El Extraviado

A poem by Alan Seeger (1888-1916)

Over the radiant ridges borne out on the offshore wind,

I have sailed as a butterfly sails whose priming wings unfurled

Leave the familiar gardens and visited fields behind

To follow a cloud in the east rose-flushed on the rim of the world.

I have strayed from the trodden highway for walking with upturned eyes

On the way of the wind in the treetops, and the drift of the tinted rack.

For the will to be losing no wonder of sunny or starlit skies

I have chosen the sod for my pillow and a threadbare coat for my back.

Evening of ample horizons, opaline, delicate, pure,

Shadow of clouds on green valleys, trailed over meadows and trees,

Cities of ardent adventure where the harvests of Joy mature,

Forests whose murmuring voices are amorous prophecies,

World of romance and profusion, still round my journey spread

The glamours, the glints, the enthralments, the nurture of one whose feet

From hours unblessed by beauty nor lighted by love have fled

As the shade of the tomb on his pathway and the scent of the winding-sheet.

I never could rest from roving nor put from my heart this need

To be seeing how lovably Nature in flower and face hath wrought, —

In flower and meadow and mountain and heaven where the white clouds breed

And the cunning of silken meshes where the heart’s desire lies caught.

Over the azure expanses, on the offshore breezes borne,

I have sailed as a butterfly sails, nor recked where the impulse led,

Sufficed with the sunshine and freedom, the warmth and the summer morn,

The infinite glory surrounding, the infinite blue ahead

Poetry Monster – Home

A few random 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 

• Prisoner by Rabindranath Tagore by Rabindranath Tagore
• Playthings by Rabindranath Tagore by Rabindranath Tagore
• Patience by Rabindranath Tagore by Rabindranath Tagore
• Passing Breeze by Rabindranath Tagore by Rabindranath Tagore
• Parting Words by Rabindranath Tagore by Rabindranath Tagore
• Paper Boats by Rabindranath Tagore by Rabindranath Tagore
• Only Thee by Rabindranath Tagore by Rabindranath Tagore
• On the Seashore by Rabindranath Tagore by Rabindranath Tagore
• Old And New by Rabindranath Tagore by Rabindranath Tagore
• Ocean of Forms by Rabindranath Tagore by Rabindranath Tagore
• O Fool by Rabindranath Tagore by Rabindranath Tagore
• My Song by Rabindranath Tagore by Rabindranath Tagore
• My Friend by Rabindranath Tagore by Rabindranath Tagore
• Moment’s Indulgence by Rabindranath Tagore by Rabindranath Tagore
• Maya by Rabindranath Tagore by Rabindranath Tagore
• Lover’s Gifts XXXIX: There Is a Looker-On by Rabindranath Tagore by Rabindranath Tagore
• Lover’s Gifts XXVIII: I Dreamt by Rabindranath Tagore by Rabindranath Tagore
• Lover’s Gifts XXII: I Shall Gladly Suffer by Rabindranath Tagore by Rabindranath Tagore
• Lover’s Gifts XVIII: Your Days by Rabindranath Tagore by Rabindranath Tagore
• Lover’s Gifts XVI: She Dwelt Here by the Pool by Rabindranath Tagore by Rabindranath Tagore

More external links (open in a new tab):

Russian Commerce Agency

Dealing Monster

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

Poems by Author and Category

The Poetry Repository – an online library of poems, poetry, verse and poetic works