A poem by Alan Seeger (1888-1916)
A cloud has lowered that shall not soon pass o’er.
The world takes sides: whether for impious aims
With Tyranny whose bloody toll enflames
A generous people to heroic war;
Whether with Freedom, stretched in her own gore,
Whose pleading hands and suppliant distress
Still offer hearts that thirst for Righteousness
A glorious cause to strike or perish for.
England, which side is thine? Thou hast had sons
Would shrink not from the choice however grim,
Were Justice trampled on and Courage downed;
Which will they be — cravens or champions?
Oh, if a doubt intrude, remember him
Whose death made Missolonghi holy ground.
A few random poems:
- An Early Audience at the Palace of Light. (Harmonizing a poem for Secretary Jia Zhi.) by Wang Wei
- This is Love by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
- The Dreamers by Siegfried Sassoon
- The Lost Star — English Translation by Rabindranath Tagore
- Stupidity poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- A Prayer For Old Age by William Butler Yeats
- Inscribed on a Work of Hannah More’s by Robert Burns
- A Silence poem – Amy Clampitt poems | Poems and Poetry
- Out Of The Window poem – Aldous Huxley poems | Poetry Monster
- English Poetry. Rupert Chawner Brooke. The Vision of the Archangels. Руперт Брук.
- Владимир Маяковский – Что сделать, чтоб Всероссийский съезд Советов… (РОСТА №662)
- 100,000 Pennies by Shel Silverstein
- Стефан Малларме – Ее ногтей ожив, что ожил из пароса
- Sonnet Of Motherhood XXIV poem – Zora Bernice May Cross poems
- Владимир Высоцкий – Сивка-Бурка
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
- The Deserted Garden
- The Bayadere
- The Aisne
- Tezcotzinco
- Sonnet Xvi Who Shall Invoke Her
- Sonnet Xv
- Sonnet Xiv
- Sonnet Xiii
- Sonnet Xii
- Sonnet Xi
- Sonnet X
- Sonnet Viii
- Sonnet Vii
- Sonnet Vi
- Sonnet V
- Sonnet Ix
- Sonnet Iv
- Sonnet Iii
- Sonnet Ii
- Sonnet I
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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
Alan Seeger (1888-1916) was an American war poet who fought and died in World War I during the Battle of the Somme, serving in the French Foreign Legion. Seeger was the brother of Charles Seeger, a noted American pacifist and musicologist and the uncle of folk musician, Pete Seeger.