A poem by Alistar Crowley (1875-1947)
Out of the night forth flamed a star -mine own!
Now seventy light-years nearer as I urge
Constant my heart through the abyss unknown,
Its glory my sole guide while space surge
About me. Seventy light-yaers! As I near
That gate of light that men call death, its cold
Pale gleam begins to pulse, a throbbing sphere,
Systole and diastole of eager gold,
New life immortal, wartmth of passion bleed
Till night’s black velvet burn to crimson. Hark!
It is thy voice, Thy word, the secret seed
Of rapture that admonishes the dark.
Swift! By necessity most righteous drawn,
Hermes, authentic augur of the dawn!
A few random poems:
- A Man Young And Old: II. Human Dignity by William Butler Yeats
- From an Essay on Man poem – Alexander Pope
- Владимир Маяковский – Разговор с товарищем Лениным
- If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem by Yehuda Amichai
- Lepracaun or Fairy Shoemaker, The by William Allingham
- Glacier poem – Yuyutsu Sharma poems | Poetry Monster
- Robert Burns: To Alex. Cunningham, ESQ., Writer: Ellisland, Nithsdale, July 27th, 1788.
- Sonnet. Written Before Re-Read King Lear poem – John Keats poems
- Prairie-Grass Dividing, The. by Walt Whitman
- Song of the Redwood-Tree. by Walt Whitman
- Зинаида Александрова – Кролики
- Омар Хайям – Не горюй, что забудется имя твое
- Finisterre by Sylvia Plath
- Robert Burns: Epistle To John Goldie, In Kilmarnock: Author Of The Gospel Recovered.
- Иннокентий Анненский – Леконт де Лиль. Негибнущий аромат
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
- The Deserted Garden
- The Bayadere
- The Aisne
- Tezcotzinco
- Sonnet Xvi Who Shall Invoke Her
- Sonnet Xv
- Sonnet Xiv
- Sonnet Xiii
- Sonnet Xii
- Sonnet Xi
- Sonnet X
- Sonnet Viii
- Sonnet Vii
- Sonnet Vi
- Sonnet V
- Sonnet Ix
- Sonnet Iv
- Sonnet Iii
- Sonnet Ii
- Sonnet I
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
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Parallel Translations of Poetry
The Poetry Repository – an online library of poems, poetry, verse and poetic works
