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:
- Ок Мельникова – Моя муза любитель блюза
- V: Some Verses: To The Author Parthenius by William Alexander
- The Land Of Happy by Shel Silverstein
- Epigram : To Leonora Singing At Rome (Translated From Milton) by William Cowper
- New York’s Last Gleanings by Matthew Abuelo
- Drinking While Driving by Raymond Carver
- Alone
- Владимир Маяковский – Эй
- “My northern blood exults to face” poem – Alfred Austin
- Concert Party by Siegfried Sassoon
- Poem (The lump of coal my parents teased) by William Matthews
- We Are As The Flute by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
- Exposed On The Cliffs Of The Heart by Rainer Maria Rilke
- Easter, 1916 by William Butler Yeats
- My Mother On An Evening In Late Summer by Mark Strand
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
- Robert Burns: Come, Let Me Take Thee To My Breast:
- Robert Burns: Phillis The Queen O’ The Fair:
- Robert Burns: Whistle, And I’ll Come To You, My Lad:
- Robert Burns: By Allan Stream:
- Robert Burns: Had I A Cave:
- Robert Burns: Phillis The Fair:
- Robert Burns: Epigram On The Laird Of Laggan:
- Robert Burns: Epigrams Against The Earl Of Galloway:
- Robert Burns: Epitaph On A Lap-Dog Named Echo:
- Robert Burns: Bonie Jean-A Ballad:
- Robert Burns: O Were My Love Yon Lilac Fair:
- Robert Burns: Blythe Hae I been On Yon Hill:
- Robert Burns: Logan Braes:
- Robert Burns: The Last Time I Came O’er The Moor:
- Robert Burns: Impromptu On General Dumourier’s Desertion From The French Republican Army:
- Robert Burns: Grace Before And After Meat :
- Robert Burns: Grace After Meat:
- Robert Burns: Extempore Reply To An Invitation:
- Robert Burns: Kirk and State Excisemen:
- Robert Burns: The Raptures Of Folly:
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.