A poem by Alexander Pushkin – Pouchkine, Pooshkin (1799-1837), in English translation
A lot of us were on the bark:
Some framed a sail for windy weather,
The others strongly and together
Moved oars. In silence sunk,
Keeping a rudder, strong and clever,
The skipper drove the heavy skiff;
And I — with careless belief —
I sang for sailors… . But the stiff
Whirl smashed at once the waters’ favor…
All dead — the captain and his guard! —
But I, the enigmatic bard,
Was thrown to the shore alone.
I sing the former anthems, yet,
And dry my mantle, torn and wet,
In beams of sun under a stone.
A few random poems:
- Inscription For A Stone Erected At The Sowing Of A Grove Of Oaks At Chillington, Anno 1790 by William Cowper
- English Poetry. Thomas Moore. From “Irish Melodies”. 22. Let Erin Remember the Days of Old. Томас Мур.
- Indian Love Song by Sarojini Naidu
- Владимир Высоцкий – В этом доме большом раньше пьянка была
- St. Alphonsus Rodriguez poem – Gerard Manley Hopkins poems
- Reverie Of Ormuz The Persian
- Parnell by William Butler Yeats
- Алексей Толстой – Сватовство
- Keepe On Your Maske (Version for his Mistress) by William Strode
- Salut au Monde. by Walt Whitman
- Idylls of the King: The Passing of Arthur (excerpt) poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
- In the Nower poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- Mother by Sachin Yadav (Pen Name: Rahul Nachhiketa)
- For A Picture Of St. Dorothea poem – Gerard Manley Hopkins poems
- Ольга Берггольц – Память (Всей земною горечью и болью)
External links
Bat’s Poetry Page – more poetry by Fledermaus
Talking Writing Monster’s Page –
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Poems in English
- Sonnet I
- Sonnet 12
- Sonnet 11
- Sonnet 10
- Sonnet 08
- Sonnet 07
- Sonnet 06
- Sonnet 05
- Sonnet 04
- Sonnet 03
- Sonnet 02
- Sonnet 01
- Resurgam
- Rendezvous
- On The Cliffs Newport
- On A Theme In The Greek Anthology
- Ode In Memory Of The American Volunteers Fallen For France
- Maktoob
- Lyonesse
- Liebestod
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Alexander Pushkin (1799-1937) was a Russian poet, playwright and prose writer, founder of the realistic trend in Russian literature, literary critic and theorist of literature, historian, publicist, journalist; one of the most important cultural figures in Russia in the first third of the 19th century.