I know I love my race, and why no so?
But for outside beauty I wish the rose.
If people vex me, ” Your heart needs to grow!”
I say, “God gave the rose secure-fixed pose.”
But of my race, there`s something I`d ne`er change
For flowers fair, or pearls, or pure gold:
Of his surviving nature his huge range;
How much his blood keeps us we all in hold.
So here I am deep in my human mirth,
And though I`ve eyes and taste for pretty things,
My heart and mind revere and praise my birth,
And then my soul does look divine and sings.
Yes, beauty, we love thee; fault of the eye.
I`m proud I am the night; my chin`up high.
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Михаил Ломоносов – Надпись 3 к статуе Петра Великого
- Михаил Ломоносов – Надпись на день восшествия на престол Ее Величества 1753 года
- Lalila To The Ferengi Lover
- The Columbian Exchange Beginning With Spanish Colonization
- Альфред Теннисон – Рыцарь Галаад
- Владимир Маяковский – Понедельник – субботник
- Reverie Ofmahomed Akram At The Tamarind Tank
- Николай Языков – Прими ты мой поклон заздравный
- Олег Бундур – Хорошее слово
- Come Skating by Shel Silverstein
- Eavesdropper by Sylvia Plath
- What Reward? by Winifred Mary Letts
- Genesis by Vachel Lindsay
- Across Kansas by William Stafford
- Илья Эренбург – О Москве
Some external links:
Duckduckgo.com – the alternative in the US
Quant.com – a search engine from France, and also an alternative, at least for Europe
Yandex – the Russian search engine (it’s probably the best search engine for image searches).
