A poem by Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
See what delights in sylvan scenes appear!
Descending Gods have found Elysium here.
In woods bright Venus with Adonis stray’d,
And chaste Diana haunts the forest shade.
Come lovely nymph, and bless the silent hours,
When swains from shearing seek their nightly bow’rs;
When weary reapers quit the sultry field,
And crown’d with corn, their thanks to Ceres yield.
This harmless grove no lurking viper hides,
But in my breast the serpent Love abides.
Here bees from blossoms sip the rosy dew,
But your Alexis knows no sweets but you.
Oh deign to visit our forsaken seats,
The mossy fountains, and the green retreats!
Where-e’er you walk, cool gales shall fan the glade,
Trees, where you sit, shall crowd into a shade,
Where-e’er you tread, the blushing flow’rs shall rise,
And all things flourish where you turn your eyes.
Oh! How I long with you to pass my days,
Invoke the muses, and resound your praise;
Your praise the birds shall chant in ev’ry grove,
And winds shall waft it to the pow’rs above.
But wou’d you sing, and rival Orpheus’ strain,
The wond’ring forests soon shou’d dance again,
The moving mountains hear the pow’rful call,
And headlong streams hang list’ning in their fall!
But see, the shepherds shun the noon-day heat,
The lowing herds to murm’ring brooks retreat,
To closer shades the panting flocks remove,
Ye Gods! And is there no relief for Love?
But soon the sun with milder rays descends
To the cool ocean, where his journey ends;
On me Love’s fiercer flames for every prey,
By night he scorches, as he burns by day.
A few random poems:
- Docker by Seamus Heaney
- Николай Языков – Песни (Душа героев и певцов)
- Владимир Орлов – Летит корабль
- Владимир Высоцкий – Дорога, дорога, счёта нет шагам
- Kite by Vattacharja Chandan
- My Garden by Thomas Edward Brown
- Омар Хайям – Лучше впасть в нищету, голодать или красть
- Юрий Левитанский – Мое поколение
- English Poetry. Rupert Chawner Brooke. In Examination. Руперт Брук.
- Bombardment by Siegfried Sassoon
- Владимир Британишский – Космонавты
- Нина Воронель – Снег
- Омар Хайям – Не горюй, что забудется имя твое
- Women’s Song Of The Corn poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Fairy Tale by Robert Desnos
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
- Николай Гумилев – Какое отравное зелье
- Николай Гумилев – Как труп, бессилен небосклон
- Николай Гумилев – Избиение женихов
- Николай Глазков – Размышленья
- Николай Глазков – Раздумья
- Николай Глазков – Рассчитывая на успех
- Николай Глазков – Пятнадцать лет спустя
- Николай Глазков – Пусть будет эта повесть
- Николай Глазков – Про пожары
- Николай Глазков – Про чертей
- Николай Глазков – Последний зимний
- Николай Глазков – Пошел тропой
- Николай Глазков – Покуда карты не раскрыты
- Николай Глазков – Поэзия! Ты не потерпишь фальши
- Николай Глазков – Поэтоград
- Николай Глазков – Подражание
- Николай Глазков – Почему я отказался от самолёта
- Николай Глазков – Эрмитаж
- Николай Глазков – Эпилог
- Николай Глазков – Движутся телеги и калеки
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
