A poem by Aeschylus (c. 525 – c. 456 Before Christ )
The man who rightly acts without coercion
Will not be grieved, can never wholly sink in wretchedness;
While the lawless criminal is forcibly dragged under
In the current of time when from the shattered mast
The elements rip down his sails.
He shouts, there is no ear to hear him
Struggling, hopeless, at the maelstrom’s center.
Gods laugh at the transgressor now,
Watching him, his pride now wrecked,
Caught in desperation’s shackles.
He flees the rocks in vain;
His fortunes smash on retribution’s reef
And, unmourned, he is engulfed.

A few random poems:
- The Rhyme of the Three Captains by Rudyard Kipling
 - Father And Child by William Butler Yeats
 - Владимир Британишский – Лохматую белую собаку
 - All About You by Shel Silverstein
 - Song—Auld Lang Syne by Robert Burns
 - Colors And Sounds
 - Владимир Корнилов – Черный день
 - A Spring Carol poem – Alfred Austin
 - In the Name of Eternal Love by Walter William Safar
 - A New Year’s Resolution to Leave Dundee by William Topaz McGonagall
 - Gleaners Of Fame poem – Alfred Austin
 - In a Spring Grove by William Allingham
 - Владимир Маяковский – Слушай, наводчик
 - I am He that Aches with Love. by Walt Whitman
 - Sonnet C by William Shakespeare
 
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
- Владимир Ступкин – Тоска
 - Владимир Маринин – К нам тётя соседка заходит на чай
 - Владимир Макуров – Бумажный самолёт
 - Владимир Луговской – Звезда (Я знаю ты любишь меня)
 - Владимир Луговской – Жестокое пробужденье
 - Владимир Луговской – Ты руку на голову мне положила
 - Владимир Луговской – Та, которую я знал
 - Владимир Луговской – Спасибо
 - Владимир Луговской – Севастополь
 - Владимир Луговской – Радость
 - Владимир Луговской – Повелитель бумаги
 - Владимир Луговской – Почтовый переулок
 - Владимир Луговской – Пила
 - Владимир Луговской – Первый снег
 - Владимир Луговской – Пепел
 - Владимир Луговской – Остролистник
 - Владимир Луговской – Обращение
 - Владимир Луговской – Ночной патруль
 - Владимир Луговской – Мертвый хватает живого
 - Владимир Луговской – Мальчики играют на горе
 
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Parallel Translations of Poetry
The Poetry Repository – an online library of poems, poetry, verse and poetic works
	
Aeschylus (525 Before Christ to 456 B.C.) was an ancient Greek author of Greek tragedy, and is often described as the father of tragedy. Academics’ knowledge of the genre begins with his work, and understanding of earlier Greek tragedy is largely based on inferences made from reading his surviving plays. According to Aristotle, he expanded the number of characters in the theatre and allowed conflict among them.