A poem by Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
Thou art my God, sole object of my love;
Not for the hope of endless joys above;
Nor for the fear of endless pains below,
Which they who love thee not must undergo.
For me, and such as me, thou deign’st to bear
An ignominious cross, the nails, the spear:
A thorny crown transpierc’d thy sacred brow,
While bloody sweats from ev’ry member flow.
For me in tortures thou resignd’st thy breath,
Embrac’d me on the cross, and sav’d me by thy death.
And can these sufferings fail my heart to move?
What but thyself can now deserve my love?
Such as then was, and is, thy love to me,
Such is, and shall be still, my love to thee –
To thee, Redeemer! mercy’s sacred spring!
My God, my Father, Maker, and my King!
A few random poems:
- Анатолий Жигулин – Гулко эхо от ранних шагов
- Italy poem – Aldous Huxley poems | Poetry Monster
- Омар Хайям – Для тех, кто умирает
- Encounter In The Chestnut Avenue by Rainer Maria Rilke
- The Apple Trees at Olema by Robert Hass
- Владимир Британишский – В нашем вновь обретенном ленинградском доме
- The Apparitions by William Butler Yeats
- Николай Тихонов – Даль полевая, как при Калите
- Омар Хайям – Много зла и коварства таится кругом
- Robert Burns: Verses Written With A Pencil Over the Chimney-piece in the Parlour of the Inn at Kenmore, Taymouth.:
- On A May Glory-A Welcome Song poem – Nithin Purple poems | Poetry Monster
- Pegasus at Wanlockhead by Robert Burns
- Алишер Навои – Соловей, лишенный розы, умолкает, не поет
- Юлия Друнина – А всё равно
- English Poetry. Richard Hovey. The Old Pine. Ричард Хави.
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
- Infelix
- Hemlock Furrows
- Genius
- Fragment
- Dying
- Dreams Beauty
- Depths
- Battle Stars
- Aspiration
- Answer Me
- Adelina Patti
- The Nuclear Ghost Towns
- The Conditional
- The Ugly Little Bird
- Not A Star
- Mountain Wellhead
- Lightning In The Dark Night Skies
- In The Bus That Is Frantically Rushing From Cairo To Port Said
- Immoral Laboratories
- Hope
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
Search engines:
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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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