Honour

Me let the world disparage and despise –

As one unfettered with its gilded chains,

As one untempted by its sordid gains,

Its pleasant vice, its profitable lies;

Let Justice, blind and halt and maimed, chastise

The rebel spirit surging in my veins,

Let the Law deal me penalties and pains

And make me hideous in my neighbours’ eyes.

But let me fall not in mine own esteem,

By poor deceit or selfish greed debased.

Let me be clean from secret stain and shame,

Know myself true, though false as hell I seem –

Know myself worthy, howsoe’er disgraced –

Know myself right, though every tongue should blame.

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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 

• Жан де Лафонтен – Голубь и Муравей by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Фортуна и Дитя by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Эзопово объяснение одного завещания by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Две Козы by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Два Мула by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Дровосек и Меркурий by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Дафнис и Алцимадура by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Человек и его Изображение by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Безумец и Мудрец by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Астролог, упавший в колодец by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Амур и Безумие by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан Расин – Решенье принято, час перемены пробил by Jean Racine
• Жан Расин – Когда мы вышли из Трезенских врат by Jean Racine
• Жан Расин – Гофолия by Jean Racine
• Жан Расин – Британик by Jean Racine
• Жан Расин – Андромаха by Jean Racine
• Зинаида Александрова – Зимняя песенка by Зинаида Александрова
• Зинаида Александрова – Волчонок by Зинаида Александрова
• Зинаида Александрова – Ветер на речке by Зинаида Александрова
• Зинаида Александрова – Венок by Зинаида Александрова

More external links (open in a new tab):

Russian Commerce Agency

Dealing Monster

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.

 

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