A poem by Alexander Block – Alexandre Block – Alexandr Blok – Александр Блок
(1880-1921)
Don’t fear death in earthly travels.
Don’t fear enemies or friends.
Just listen to the words of prayers,
To pass the facets of the dreads.
Your death will come to you, and never
You shall be, else, a slave of life,
Just waiting for a dawn’s favor,
From nights of poverty and strife.
She’ll build with you a common law,
One will of the Eternal Reign.
And you are not condemned to slow
And everlasting deadly pain.
A few random poems:
- Николай Заболоцкий – Офорт
- Reconciliation. by Walt Whitman
- Occasioned By The Battle Of Waterloo February 1816 by William Wordsworth
- Light The Festive Candles
- Василий Кубанёв – 12 июля
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- Sergei Esenin – Sergueï Essénine – Stars
- English Poetry. William Barnes. Second Collection. The Heäre. Уильям Барнс.
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- God Is Good by John Oxenham
- Sonnet 111: O, for my sake do you with Fortune chide by William Shakespeare
- Владимир Высоцкий – Тексты для капустника к 5-летию Театра на Таганке
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
- Sonnet 12
- Sonnet 11
- Sonnet 10
- Sonnet 08
- Sonnet 07
- Sonnet 06
- Sonnet 05
- Sonnet 04
- Sonnet 03
- Sonnet 02
- Sonnet 01
- Resurgam
- Rendezvous
- Paris
- On The Cliffs Newport
- On A Theme In The Greek Anthology
- Maktoob
- Lyonesse
- Liebestod
- La Nue
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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.