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

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Batty Writing – the bat’s idle chatter, thoughts, ideas and observations, all original, all fresh

Poems in English 

• Владимир Ступкин – Тоска by Поэзия На Русском
• Владимир Маринин – К нам тётя соседка заходит на чай by Поэзия На Русском
• Владимир Макуров – Бумажный самолёт by Поэзия На Русском
• Владимир Луговской – Звезда (Я знаю ты любишь меня) by Поэзия На Русском
• Владимир Луговской – Жестокое пробужденье by Поэзия На Русском
• Владимир Луговской – Ты руку на голову мне положила by Поэзия На Русском
• Владимир Луговской – Та, которую я знал by Поэзия На Русском
• Владимир Луговской – Спасибо by Поэзия На Русском
• Владимир Луговской – Севастополь by Поэзия На Русском
• Владимир Луговской – Радость by Поэзия На Русском
• Владимир Луговской – Повелитель бумаги by Поэзия На Русском
• Владимир Луговской – Почтовый переулок by Поэзия На Русском
• Владимир Луговской – Пила by Поэзия На Русском
• Владимир Луговской – Первый снег by Поэзия На Русском
• Владимир Луговской – Пепел by Поэзия На Русском
• Владимир Луговской – Остролистник by Поэзия На Русском
• Владимир Луговской – Обращение by Поэзия На Русском
• Владимир Луговской – Ночной патруль by Поэзия На Русском
• Владимир Луговской – Мертвый хватает живого by Поэзия На Русском
• Владимир Луговской – Мальчики играют на горе by Поэзия На Русском

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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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