Stars, I have seen them fall,
But when they drop and die
No star is lost at all
From all the star-sown sky.
The toil of all that be
Helps not the primal fault;
It rains into the sea,
And still the sea is salt.

A few random poems:
- Владимир Маяковский – Смыкай ряды
- The Beggar’s Valentine by Vachel Lindsay
- Владимир Маяковский – Нынче бар в России нет… (Главполитпросвет №37)
- Sweet Colonnade by Vasil Slavov
- Duino Elegies: The First Elegy by Rainer Maria Rilke
- So I Said I Am Ezra poem – A. R. Ammons poems | Poetry Monster
- Николай Некрасов – Во вражде неостывающей
- Au Bal poem – Aleister Crowley poems | Poetry Monster
- Grace before and after Meat by Robert Burns
- Sonnet CXLV by William Shakespeare
- Robert Burns: It Was A’ For Our Rightfu’ King:
- Михаил Лермонтов – Без вас хочу сказать вам много
- On Niobe (From The Greek) by William Cowper
- Epitaph by Samuel Coleridge
- Николай Глазков – Дремота обрела права
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
- Readen Ov A Head-Stwone by William Barnes
- “The Girt Woak Tree That’s In the Dell” by William Barnes
- Praise O’ Do’set by William Barnes
- Polly Be-en Upzides Wi’ Tom by William Barnes
- Poll’s Jack-Daw by William Barnes
- A Pleäce In Zight by William Barnes
- Pentridge By The River by William Barnes
- Out At Plough by William Barnes
- Out A-Nuttèn by William Barnes
- Our Father’s Works by William Barnes
- Our Be’thplace by William Barnes
- Our Abode In Arby Wood by William Barnes
- Not Goo Hwome To-Night by William Barnes
- Night A-Zetten In by William Barnes
- Nanny’s New Abode by William Barnes
- Nanny’s Cow by William Barnes
- Naighbour Pla Meätes by William Barnes
- My Love’s Guardian Angel by William Barnes
- My Love Is Good by William Barnes
- Mornèn by William Barnes
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
Search engines:
Yandex – the best search engine for searches in Russian (and the best overall image search engine, in any language, anywhere)
Qwant – the best search engine for searches in French, German as well as Romance and Germanic languages.
Ecosia – a search engine that supposedly… plants trees
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