Why stand dumbfounded and aghast,
As at invading armies sweeping by,
Surprised by haggard face and threatening cry,
The storm unheralded, that rose so fast?
Men, with gaunt wives and hungry children, cast
Upon the wintry streets to thieve or die,
They cannot always suffer silently;
Patience gives out. The poor worm turns at last.
And not ear listens to the warning call.
No eye awakes to see the portent dread.
Must brute force reign and social order fall
Ere these starved millions can be clothed and fed?
A strange phenomenon, this unconcern-
To live so fast and be so slow to learn!

A few random poems:
- Bad News by William Barnes
- Владимир Британишский – Единственный шаман, которого я видел
- The Waggon A-Stooded by William Barnes
- Beach Glass poem – Amy Clampitt poems | Poems and Poetry
- To Charles Cowden Clarke poem – John Keats poems
- Sleepless by Sara Teasdale
- Владимир Корнилов – Вязальщица
- Николай Языков – Песня (Когда умру, смиренно совершите)
- Steeds of Autumn by Todd H. C. Fischer
- I Thank You, Mum by Raj Napal
- The Quaker Graveyard in Nantucket by Robert Lowell
- In Memoriam 131: O Living Will That Shalt Endure poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
- Эмиль Верхарн – Здравствуй, подруга
- Ольга Берггольц – Бабье лето (надо любить, жалеть, прощать)
- Низами Гянджеви – Готова молодость твоя откочевать
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 Fool Rings His Bells by Walter de la Mare
- Tartary by Walter de la Mare
- Sunk Lyonesse by Walter de la Mare
- Some One by Walter de la Mare
- Silver by Walter de la Mare
- Old Susan by Walter de la Mare
- Off the Ground by Walter de la Mare
- November by Walter de la Mare
- Music by Walter de la Mare
- Miss Loo by Walter de la Mare
- Melmillo by Walter de la Mare
- How Sleep the Brave by Walter de la Mare
- Good-bye by Walter de la Mare
- Full Moon by Walter de la Mare
- Fare Well by Walter de la Mare
- Bones by Walter de la Mare
- At Ease by Walter de la Mare
- Alone by Walter de la Mare
- All That’s Past by Walter de la Mare
- Alexander by Walter de la Mare
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
Ada Cambridge (1844 – 1926), also known as Ada Cross, was an English-born Australian author and poetess. She wrote more than 25 works of fiction, three volumes of poetry and two autobiographical works.