Fate has given me many a gift
To which men most aspire,
Lovely, precious and costly things,
But not my heart’s desire.
Many a man has a secret dream
Of where his soul would be,
Mine is a low verandah’d house
In a tope beside the sea.
Over the roof tall palms should wave,
Swaying from side to side,
Every night we should fall asleep
To the rhythm of the tide.
The dawn should be gay with song of birds,
And the stir of fluttering wings.
Surely the joy of life is hid
In simple and tender things!
At eve the waves would shimmer with gold
In the rosy sunset rays,
Emerald velvet flats of rice
Would rest the landward gaze.
A boat must rock at the laterite steps
In a reef-protected pool,
For we should sail through the starlit night
When the winds were calm and cool.
I am so tired of all this world,
Its folly and fret and care.
Find me a little scented home
Amongst thy loosened hair.
Give me a soft and secret place
Against thine amber breast,
Where, hidden away from all mankind,
My soul may come to rest.
Many a man has a secret dream
Of where his life might be;
Mine is a lovely, lonely place
With sunshine and the sea.
A few random poems:
- Old Susan by Walter de la Mare
- Not from the stars do I my judgment pluck (Sonnet 14) by William Shakespeare
- Владимир Маяковский – Долой волокиту! Да здравствует революционная инициатива! (РОСТА № 493 )
- Best Friend by Nicole M Nugent
- Robert Burns: Sketch -New Year’s Day [1790]: To Mrs. Dunlop.
- Ольга Берггольц – Ты в пустыню меня послала
- My Heart’s In The Highlands by Robert Burns
- The Rabbit Catcher by Sylvia Plath
- Mary’s Son by Rudyard Kipling
- The blanket is same always by Neelam Sinha
- Mr. Apollinax by T. S. Eliot
- To J. S. poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
- Станислав Востоков – Стой, кто идёт
- Cavern in Paradise by Rita Odessa Villaruel
- Robert Burns: Epistle To James Tennant Of Glenconner:
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
- Portrait of Rage and Age poem – Amy Cavanaugh poems | Poems and Poetry
- Introspection In Evening poem – Amy Cavanaugh poems | Poems and Poetry
- For Fixation Who Loves Me Back poem – Amy Cavanaugh poems | Poems and Poetry
- A March Afternoon poem – Amy Cavanaugh poems | Poems and Poetry
- A February Night poem – Amy Cavanaugh poems | Poems and Poetry
- A Cat Perched on the Railing poem – Amy Cavanaugh poems | Poems and Poetry
- What a Glow Everywhere I see – Aaj Rung Hai poem – with a translation Amir Khusro poems | Poems and Poetry
- Tori Soorat Kay Balihaari poem – Amir Khusro poems | Poems and Poetry
- Sakal Bun poem – Amir Khusro poems | Poems and Poetry
- Rains Have Come poem – Amir Khusro poems | Poems and Poetry
- Persian Poem poem – Amir Khusro poems | Poems and Poetry
- O Wondrous Ecstatic Eyes – Chashmay Mastay poem – Amir Khusro poems | Poems and Poetry
- Nami Danam… poem – Amir Khusro poems | Poems and Poetry
- Mora Jobana (My Youth) poem – Amir Khusro poems | Poems and Poetry
- Mohay Apnay Hi Rung Mein poem – Amir Khusro poems | Poems and Poetry
- Man Kunto Maula poem – Amir Khusro poems | Poems and Poetry
- Main to piya say naina lada aayi ray poem – Amir Khusro poems | Poems and Poetry
- Main to piya say naina lada aayi ray poem – Amir Khusro poems | Poems and Poetry
- Khabaram raseed imshab poem – Amir Khusro poems | Poems and Poetry
- Rains Have Come poem – Amir Khusro poems | Poems and Poetry
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
Violet Nicolson ( 1865 – 1904); otherwise known as Adela Florence Nicolson (née Cory), was an English poetess who wrote under the pseudonym of Laurence Hope, however she became known as Violet Nicolson. In the early 1900s, she became a best-selling author. She committed suicide and is buried in Madras, now Chennai, India.