Poems by Alexander Block / Blok – The Poetry Monster

Poems by Alexander Block

(Alexander Blok poetry)

In English translation

(Russian originals, you’d have to switch to Russian, opens in a new tab)

Alexander Block, poems by Alexandre Block, also rendered as Blok and Alexandr Blok, in English translation. Alexander Block is a leading poet of the Russian symbolism movement, a literary giant of the fin de siècle through the Russian civil war period, though like many poets he, alas, doesn’t translate well.

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Poems in English

Upon The Sight Of A Beautiful Picture Painted By Sir G. H. Beaumont, Bart by William Wordsworth by William Wordsworth
To The Small Celandine by William Wordsworth by William Wordsworth
To The Poet, John Dyer by William Wordsworth by William Wordsworth
To Sleep by William Wordsworth by William Wordsworth
To Sir George Howland Beaumont, Bart From the South-West Coast Or Cumberland 1811 by William Wordsworth by William Wordsworth
To Joanna by William Wordsworth by William Wordsworth
To A Young Lady Who Had Been Reproached For Taking Long Walks In The Country by William Wordsworth by William Wordsworth
To a Sky-Lark by William Wordsworth by William Wordsworth
‘Tis Said, That Some Have Died For Love by William Wordsworth by William Wordsworth
The Vaudois by William Wordsworth by William Wordsworth
The Two Thieves; Or, The Last Stage Of Avarice by William Wordsworth by William Wordsworth
The Two April Mornings by William Wordsworth by William Wordsworth
The Thorn by William Wordsworth by William Wordsworth
The Tables Turned by William Wordsworth by William Wordsworth
The Sun Has Long Been Set by William Wordsworth by William Wordsworth
The Stars Are Mansions Built By Nature’s Hand by William Wordsworth by William Wordsworth
The Sparrow’s Nest by William Wordsworth by William Wordsworth
The Solitary Reaper by William Wordsworth by William Wordsworth
The Simplon Pass by William Wordsworth by William Wordsworth
The Shepherd, Looking Eastward, Softly Said by William Wordsworth by William Wordsworth

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