Vows

Nay, ask me not. I would not dare pretend

To constant passion and a life-long trust.

They will desert thee, if indeed they must.

How can we guess what Destiny will send-

Smiles of fair fortune, or black storms to rend

What even now is shaken by a gust?

The fire will burn, or it will die in dust.

We cannot tell until the final end.

And never vow was forged that could confine

Aught but the body of the thing whereon

Its pledge was stamped. The inner soul divine,

That thinks of going, is already gone.

When faith and love need bolts upon the door,

Faith is not faith, and love abides no more.

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Poems in English 

• Total Recount by Pamela Griffiths by Poetry In English
• To a Beloved Child by Patrick Pearse by Poetry In English
• The Uses of the Eye by Paul Blackburn by Poetry In English
• The Undeniable Pressure of Existence by Patricia Fargnoli by Poetry In English
• The Triumph Of Achilles by Paul Celan by Poetry In English
• The Sea and the Shadow by Paul Blackburn by Poetry In English
• The Rising and Falling of Trees by Patricia Fargnoli by Poetry In English
• The One Night Stand : An Approach to the Bridge by Paul Blackburn by Poetry In English
• The Mother by Patrick Pearse by Poetry In English
• The Choice of Trees by P.J.Reed by Poetry In English
• The Café Filtre by Paul Blackburn by Poetry In English
• The Blue Guitar by P. K. Page by Poetry In English
• That Light by Paul Hostovsky by Poetry In English
• Teenager by Patrick Connors by Poetry In English
• Teasing by Pamela Griffiths by Poetry In English
• Summon Me by Walid Saba by Poetry In English
• Stony Grey Soil by Patrick Kavanagh by Poetry In English
• Spring Thing by Paul Blackburn by Poetry In English
• Single Traveller by P. K. Page by Poetry In English
• Shancoduff by Patrick Kavanagh by Poetry In English

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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.

 

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