Honour

Me let the world disparage and despise –

As one unfettered with its gilded chains,

As one untempted by its sordid gains,

Its pleasant vice, its profitable lies;

Let Justice, blind and halt and maimed, chastise

The rebel spirit surging in my veins,

Let the Law deal me penalties and pains

And make me hideous in my neighbours’ eyes.

But let me fall not in mine own esteem,

By poor deceit or selfish greed debased.

Let me be clean from secret stain and shame,

Know myself true, though false as hell I seem –

Know myself worthy, howsoe’er disgraced –

Know myself right, though every tongue should blame.

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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 

• Константин Батюшков – Мадригал Мелине, которая называла себя нимфою by Константин Батюшков
• Константин Батюшков – Любовь в челноке by Константин Батюшков
• Константин Бальмонт – Народные поверья by Константин Бальмонт
• Константин Бальмонт – Нам нравятся поэты by Константин Бальмонт
• Константин Бальмонт – Надгробные цветы by Константин Бальмонт
• Константин Бальмонт – Над морем by Константин Бальмонт
• Константин Бальмонт – На вершине by Константин Бальмонт
• Константин Бальмонт – На мотив псалма XVIII-гo by Константин Бальмонт
• Константин Бальмонт – На мотив экклезиаста by Константин Бальмонт
• Константин Бальмонт – На дальнем полюсе by Константин Бальмонт
• Константин Бальмонт – Мы шли в золотистом тумане by Константин Бальмонт
• Константин Бальмонт – Мы прячем, душим тонкой сетью лжи by Константин Бальмонт
• Константин Бальмонт – Музыка by Константин Бальмонт
• Константин Бальмонт – Мудрецы говорят by Константин Бальмонт
• Константин Бальмонт – Можно жить с закрытыми глазами by Константин Бальмонт
• Константин Бальмонт – Мост by Константин Бальмонт
• Константин Бальмонт – Морское дно by Константин Бальмонт
• Константин Бальмонт – Морская песня by Константин Бальмонт
• Константин Бальмонт – Морская пани by Константин Бальмонт
• Константин Бальмонт – Морозные узоры by Константин Бальмонт

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Russian Commerce Agency

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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.

 

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