A poem by Alan Seeger (1888-1916)
Like as a dryad, from her native bole
Coming at dusk, when the dim stars emerge,
To a slow river at whose silent verge
Tall poplars tremble and deep grasses roll,
Come thou no less and, kneeling in a shoal
Of the freaked flag and meadow buttercup,
Bend till thine image from the pool beam up
Arched with blue heaven like an aureole.
See how adorable in fancy then
Lives the fair face it mirrors even so,
O thou whose beauty moving among men
Is like the wind’s way on the woods below,
Filling all nature where its pathway lies
With arms that supplicate and trembling sighs.

A few random poems:
- Drink To Her by Thomas Moore
- Ольга Берггольц – Разговор с соседкой
- To A Lady On The Death Of The Three Relations by Phillis Wheatley
- Hokku Poems in Four Seasons by Yosa Buson
- On Late Acquired Wealth (From The Greek) by William Cowper
- A Letter Home by Siegfried Sassoon
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Человек
- Аля Кудряшева – Слишком уж зол ветер
- The Steeple-Jack by Marianne Moore
- Ольга Берггольц – 27 января 1945 года
- Devonshire Street W.1 poem – John Betjeman poems | Poems and Poetry
- Наум Коржавин – Друзьям
- The Sea and the Shadow by Paul Blackburn
- Море волнуется, манит к себе
- Анатолий Жигулин – О, жизнь! Я всё тебе прощаю
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 Jungle Flower
- The Hut
- The Hospital On The Shore
- The Garden Of Kama Kama The Indian Eros
- The Garden By The Bridge
- The First Wife
- The First Lover
- The Dying Prince
- The Convert
- The Cactus
- The Cactus Thicket
- The Bride
- The Aloe
- Syed Amir
- Surface Rights
- Surf Song
- Sunstroke
- Story Of Udaipore Told By Lalla Ji The Priest
- Story Of Lilavanti
- Story By Lalla Ji The Priest
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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.