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:
- I Do Not Love Thee For That Fair by Thomas Carew
- Enough by Sara Teasdale
- Song—The Tear-drop—“Wae is my heart” by Robert Burns
- Robert Burns: :
- Summer – The Second Pastoral; or Alexis poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
- Light poem – John Milton poems
- O the Chimneys by Nelly Sachs
- XIII: Some Verses: On A Report On The Death Of The Author by William Alexander
- Михаил Лермонтов – Завещание
- A god in wrath by Stephen Crane
- “Goldie Pinklesweet…” by Roald Dahl
- Владимир Корнилов – Беатриче
- Edom O’ Gordon poem – Andrew Lang poems
- Олег Бундур – Как папа прогуливал школу
- Шекспир – Мои глаза в тебя не влюблены – Сонет 141
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
- A Sigh In The Night
- A Sermon
- A Prayer
- A Dream Of Venice
- A Supplication
- Written Juice Lemon
- Written In Juice Of Lemon
- Wit
- Welcome
- Vote Excerpt
- Usurpation
- Tree Knowledge
- To The Royal Society
- To The Lord Falkland
- To Sir William Davenant
- Thisbes Song
- The Wish
- The Welcome
- The Vote Excerpt
- The Usurpation
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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.