The Grasshopper

Happy insect, what can be

In happiness compared to thee?

Fed with nourishment divine,

The dewy morning’s gentle wine!

Nature waits upon thee still,

And thy verdant cup does fill;

‘Tis filled wherever thou dost tread,

Nature’s self’s thy Ganymede.

Thou dost drink, and dance, and sing,

Happier than the happiest king!

All the fields which thou dost see,

All the plants belong to thee;

All the summer hours produce,

Fertile made with early juice.

Man for thee does sow and plow,

Farmer he, and landlord thou!

Thou dost innocently enjoy;

Nor does thy luxury destroy.

The shepherd gladly heareth thee,

More harmonious than he.

Thee country hinds with gladness hear,

Prophet of the ripened year!

Thee Phoebus loves, and does inspire

Phoebus is himself thy sire.

To thee, of all things upon earth,

Life is no longer than thy mirth.

Happy insect! happy thou,

Dost neither age nor winter know;

But when thou’st drunk, and danced, and sung

Thy fill, the flowery leaves among,

(Voluptuous and wise withal,

Epicurean animal!)

Sated with thy summer feast,

Thou retir’st to endless rest.

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Poems in English 

• To Heal by Nithin Purple by Poetry In English
• Time To Transplant by Nijole Miliauskaite by Poetry In English
• They Tell Of The Warsaw Uprising by Nijole Miliauskaite by Poetry In English
• The Witching Hour by Norma Martiri by Poetry In English
• The Walk by Noel Angelo Hurley by Poetry In English
• The Song of the Cheerful (but slightly sarcastic) Jesus by Oliver St. John Gogarty by Poetry In English
• The place that is dark without space and the moonlight off the pond (The Gray) by Olivia Lewis by Poetry In English
• The Last Whisper by Nizar Sartawi by Poetry In English
• The Fire by Nin Andrews by Poetry In English
• The Blacksmith by Olga Dytyniak by Poetry In English
• The Battle of an National Icon by Norma Martiri by Poetry In English
• The Visit by Nijole Miliauskaite by Poetry In English
• That Summer by Nijole Miliauskaite by Poetry In English
• Temporary City by Nijole Miliauskaite by Poetry In English
• Synesthesia by Orla McGreevy by Poetry In English
• Summer Enclosed In A Semi-Dark Cup by Nijole Miliauskaite by Poetry In English
• Sound and Spirit by Oladele Hussein by Poetry In English
• Song of Medical Dick and Medical Davy by Oliver St. John Gogarty by Poetry In English
• Sleeping for Kafka by Nin Andrews by Poetry In English
• Sitting Beside The Very Street by Nijole Miliauskaite by Poetry In English

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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.

 

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