A poem by Alan Seeger (1888-1916)
Exiled afar from youth and happy love,
If Death should ravish my fond spirit hence
I have no doubt but, like a homing dove,
It would return to its dear residence,
And through a thousand stars find out the road
Back into earthly flesh that was its loved abode.

A few random poems:
- A Christmas Carol by William Topaz McGonagall
- This Living Hand poem – John Keats poems
- dear owl, forlorn like King Lear by Raj Arumugam
- In Memoriam Mae Noblitt poem – A. R. Ammons poems | Poetry Monster
- Владимир Высоцкий – Не бывает кораблей без названия
- The Confederate Flags poem – Ambrose Bierce poems | Poems and Poetry
- Barnacles by Sidney Lanier
- Sonnet LI by William Shakespeare
- Hope by Swaraj Prasad
- Владимир Корнилов – Рифма
- Adam: A Sacred Drama. Act 1. by William Cowper
- Sonnet 133: Beshrew that heart that makes my heart to groan by William Shakespeare
- Astrophel and Stella: XLI by Sir Philip Sidney
- Avenue In Savernake Forest by William Lisle Bowles
- Whisper of the Star
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
- Golden Eyes
- From Behind The Lattice
- Feroza
- Feroke
- Fate Knows No Tears
- Farewell
- Fancy
- Famine Song
- Early Love
- Disappointment
- Deserted Gipsys Song Hillside Camp
- Dedication
- Dedication To Malcolm Nicolson
- Camp Followers Song Gomal River
- Back To The Border
- Au Salon
- Atavism
- Ashore
- Among The Sandhills
- Among The Rice Fields
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Parallel Translations of Poetry
The Poetry Repository – an online library of poems, poetry, verse and poetic works
Alan Seeger (1888-1916) was an American war poet who fought and died in World War I during the Battle of the Somme, serving in the French Foreign Legion. Seeger was the brother of Charles Seeger, a noted American pacifist and musicologist and the uncle of folk musician, Pete Seeger.