах! Анна Алексевна)
- Sonnet 04
- Composed By The Side Of Grasmere Lake 1806 by William Wordsworth
- Prospect by Sylvia Plath
- The Faery Forest by Sara Teasdale
- Bad News by William Barnes
- To Autumn poem – John Keats poems
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
- Behind a Wall poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Before the Altar poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Before the Altar poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Before Dawn poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Azure and Gold poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Azure and Gold poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Aubade poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- At Night poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- At Night poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Astigmatism poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Astigmatism poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Apples of Hesperides poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Apples of Hesperides poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Apology poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Apology poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Anticipation poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Anticipation poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- An Opera House poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- An Opera House poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- An Aquarium poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
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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.