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:
- We Two—How Long We were Fool’d. by Walt Whitman
- Paradise Lost: Book 08 poem – John Milton poems
- Lover’s Gifts LXX: Take Back Your Coins by Rabindranath Tagore
- Robert Burns: Lament Of Mary, Queen Of Scots, On The Approach Of Spring:
- The First Part: Sonnet 2 – I know that all beneath the moon decays by William Drummond
- Омар Хайям – Кому там от Любви покой необходим
- The Key Note poem – Ambrose Bierce poems | Poems and Poetry
- Николай Некрасов – Великодушный поступок
- Dusk In War Time by Sara Teasdale
- River by Shaunna Harper
- Владимир Высоцкий – Мажорный светофор, трёхцветье, трио
- The village girl models for the artist, 1904 by Raj Arumugam
- Олег Бундур – Папа и родительское собрание
- Михаил Кузмин – Зачем копье Архистратига
- Василий Жуковский – Деревенский сторож в полночь
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
- Golden Eyes
- From Behind The Lattice
- Feroza
- Feroke
- Fate Knows No Tears
- Farewell
- Fancy
- Famine Song
- Early Love
- Disappointment
- Deserted Gipsys Song Hillside Camp
- Dedication
- Dedication To Malcolm Nicolson
- Camp Followers Song Gomal River
- Back To The Border
- Au Salon
- Atavism
- Ashore
- Among The Sandhills
- Among The Rice Fields
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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.