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:
- Rain After a Vaudeville Show by Stephen Vincent Benet
- Give Me Back My Rags #4 by Vasko Popa
- Torn Shades by Thomas Lux
- Sonnet. Written Before Re-Read King Lear poem – John Keats poems
- Владимир Степанов – Хлопотунья
- The Law of the Jungle by Rudyard Kipling
- Nicholas Nye by Walter de la Mare
- An Elegy On The Death Of A Mad Dog by Oliver Goldsmith
- Louisa: After Accompanying Her On A Mountain Excursion by William Wordsworth
- Ethiopia Saluting the Colors. by Walt Whitman
- Blue Moles by Sylvia Plath
- To Any Dead Officer by Siegfried Sassoon
- The Conclusion by Sir Walter Raleigh
- The Pilgrim by William Butler Yeats
- Владимир Маяковский – Рабочий! Глупость беспартийную выкинь!.. (РОСТА)
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
- A Channel Passage by Rupert Brooke
- 1914 V: The Soldier by Rupert Brooke
- 1914 IV: The Dead by Rupert Brooke
- 1914 III: The Dead by Rupert Brooke
- 1914 II: Safety by Rupert Brooke
- 1914 I: Peace by Rupert Brooke
- When Day Is Done by Rabindranath Tagore
- When and Why by Rabindranath Tagore
- Vocation by Rabindranath Tagore
- Untimely Leave by Rabindranath Tagore
- Twelve O’Clock by Rabindranath Tagore
- Threshold by Rabindranath Tagore
- The Wicked Postman by Rabindranath Tagore
- The Unheeded Pageant by Rabindranath Tagore
- The Source by Rabindranath Tagore
- The Sailor by Rabindranath Tagore
- The Recall by Rabindranath Tagore
- The Rainy Day by Rabindranath Tagore
- The Lotus by Rabindranath Tagore
- The Little Big Man by Rabindranath Tagore
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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.