Blessed are they whose baby-souls are bright,
Whose brows are sealèd with the cross of light,
Whom God Himself has deign’d to robe in white-
Blessed are they!
Blessed are they who follow through the wild
His sacred footprints, as a little child;
Who strive to keep their garments undefiled-
Blessed are they!
Blessed are they who commune with the Christ,
Midst holy angels, at the Eucharist-
Who aye seek sunlight through the rain and mist-
Blessed are they!
Blessed are they-the strong in faith and grace-
Who humbly fill their own appointed place;
They who with steadfast patience run the race-
Blessed are they!
Blessed are they who suffer and endure-
They who through thorns and briars walk safe and sure;
Gold in the fire made beautiful and pure!-
Blessed are they!
Blessed are they on whom the angels wait,
To keep them facing the celestial gate,
To help them keep their vows inviolate-
Blessed are they!
Blessed are they to whom, at dead of night,-
In work, in prayer-though veiled from mortal sight,
The great King’s messengers bring love and light-
Blessed are they!
Blessed are they whose labours only cease
When God decrees the quiet, sweet release;
Who lie down calmly in the sleep of peace-
Blessed are they!
Whose dust is angel-guarded, where the flowers
And soft moss cover it, in this earth of ours;
Whose souls are roaming in celestial bowers-
Blessed are they!
Blessed are they-our precious ones-who trod
A pathway for us o’er the rock-strewn sod.
How are they number’d with the saints of God!
Blessed are they!
Blessed are they, elected to sit down
With Christ, in that day of supreme renown,
When His own Bride shall wear her bridal crown-
Blessed are they!
A few random poems:
- Олег Карелин – Фото
- Зинаида Александрова – Сама
- April Aubade by Sylvia Plath
- Олег Бундур – Не верится
- Epigram on the Laird of Laggan by Robert Burns
- Ah Poverties, Wincings and Sulky Retreats. by Walt Whitman
- Robert Burns: Sonnet Written On The Author’s Birthday, : On hearing a Thrush sing in his Morning Walk.
- An Hymn To The Evening by Phillis Wheatley
- Валерий Брюсов – Фламандцам
- Where we fall by Osman cisse Hanif
- In Memoriam 131: O Living Will That Shalt Endure poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
- Владимир Маяковский – Чугунные штаны
- Robert Burns: A Stanza Added In A Mason Lodge:
- Вера Павлова – Утро вечера мудренее
- Василий Тредиаковский – Описание грозы, бывшей в Гааге
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
- Владимир Британишский – По-польски вместо слова “светлячок”
- Владимир Британишский – По Иртышу
- Владимир Британишский – У этой матери кормящей
- Владимир Британишский – Ты шепчешь мне
- Владимир Британишский – Тверь
- Владимир Британишский – Тропа виляла
- Владимир Британишский – Старая Рига
- Владимир Британишский – Сравнения
- Владимир Британишский – Сон: в детстве, весной, в лесу
- Владимир Британишский – Снились двое товарищей по Салехарду
- Владимир Британишский – Смешанный брак
- Владимир Британишский – Смерть Крылова
- Владимир Британишский – Служба
- Владимир Британишский – В пыльном, душном, купеческом
- Владимир Британишский – В Прикаспии
- Владимир Британишский – В “Онегине”, глава седьмая
- Владимир Британишский – В нашем вновь обретенном ленинградском доме
- Владимир Британишский – В годы войны
- Владимир Британишский – В Емуртлинском форпосте сибирских драгун
- Владимир Британишский – В чащобах памяти кого не встретишь вдруг
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
Ada Cambridge (1844 – 1926), also known as Ada Cross, was an English-born Australian author and poetess. She wrote more than 25 works of fiction, three volumes of poetry and two autobiographical works.