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.
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- Come Into The Garden, Maud poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
- Harp Song of the Dane Women by Rudyard Kipling
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- The Burial by Rudyard Kipling
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- In Memoriam
- Владимир Британишский – В чащобах памяти кого не встретишь вдруг
- There Were Dry Red Days by Sharmagne Leland-St. John
- A Wreath Of Immortelles poem – Ambrose Bierce poems | Poems and Poetry
- The peace of wild things by Wendell Berry
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
- Владимир Маяковский – Забудем солдатчину!.. (РОСТА №425)
- Владимир Маяковский – За женщиной
- Владимир Маяковский – За истекший декабрь добыча по Подмосковному… (РОСТА №896)
- Владимир Маяковский – За четыре года советской власти… (Главполитпросвет №248)
- Владимир Маяковский – За 10 месяцев 1920 года… (РОСТА №748)
- Владимир Маяковский – Юг завоевала победа… (РОСТА №568)
- Владимир Маяковский – Все на фронт добровольцами! Пока… (РОСТА)
- Владимир Маяковский – Все давайте советской республике, все получите от советской республики (РОСТА № 293)
- Владимир Маяковский – Все буржуи мчат на помощь Врангелю… (РОСТА №410)
- Владимир Маяковский – Врангеля мы добили… (РОСТА №621)
- Владимир Маяковский – Врангель (РОСТА №477)
- Владимир Маяковский – Врангель прет… (РОСТА №363)
- Владимир Маяковский – Врангель – фон… (РОСТА №472)
- Владимир Маяковский – Враги хлеба
- Владимир Маяковский – Вперед, комсомольцы
- Владимир Маяковский – Вот за то, что я пою… (Главполитпросвет №153)
- Владимир Маяковский – Вот советской России враги. С каждым боритесь, пока не погиб (РОСТА № 179)
- Владимир Маяковский – Вот по борьбе с голодом отчет (Главполитпросвет №320)
- Владимир Маяковский – Вот о помощи голодающим отчет (Главполитпросвет №367)
- Владимир Маяковский – Вот молочный налог… (Главполитпросвет №217)
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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.
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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.