To a Beloved Child
by Patrick Pearse
Laughing mouth, what tortures me is
That thou shalt be weeping;
Lovely face, it is my pity
That thy brightness shall grow grey.
Noble head, thou art proud,
But thou shalt bow with sorrow;
And it is a pitiful thing I forbode for thee
Whenever I kiss thee.
End of the poem
15 random poems
- The (REAL) Tale of the Tortoise and the Hare by Ross D Tyler
- Their Frailty by Siegfried Sassoon
- Song of the Exposition. by Walt Whitman
- Sonnet 12 poem – John Milton poems
- Robert Burns: Elegy On The Year 1788:
- The Old Cumberland Beggar by William Wordsworth
- Poetic Justice by Robby Charters
- Captain Hook by Shel Silverstein
- Николай Гумилев – Заводи
- Омар Хайям – Часть людей обольщается жизнью земной
- Pioneers! O Pioneers! by Walt Whitman
- Аля Кудряшева – В этом городе птичий полет шелестит быстролистыми кленами
- Жан де Лафонтен – Человек и его Изображение
- Christmas Star by Walter William Safar
- A Ripple Song by Rudyard Kipling
Some external links:
Duckduckgo.com – the alternative in the US
Quant.com – a search engine from France, and also an alternative, at least for Europe
Yandex – the Russian search engine (it’s probably the best search engine for image searches).