A poem by Violet Nicolson, Lawrence Hope, Adela Florence Cory Nicolson (1865 – 1904)
My life was like an Aloe flower, beneath an orient sky,
Your sunshine touched it for an hour; it blossomed but to die.
Torn up, cast out, on rubbish heaps where red flames work their will
Each atom of the Aloe keeps the flower-time fragrance still.

A few random poems:
- Not My Enemies Ever Invade Me. by Walt Whitman
- Damayante To Nala In The Hour Of Exile by Sarojini Naidu
- A HYMN TO THE GRACES by Robert Herrick
- Robert Burns: Epistle To Mrs. Scott: Gudewife of Wauchope-House, Roxburghshire.
- Captivity poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- Lines Written under the Picture of Miss Burns by Robert Burns
- Young Man’s Song by William Butler Yeats
- Robert Burns: The Laddie’s Dear Sel’:
- Happy Dust poem – Aleister Crowley poems | Poetry Monster
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Тост
- Николай Карамзин – Любовь и дружба
- Who Learns My Lesson Complete? by Walt Whitman
- Everlasting Wander by Rixa White
- The Bridge by Shel Silverstein
- Николай Языков – Посвящение А. А. Воейковой «Песни короля Регнера»
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
- Out Of The Window
- On The Bus
- Minoan Porcelain
- Love Song
- Lapr S Midi Dun Faune
- Italy
- Inspiration
- In Uncertainty To A Lady
- Doors Of The Temple
- Darkness
- Crapulous Impression
- Complaint Of A Poet Manqu
- By The Fire
- Books And Thoughts
- Anniversaries
- A Melody By Scarlatti
- A Little Memory
- The Storm
- The State
- The Poor Fisherman
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Doska or the Board – write anything
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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
Violet Nicolson ( 1865 – 1904); otherwise known as Adela Florence Nicolson (née Cory), was an English poetess who wrote under the pseudonym of Laurence Hope, however she became known as Violet Nicolson. In the early 1900s, she became a best-selling author. She committed suicide and is buried in Madras, now Chennai, India.