A poem by Alan Seeger (1888-1916)
Sidney, in whom the heyday of romance
Came to its precious and most perfect flower,
Whether you tourneyed with victorious lance
Or brought sweet roundelays to Stella’s bower,
I give myself some credit for the way
I have kept clean of what enslaves and lowers,
Shunned the ideals of our present day
And studied those that were esteemed in yours;
For, turning from the mob that buys Success
By sacrificing all Life’s better part,
Down the free roads of human happiness
I frolicked, poor of purse but light of heart,
And lived in strict devotion all along
To my three idols — Love and Arms and Song.
A few random poems:
- Quicksand Years. by Walt Whitman
- Алексей Толстой – Уж ты нива моя, нивушка
- Night by Sidney Lanier
- Sleep by Russell Edson
- Олег Григорьев – Участковый стал в двери стучать
- After-Thought by William Wordsworth
- In Praise Of England poem – Alfred Austin
- The Wanderings of Oisin: Book II by William Butler Yeats
- Sonnet 22 poem – John Milton poems
- Шарль Бодлер – Жажда небытия
- Red Roses by Nithin Purple
- Алишер Навои – Нет, не от слез кровавых одежда моя красней
- Seal
- Sonnet 19: Devouring Time blunt thou the lion’s paws by William Shakespeare
- a delicate beauty along the shore by Raj Arumugam
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
- Олег Бундур – Не боюсь
- Олег Бундур – Настроение
- Олег Бундур – Наши неприятности
- Олег Бундур – Нарасхват
- Олег Бундур – На высоком берегу
- Олег Бундур – На связи
- Олег Бундур – Летняя гроза
- Олег Бундур – Лагуна
- Олег Бундур – Кулинар
- Олег Бундур – Кто идет?
- Олег Бундур – Кто делает весну?
- Олег Бундур – Красивая мама
- Олег Бундур – Копуша
- Олег Бундур – Колыбельная для мамы
- Олег Бундур – Когда я вернусь
- Олег Бундур – Клубника созрела
- Олег Бундур – Каменный берег
- Олег Бундур – Как папа прогуливал школу
- Олег Бундур – Как мама машину выбирала
- Олег Бундур – Из магазина
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
Search engines:
Yandex – the best search engine for searches in Russian (and the best overall image search engine, in any language, anywhere)
Qwant – the best search engine for searches in French, German as well as Romance and Germanic languages.
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.
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.