A poem by Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
Vital spark of heav’nly flame!
Quit, O quit this mortal frame:
Trembling, hoping, ling’ring, flying,
O the pain, the bliss of dying!
Cease, fond Nature, cease thy strife,
And let me languish into life.
Hark! they whisper; angels say,
Sister Spirit, come away!
What is this absorbs me quite?
Steals my senses, shuts my sight,
Drowns my spirits, draws my breath?
Tell me, my soul, can this be death?
The world recedes; it disappears!
Heav’n opens on my eyes! my ears
With sounds seraphic ring!
Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly!
O Grave! where is thy victory?
O Death! where is thy sting?

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- God Full Of Mercy by Yehuda Amichai
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 - Blue Period by Shaunna Harper
 - To Prince Charles by William Alexander
 - In the Carpenter’s Shop by Sara Teasdale
 - Юлия Друнина – Веет чем-то родным и древним
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 - Golden Eyes
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 - Conviction (ii) by Stevie Smith
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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
- Demeter And Persephone poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
 - Dedication poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
 - Cradle Song poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
 - Come not when I am dead poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
 - Come Into The Garden, Maud poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
 - Come Into the Garde, Maud poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
 - Come down, O Maid poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
 - Claribel: A Melody poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
 - Claribel poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
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 - Break, Break, Break poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
 - Boadicea poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
 - Blow, Bugle, Blow poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
 - Beautiful City poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
 - Battle Of Brunanburgh poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
 - Balin and Balan poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
 - Audley Court poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
 - Ask Me No More poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
 - And ask ye why these sad tears stream? poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
 - Amphion poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
 
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The Poetry Repository – an online library of poems, poetry, verse and poetic works