A poem by Alcaeus of Mytilene (c. 625/620 – c. 580 BC)
The fisher Diotimus had, at sea
And shore, the same abode of poverty–
His trusty boat;–and when his days were spent,
Therein self-rowed to ruthless Dis he went;
For that, which did through life his woes beguile,
Supplied the old man with a funeral pile.
A few random poems:
- Олег Григорьев – Не свались в колодец, Ольга
- Midnight poem – Amy Michelle Mosier poems | Poems and Poetry
- Владимир Маяковский – Рассказ одного об одной мечте
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Вход воспрещается
- Ольга Берггольц – Покуда небо сумрачное меркнет
- Repeat That, Repeat poem – Gerard Manley Hopkins poems
- Introspection In Evening poem – Amy Cavanaugh poems | Poems and Poetry
- Жан де Лафонтен – Астролог, упавший в колодец
- The Broken Field by Sara Teasdale
- Fair Elanor by William Blake
- The First Part: Sonnet 11 – Lamp of heaven’s crystal hall that brings the hours, by William Drummond
- A Late Lark Twitters From The Quiet Skies by William Ernest Henley
- Sonnet 111: O, for my sake do you with Fortune chide by William Shakespeare
- The Everlasting Voices by William Butler Yeats
- What Reward? by Winifred Mary Letts
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
- Snapshots Of A Daughter In Law
- Shattered Head
- Rural Reflections
- Prospective Immigrants Please Note
- Power
- Planetarium
- Paula Becker To Clara Westhoff
- Our Whole Life
- Orion
- On Edges
- November 1968
- My Mouth Hovers Across Your Breasts
- Moving In Winter
- Miracle Ice Cream
- Living In Sin
- Integrity
- In Those Years
- In The Evening
- In A Classroom
- Implosions
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Alcaeus of Mytilene ( c. 625/620 – c. 580 Before Christ) ] was a lyric poet from the Greek island of Lesbos who is credited with inventing the Alcaic stanza. He was included in the canonical list of nine lyric poets by the scholars of Hellenistic Alexandria.