A poem by Violet Nicolson, Lawrence Hope, Adela Florence Cory Nicolson (1865 – 1904)
The scarlet flower, with never a sister leaf,
Stemless, springs from the edge of the Cactus-thorn:
Thus from the ragged wounds of desperate grief
A beautiful Thought, perfect and pure, is born.
A few random poems:
- Sonnet IX by William Shakespeare
- Married Peäir’s Love Walk by William Barnes
- The Smiles Of The Bathers by Weldon Kees
- On Wenlock Edge The Wood’s In Trouble poem – A. E. Housman
- Crepuscule du Matin poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Sonnet. On Leigh Hunt’s Poem ‘The Story of Rimini’ poem – John Keats poems
- Robert Burns: The Five Carlins: An Election Ballad
- Absence: A Farewell Ode On Quitting School For Jesus College by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Orange Of Midsummer poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Владимир Маяковский – Нетрудно, ландышами дыша
- Владимир Корнилов – Одиссей
- Иван Дмитриев – Сверчки
- To Seem The Stranger Lies My Lot, My Life poem – Gerard Manley Hopkins poems
- Владимир Высоцкий – Заповедник
- Новелла Матвеева – Пушкин
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 Defiance Of Eteocles
- The Decree Of Athena
- The Complaint Of Prometheus
- The Beacon Fires
- The Battle Of Salamis
- Song Of The Furies
- Prometheus Amid Hurricane And Earthquake
- Prayer Artemis
- Lament Two Brothers Slain Each Other039s Hand
- Lament For The Two Brothers Slain By Each Others Hand
- Fragment From Aeschylus
- Complaint Prometheus
- Battle Salamis
- A Prayer For Artemis
- On Twitter
- Victory
- Valediction Forbidding Mourning
- Two Songs
- Stepping Backward
- Snapshots Of A Daughter In Law By Adrienne Rich
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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.