A poem by Alan Seeger (1888-1916)
Give me the treble of thy horns and hoofs,
The ponderous undertones of ‘bus and tram,
A garret and a glimpse across the roofs
Of clouds blown eastward over Notre Dame,
The glad-eyed streets and radiant gatherings
Where I drank deep the bliss of being young,
The strife and sweet potential flux of things
I sought Youth’s dream of happiness among!
It walks here aureoled with the city-light,
Forever through the myriad-featured mass
Flaunting not far its fugitive embrace, —
Heard sometimes in a song across the night,
Caught in a perfume from the crowds that pass,
And when love yields to love seen face to face.
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- The Nearness That Is All by Samuel Hazo
- Владимир Маяковский – Эй, товарищ! Поищи дома (Главполитпросвет №95)
- Poem of Joys. by Walt Whitman
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Я знаю, люблю я бесплодно
- Martin’s Tide by William Barnes
- Ольга Седакова – Неужели, Мария, только рамы скрипят
- Ballade Of Worldly Wealth poem – Andrew Lang poems
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- Ольга Ермолаева – Всю эту печаль невозможно вместить целиком
- Гавриил Державин – Жан Расин. Рассказ Терамена
- When The Green Lies Over The Earth poem – Angelina Weld Grimke poems | Poems and Poetry
- Unruffled by Satish Verma
- Melinda Mae by Shel Silverstein
- Power poem – Aleister Crowley poems | Poetry Monster
External links
Bat’s Poetry Page – more poetry by Fledermaus
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Poems in English
- Gravity Suspended
- From Death
- Forfeiture
- For My Mother
- Fly Fly Butterfly
- Even The Rain
- Destiny Far Away
- Conversation
- Calling All Angels
- At The Locks Of The Void
- Anthem
- All In A Word
- A Teenage Pregnancy
- A Painting Morning
- A Child Of War
- Your Dream
- Ars Poetica
- The Vision Of Cassandra
- The Sacrifice Of Iphigenia
- The Lament Of The Old Nurse
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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.