not of silver nor of coral,
but of weatherbeaten laurel.
Here, he introduced a sea
uniform like tapestry;
here, a fig-tree; there, a face;
there, a dragon circling space —
designating here, a bower;
there, a pointed passion-flower.
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Николай Гербель – Ура, объявлена война
- Defamation by Rabindranath Tagore
- Николай Языков – Аделаиде (Я твой, я твой, Аделаида)
- Иван Бунин – Ночного неба свод далекий
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Недолго
- We know this much by Sappho
- Гавриил Державин – Похвала за правосудие
- The Silent Lover ii by Sir Walter Raleigh
- Mahomed Akrams Appeal To The Stars
- ON THE SHORTNESS OF LIFE AND UNCERTAINTY OF RICHES by Abraham Cowley
- The Eve of Saint Agnes by Malcolm Massiah
- Robert Burns: Auld Lang Syne:
- Robert Burns: Yon Wild Mossy Mountains:
- Валерий Брюсов – Это – не надежда и не вера
- Иннокентий Анненский – Еврипид. Троянки (перевод)
Some external links:
Duckduckgo.com – the alternative in the US
Quant.com – a search engine from France, and also an alternative, at least for Europe
Yandex – the Russian search engine (it’s probably the best search engine for image searches).