Poor, impious Soul! that fixes its high hopes
In the dim distance, on a throne of clouds,
And from the morning’s mist would make the ropes
To draw it up amid acclaim of crowds-
Beware! That soaring path is lined with shrouds;
And he who braves it, though of sturdy breath,
May meet, half way, the avalanche and death!
O poor young Soul!-whose year-devouring glance
Fixes in ecstasy upon a star,
Whose feverish brilliance looks a part of earth,
Yet quivers where the feet of angels are,
And seems the future crown in realms afar-
Beware! A spark thou art, and dost but see
Thine own reflection in Eternity!
A few random poems:
- To a Friend poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- The Dance At Darmstadt poem – Alfred Austin
- Robert Burns: Jamie, Come Try Me:
- English Poetry. Thomas Moore. From “Irish Melodies”. 103. The Mountain Spite. Томас Мур.
- Иннокентий Анненский – Из окна
- Get together by Vinaya Kumar Hanumanthappa
- Олег Бундур – Папино влияние
- Nanny’s New Abode by William Barnes
- Зинаида Александрова – Мы оделись раньше всех
- Memories of West Street and Lepke by Robert Lowell
- Николай Рубцов – Весна на берегу Бии
- God Has Pity On Kindergarten Children by Yehuda Amichai
- Sonnet Of Motherhood XL poem – Zora Bernice May Cross poems
- A November Night by Sara Teasdale
- Laughing Rose by William Henry Davies
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 Little Song poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- A Little Song poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- A Lady poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- A Lady poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- A Japanese Wood-Carving poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- A Japanese Wood-Carving poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- A Gift poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- A Gift poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- A Fixed Idea poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- A Fixed Idea poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- A Fairy Tale poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- A Fairy Tale poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- A Coloured Print by Shokei poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- A Coloured Print by Shokei poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- A Blockhead poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- A Blockhead poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- A Ballad of Footmen poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- A Ballad of Footmen poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- 1777 poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- 1777 poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
Search engines:
Yandex – the best search engine for searches in Russian (and the best overall image search engine, in any language, anywhere)
Qwant – the best search engine for searches in French, German as well as Romance and Germanic languages.
Ecosia – a search engine that supposedly… plants trees
Duckduckgo – the real alternative and a search engine that actually works. Without much censorship or partisan politics.
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
Adah Isaacs Menken (1835 – 1868) was an American actress and a performer, who painted painter and wrote a number of poems (31 published so far). She was supposedly the highest earning actress of her time. She was best known for her performance in the hippodrama Mazeppa (with libretto based on Pushkin’s work), it is said that the climax of the spectacle featured her apparently nude and riding a horse on stage. After great success for a few years with the play in New York and San Francisco, she appeared in a production in London and Paris, from 1864 to 1866. She was a friend of Alexander Dumas. Adah Menken died in Paris at the age of 33