A poem by Violet Nicolson, Lawrence Hope, Adela Florence Cory Nicolson (1865 – 1904)
Waters glisten and sunbeams quiver,
The wind blows fresh and free.
Take my boat to your breast, O River!
Carry me out to Sea!
This land is laden with fruit and grain,
With never a place left free for flowers,
A fruitful mother; but I am fain
For brides in their early bridal hours.
Take my boat to your breast, O River!
Carry me out to Sea!
The Sea, beloved by a thousand ships,
Is maiden ever, and fresh and free.
Ah, for the touch of her cool green lips,
Carry me out to Sea!
Take my boat to your breast, dear River,
And carry it out to Sea!

A few random poems:
- The First Chantey by Rudyard Kipling
- Blustering God by Stephen Crane
- He is more than a hero by Sappho
- Robert Burns: Complimentary Epigram On Maria Riddell:
- Phillis Wheatley – Phillis Wheatley
- Troopin’ by Rudyard Kipling
- Act of Union by Seamus Heaney
- Before by Robert Browning
- Out A-Nuttèn by William Barnes
- William Ellery Leonard – William Ellery Leonard
- Robert Burns: The Solemn League And Covenant:
- Dark Wood, Dark Water by Sylvia Plath
- Dog racing
- Aspirations by SAAJIDA GORA
- Meäry Wedded by William Barnes
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
- Canadian Winter by Mike Yuan
- CAESAR’S LAST BREATH by MICHAEL SALCMAN
- Birthday Love Song by Miraj Patel
- Before it is Time by Minal Sarosh
- Bearhug by Michael Ondaatje
- Bang-Bang by Mikey D Wentworth
- Baltimore Was Always Blue by Michael Salcman
- Awakening by mike yuan
- At the Kitslano Beach by Mike Yuan
- Artery by Michelle Bonczek Evory
- Application For A Driving License by Michael Ondaatje
- Apologize by Miraj Patel
- Admiration of the Peach and the Light by Miles
- A Domestic Dialogue by Mike Yuan
- 19-19 by Michelle Bonczek Evory
- Leopard by Stanley Wilkin
- YOU by Muralidharan Mudaliar
- Woodchucks by Maxine Kumin
- Woman Work by Maya Angelou
- When You Come by Maya Angelou
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
Search engines:
Yandex – the best search engine for searches in Russian (and the best overall image search engine, in any language, anywhere)
Qwant – the best search engine for searches in French, German as well as Romance and Germanic languages.
Ecosia – a search engine that supposedly… plants trees
Duckduckgo – the real alternative and a search engine that actually works. Without much censorship or partisan politics.
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
Violet Nicolson ( 1865 – 1904); otherwise known as Adela Florence Nicolson (née Cory), was an English poetess who wrote under the pseudonym of Laurence Hope, however she became known as Violet Nicolson. In the early 1900s, she became a best-selling author. She committed suicide and is buried in Madras, now Chennai, India.