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:
- Songs of Joy by William Henry Davies
- CROSSING THE DEAF by Satish Verma
- On The Luxembourg Gallery by Washington Allston
- Василий Жуковский – Мщение
- Ольга Берггольц – Я тайно и горько ревную
- The Idle Shepherd Boys by William Wordsworth
- Ольга Берггольц – Борису Корнилову
- Moment’s Indulgence by Rabindranath Tagore
- Robert Burns: Epitaph On A Lap-Dog Named Echo:
- Considering The Snail by Thom Gunn
- Lady Anne Bothwell’s Lament poem – Andrew Lang poems
- Falling Action by Ruth Madievsky
- Words Of Advice by Ronald G. Auguste
- Noon by Philip Levine
- Sonnet 82: I grant thou wert not married to my Muse by William Shakespeare
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
- Георгий Иванов – То, о чем искусство лжет
- Георгий Иванов – Теплятся жаркие свечи
- Георгий Иванов – Теперь тебя не уничтожат
- Георгий Иванов – Теперь, когда быстрее лавы
- Георгий Иванов – Танцуй, монах, танцуй, поэт
- Георгий Иванов – Там, над Невой зеленоватой
- Георгий Иванов – Так тихо гаснул этот день
- Георгий Иванов – Балтийское море дымилось
- Георгий Иванов – Аспазия, всегда Аспазия
- Георгий Иванов – Альбомный сонет
- Георгий Иванов – А может быть, еще и не конец
- Геннадий Айги – Два эпилога
- Геннадий Айги – Дом в поле
- Геннадий Айги – ДЕВОЧКА В ДЕТСТВЕ
- Геннадий Айги – ЧИТАЯ НОРВИДА
- Геннадий Айги – БЕЗ НАЗВАНИЯ
- Гавриил Державин – На Новый год
- Гавриил Державин – Модное остроумие
- Гавриил Державин – К первому соседу
- Гавриил Державин – К Анжелике Кауфман
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.