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:
- Do You Remember Once
 - Юрий Галансков – Мне больно
 - Владимир Британишский – Перед дверью
 - Leaving Albania by Morelle Smith
 - Ольга Седакова – Хильдегарда
 - Robert Burns: Burlesque Lament For The Absence Of William Creech, Publisher:
 - The Glutton by Sylvia Plath
 - Ярослав Смеляков – Вот опять ты мне вспомнилась, мама
 - polyphony_in_a_cathedral.html
 - The Lament Of The Old Nurse
 - Владимир Британишский – Эх, из огня да в полымя
 - The Imperfect Lover by Siegfried Sassoon
 - The Treasure by Sara Teasdale
 - Владимир Высоцкий – О нашей встрече
 - Upon Appleton House, to My Lord Fairfax poem – Andrew Marvell 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
- Владимир Высоцкий – Дела
 - Владимир Высоцкий – Давно, в эпоху мрачного язычества
 - Владимир Высоцкий – Давайте я спою вам в подражанье радиолам
 - Владимир Высоцкий – Иноходец
 - Владимир Высоцкий – И в Дубне, и на Таганке что-то ставят, что-то строят
 - Владимир Высоцкий – И сегодня, и намедни
 - Владимир Высоцкий – И душа, и голова, кажись, болит
 - Владимир Высоцкий – Грусть моя, тоска моя
 - Владимир Высоцкий – Грицюку
 - Владимир Высоцкий – Граждане, ах, сколько ж я не пел
 - Владимир Высоцкий – Говорят, лезу прямо под нож
 - Владимир Высоцкий – Наши добрые зрители
 - Владимир Высоцкий – Нараспашку, при любой погоде
 - Владимир Высоцкий – Нам вчера прислали из рук вон плохую весть
 - Владимир Высоцкий – Нам говорят без всякой лести
 - Владимир Высоцкий – Надпись на афише Смехову к 400-му спектаклю «Антимиры»
 - Владимир Высоцкий – Надо с кем-то рассорить кого-то
 - Владимир Высоцкий – Набросок песни к к/ф “Вооружён и очень опасен”
 - Владимир Высоцкий – Наброски песен к несостоявшемуся спектаклю по сказкам Шергина
 - Владимир Высоцкий – Набат
 
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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.