A poem by Violet Nicolson, Lawrence Hope, Adela Florence Cory Nicolson (1865 – 1904)
Against the planks of the cabin side,
(So slight a thing between them and me,)
The great waves thundered and throbbed and sighed,
The great green waves of the Indian sea!
Your face was white as the foam is white,
Your hair was curled as the waves are curled,
I would we had steamed and reached that night
The sea’s last edge, the end of the world.
The wind blew in through the open port,
So freshly joyous and salt and free,
Your hair it lifted, your lips it sought,
And then swept back to the open sea.
The engines throbbed with their constant beat;
Your heart was nearer, and all I heard;
Your lips were salt, but I found them sweet,
While, acquiescent, you spoke no word.
So straight you lay in your narrow berth,
Rocked by the waves; and you seemed to be
Essence of all that is sweet on earth,
Of all that is sad and strange at sea.
And you were white as the foam is white,
Your hair was curled as the waves are curled.
Ah! had we but sailed and reached that night,
The sea’s last edge, the end of the world!
A few random poems:
- The Otter by Seamus Heaney
- 600 Kilos of Muscle and Bone by Rose Mary Boehm
- Gus: The Theatre Cat by T. S. Eliot
- My Garden by Sappho
- How Sweet It Is, When Mother Fancy Rocks by William Wordsworth
- Composed In The Valley Near Dover, On The Day Of Landing by William Wordsworth
- There is a life-force within your soul by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
- Apprehensions by Sylvia Plath
- Summer – The Second Pastoral; or Alexis poem – Alexander Pope
- Sonnet 119: What potions have I drunk of Siren tears by William Shakespeare
- The Pleasures of Memory
- My prayers must meet a brazen heaven poem – Gerard Manley Hopkins poems
- Winged And Acid Dark by Robert Hass
- Ярослав Смеляков – Русский язык
- Robert Burns: Forlorn, My Love, No Comfort Near:
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
- Казимир Лисовский – Река Енисей
- Казалось, осталось недолго
- Катя Пиксаева – Давай поговорим о доброте
- Картошка
- Кастрюль и сковородок музыкант
- Карл Сэндберг – Три слова
- Карл Сэндберг – Анекдот о цикуте для двух афинян
- Карл Сэндберг – Джаз-фантазия
- Карл Сэндберг – Молитва стали
- Карина, ты моя любимая
- Кариночка, любимая ты наша
- Карие глазки, длинные ноги
- Карина, моей души ты яркий свет
- Какой чудесный, маленький комочек
- Какой ты сегодня взволнованный
- Камышева Ю. – На далёком полюсе, где метёт пурга
- Какое это счастье – Материнство
- Какое имя чудное Валерия
- Какие яблоки в саду
- Как заработать на сочинении собственных стихов: варианты заработка денег стихотворениями – Poetry Monster
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Parallel Translations of Poetry
The Poetry Repository – an online library of poems, poetry, verse and poetic works
Violet Nicolson ( 1865 – 1904); otherwise known as Adela Florence Nicolson (née Cory), was an English poetess who wrote under the pseudonym of Laurence Hope, however she became known as Violet Nicolson. In the early 1900s, she became a best-selling author. She committed suicide and is buried in Madras, now Chennai, India.