A poem by Alcaeus of Mytilene (c. 625/620 – c. 580 BC)
The fisher Diotimus had, at sea
And shore, the same abode of poverty–
His trusty boat;–and when his days were spent,
Therein self-rowed to ruthless Dis he went;
For that, which did through life his woes beguile,
Supplied the old man with a funeral pile.
A few random poems:
- A Poet’s Epitaph by William Wordsworth
- Николай Языков – Разбойники
- Кондратий Рылеев – Меня пленяли наши деды
- The Dream poem – Alexander Pushkin
- The Winged Mariners
- Spirit whose Work is Done. by Walt Whitman
- The Common Life by W H Auden
- Яков Полонский – Цветок
- The Gardener XXVIII: Your Questioning Eyes by Rabindranath Tagore
- Юрий Коринец – Стихи о вшах
- Letter to my father by Preeth Nambiar
- The Moon’s Minion poem – Andrew Lang poems
- Иннокентий Анненский – Лаодамия (лирическая трагедия в 4 действиях с музыкальными антрактами)
- Владимир Маяковский – Помогай фронту… (РОСТА №480)
- Robert Burns: Thomson’s Edward and Eleanora.:
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
- Wind on the Hill by AA Milne
- us_two_by_a_a_milne.html
- twinkletoes.html
- the_morning_walk.html
- the_kings_breakfast.html
- the_dormouse_and_the_doctor.html
- the_christening.html
- rice_pudding.html
- politeness.html
- missing.html
- market_square.html
- lines_and_squares.html
- if_i_were_king.html
- hoppity.html
- happiness.html
- come_out_with_me.html
- buckingham_palace.html
- brownie.html
- at_the_zoo.html
- Water Strider by Aaron Baker
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Alcaeus of Mytilene ( c. 625/620 – c. 580 Before Christ) ] was a lyric poet from the Greek island of Lesbos who is credited with inventing the Alcaic stanza. He was included in the canonical list of nine lyric poets by the scholars of Hellenistic Alexandria.