A poem by Alan Seeger (1888-1916)
There have been times when I could storm and plead,
But you shall never hear me supplicate.
These long months that have magnified my need
Have made my asking less importunate,
For now small favors seem to me so great
That not the courteous lovers of old time
Were more content to rule themselves and wait,
Easing desire with discourse and sweet rhyme.
Nay, be capricious, willful; have no fear
To wound me with unkindness done or said,
Lest mutual devotion make too dear
My life that hangs by a so slender thread,
And happy love unnerve me before May
For that stern part that I have yet to play.
A few random poems:
- Владимир Британишский – Служба
- Николай Заболоцкий – Цирк
- Look You, I’ll Go Pray by Vachel Lindsay
- The Moon And The Yew Tree by Sylvia Plath
- Константин Батюшков – На смерть И.П. Пнина
- Son Of A Scoundrel by Shel Silverstein
- A Prayer by Sara Teasdale
- The Night Dances by Sylvia Plath
- The Gardener XLIV: Reverend Sir, Forgive by Rabindranath Tagore
- Sonnet 91: Some glory in their birth, some in their skill by William Shakespeare
- A Funeral Poem on the Death of C.E. by Phillis Wheatley
- Sweet Dancer by William Butler Yeats
- Stanzas by William Wordsworth
- Hope for a New World by Raj Napal
- SELF-WATCH by Satish Verma
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
- The Defeat of Youth poem – Aldous Huxley poems | Poetry Monster
- The Decameron poem – Aldous Huxley poems | Poetry Monster
- The Alien poem – Aldous Huxley poems | Poetry Monster
- Summer Stillness poem – Aldous Huxley poems | Poetry Monster
- Stanzas poem – Aldous Huxley poems | Poetry Monster
- Song of Poplars poem – Aldous Huxley poems | Poetry Monster
- Social Amenities poem – Aldous Huxley poems | Poetry Monster
- September poem – Aldous Huxley poems | Poetry Monster
- Scenes Of The Mind poem – Aldous Huxley poems | Poetry Monster
- Revelation poem – Aldous Huxley poems | Poetry Monster
- Return From Business poem – Aldous Huxley poems | Poetry Monster
- Private Property poem – Aldous Huxley poems | Poetry Monster
- Points And Lines poem – Aldous Huxley poems | Poetry Monster
- Poem poem – Aldous Huxley poems | Poetry Monster
- Panic poem – Aldous Huxley poems | Poetry Monster
- Out Of The Window poem – Aldous Huxley poems | Poetry Monster
- On The Bus poem – Aldous Huxley poems | Poetry Monster
- Minoan Porcelain poem – Aldous Huxley poems | Poetry Monster
- Love Song poem – Aldous Huxley poems | Poetry Monster
- L’Après-Midi D’un Faune poem – Aldous Huxley poems | Poetry Monster
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.