A poem by Alexander Block – Alexandre Block – Alexandr Blok – Александр Блок
(1880-1921)
A girl was singing in a church choir
Of the weary people on foreign soil,
Of all the ships that sailed aspired,
Of all, who have forgotten their joy.
So sang her voice, to the cupola reaching,
White shoulders aglow in a dazzling ray,
And in the dark all were watching and harking
To the white dress singing in the ray.
And it seemed to them that joy was coming,
That all the ships, made a quiet berth,
That the weary people far from home dwelling
Found a happy life for themselves.
And the voice was sweet, and the ray was tiny,
And only up high, next to the Royal gate,
Privy to mysteries, – a child was crying
That homecoming is no one’s fate.
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- Roaming in Thought. by Walt Whitman
- Colonus’ Praise by William Butler Yeats
- Владимир Высоцкий – Сыт я по горло, до подбородка
- Essential Beauty by Philip Larkin
- Hymn of the City by William Cullen Bryant
- In Spring, Santa Barbara by Sara Teasdale
- Thick-Sprinkled Bunting. by Walt Whitman
- The Complaint Of A Forsaken Indian Woman by William Wordsworth
- Far Pitched Tents: Poems of War by Michael Nikoletseas
- To A Girl In A Garden by Sappho
- Алишер Навои – Сердце кровью из ран обагрить я сумел
- Before The World Was Made by William Butler Yeats
- Elegy poem – by Ambrose Bierce poems | Poems and Poetry
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
- A Scot To Jeanne D’Arc poem – Andrew Lang poems
- A Portrait Of 1783 poem – Andrew Lang poems
- A Highly Valuable Chain Of Thoughts poem – Andrew Lang poems
- Young Love poem – Andrew Marvell poems
- Upon The Hill And Grove At Bill-borow poem – Andrew Marvell poems
- Upon An Eunuch; A Poet. Fragment poem – Andrew Marvell poems
- Upon Appleton House, to My Lord Fairfax poem – Andrew Marvell poems
- Translated poem – Andrew Marvell poems
- Tom May’s Death poem – Andrew Marvell poems
- To Songs At the Marriage Of The Lord Fauconberg And The Lady Mary Cromwell poem – Andrew Marvell poems
- To His Worthy Friend Doctor Witty Upon His Translation Of The Popular Errors poem – Andrew Marvell poems
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- To His Noble Friend, Mr. Richard Lovelace, Upon His Poems poem – Andrew Marvell poems
- To Christina, Queen of Sweden poem – Andrew Marvell poems
- Thoughts in a Garden poem – Andrew Marvell poems
- The Unfortunate Lover poem – Andrew Marvell poems
- The Picture Of Little T.C. In A Prospect Of Flowers poem – Andrew Marvell poems
- The Mower’s Song poem – Andrew Marvell poems
- The Nymph Complaining For The Death Of Her Faun poem – Andrew Marvell poems
- The Mower To The Glo-Worms poem – Andrew Marvell poems
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
Search engines:
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Yahoo– yes, it’s still around, amazingly, miraculously, incredibly, but now it seems to be powered by Bing.
Parallel Translations of Poetry
The Poetry Repository – an online library of poems, poetry, verse and poetic works
Alexander Blok (1880-1921), also Block, was a Russian poet, writer, publicist, playwright, translator and literary critic. A classic of Russian literature.