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:
- The house where I was born (04) by Yves Bonnefoy
- Robert Burns: Inscription At Friars’ Carse Hermitage: To the Memory of Robert Riddell.
- Георгий Иванов – Альбомный сонет
- A HYMN TO THE GRACES by Robert Herrick
- 25 Minutes To Go by Shel Silverstein
- Валерий Брюсов – Петербург (Здесь снов не ваял Сансовино)
- You Ask Me, Why, Tho’ Ill at Ease poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
- Яков Полонский – Наплывает туча с моря
- Acceptance by Robert Frost
- By the Dusk – Ao Entardecer by Soaroir de Campos
- In the Carpenter’s Shop by Sara Teasdale
- Middle-Ages by Siegfried Sassoon
- 我被包围了
- The Autopsy by Russell Edson
- Vagina Envy by Nin Andrews
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
- Chronicle
- Change
- Beauty
- Bathing River
- Bathing In The River
- Answer Copy Verses Sent Me Jersey
- Anacreontics The Swallow
- Anacreontics The Epicure
- Anacreontics Drinking
- An Answer To A Copy Of Verses Sent Me To Jersey
- Against Hope
- Against Fruition
- Summer Moon
- Stars
- Love Is Just Like The Rain
- Boy Running In The Rain
- Xai Kou From Book Seeds Of Faith
- Xai Kou1
- Xai Kou0
- Xai Kou
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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.