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:
- Низами Гянджеви – От сердца всю ночь мечтал
- Василий Лебедев-Кумач – Жрец искусства
- A Choka Is A Littoral Drift
- Do Not Stand At My Grave and Weep by Mary Frye
- Михаил Кузмин – В ранний утра час покидал Милет я
- In Between The Strophes
- In Search Of Cinderella by Shel Silverstein
- Peace of Mind poem – Amit Shankar Saha poems | Poems and Poetry
- Robert Burns: Epigram On Rough Roads:
- Requiem For A Bartender’s Dream poem – Ysabelle Moriarty poems | Poetry Monster
- Hokku Poems in Four Seasons by Yosa Buson
- Closure by Suchi Gaur
- Вера Полозкова – И тут он приваливается к оградке
- Lookin’ For Myself by Shel Silverstein
- Trio Of Love Songs by Sylvia Plath
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
- Sir Giles’ War-Song by William Morris
- Sir Galahad, a Christmas Mystery by William Morris
- Sad-Eyed and Soft and Grey by William Morris
- Riding Together by William Morris
- Pomona by William Morris
- Our Hands Have Met by William Morris
- Night by William Morris
- Near But Far Away by William Morris
- Near Avalon by William Morris
- Mine and Thine by William Morris
- March by William Morris
- Love’s Gleaning Tide by William Morris
- King Arthur’s Tomb by William Morris
- In Prison by William Morris
- Iceland First Seen by William Morris
- For the Bed at Kelmscott by William Morris
- Flora by William Morris
- Earth the Healer, Earth the Keeper by William Morris
- Day by William Morris
- Autumn by William Morris
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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.