A poem by Alan Seeger (1888-1916)
I fancied, while you stood conversing there,
Superb, in every attitude a queen,
Her ermine thus Boadicea bare,
So moved amid the multitude Faustine.
My life, whose whole religion Beauty is,
Be charged with sin if ever before yours
A lesser feeling crossed my mind than his
Who owning grandeur marvels and adores.
Nay, rather in my dream-world’s ivory tower
I made your image the high pearly sill,
And mounting there in many a wistful hour,
Burdened with love, I trembled and was still,
Seeing discovered from that azure height
Remote, untrod horizons of delight.
A few random poems:
- Robert Burns: Man Was Made To Mourn: A Dirge:
- Master Valluvan, the long-misunderstood Tamil Mentor by T. Wignesan
- No Master by William Henry Davies
- Mohay Apnay Hi Rung Mein poem – Amir Khusro poems | Poems and Poetry
- Борис Заходер – Про пана Трулялинского
- Now Hollow Fires Burn Out to Black poem – Alfred Edward Housman
- Mr Anonymous, a life by Raj Arumugam
- Apologia Pro Poemate Meo by Wilfred Owen
- Николай Тихонов – Даль полевая, как при Калите
- Владимир Высоцкий – О нашей встрече
- Ode To Apollo poem – John Keats poems
- Love Of Life poem – Alfred Austin
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Dahin
- Robert Burns: To A Mountain Daisy: On turning down with the Plough, in April, 1786.
- Алексей Николаевич Толстой – Хлоя
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 Fool Rings His Bells by Walter de la Mare
- Tartary by Walter de la Mare
- Sunk Lyonesse by Walter de la Mare
- Some One by Walter de la Mare
- Silver by Walter de la Mare
- Old Susan by Walter de la Mare
- Off the Ground by Walter de la Mare
- November by Walter de la Mare
- Music by Walter de la Mare
- Miss Loo by Walter de la Mare
- Melmillo by Walter de la Mare
- How Sleep the Brave by Walter de la Mare
- Good-bye by Walter de la Mare
- Full Moon by Walter de la Mare
- Fare Well by Walter de la Mare
- Bones by Walter de la Mare
- At Ease by Walter de la Mare
- Alone by Walter de la Mare
- All That’s Past by Walter de la Mare
- Alexander by Walter de la Mare
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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.