On Pilgrimage

Oh, youthful bearer of my palanquin,

Thy glossy hair lies loosened on thy neck,

The “tears of labour” gem thy velvet skin,

Whose even texture knows no other fleck.

Thy slender shoulder strains beneath my weight;

Too fair thou art for work, sweet slave of mine.

Would that this idle breast, reversing fate,

A willing serf to love, supported thine!

I smell the savage scent of sun-warmed fur

Close in the Jungle, musky, hot and sweet.–

The air comes from thy shoulder, even as myrrh,

Would we were as the panthers, free to meet.

The Temple road is steep; I grieve to see

Thy slender ankles bruised among the clods.

Oh, my Beloved, if I might worship thee!

Beauty is greater far than all the Gods.

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Bat’s Poetry Page – more poetry by Fledermaus

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Poems in English 

• The English Flag by Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling
• The Egg-Shell by Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling
• The ‘eathen by Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling
• The Dove of Dacca by Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling
• The Destroyers by Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling
• The Derelict by Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling
• The Deep-Sea Cables by Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling
• The Declaration of London by Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling
• The Dead King by Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling
• The Day’s Work by Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling
• The Craftsman by Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling
• The Conundrum of the Workshops by Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling
• The Comforters by Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling
• The Coastwise Lights by Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling
• The Children’s Song by Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling
• The Captive by Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling
• The Burial by Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling
• The Broken Men by Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling
• The Betrothed by Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling
• The Benefactors by Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling

More external links (open in a new tab):

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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