O Homeland! O Eagle,
Plunging, through the bars of my cell,
Your fiery beak in my eyes!
All I possess in the presence of death
Is pride and fury.
I have willed that my heart be planted as a tree,
That my forehead become an abode for skylarks.
O eagle,
I am unworthy of your lofty wing,
I prefer a crown of flame.
O homeland!
We were born and raised in your wound,
And ate the fruit of your trees,
To witness the birth of your daybreak.
O eagle unjustly languishing in chains,
O legendary death which once was sought,
Your fiery beak is still plunged in my eye.
End of the poem
15 random poems
- libation.html
- Василий Жуковский – Бедный певец
- Альфред де Мюссе – Не забывай! Когда заря рассвета
- Николай Гумилев – Канцона (Лучшая музыка в мире)
- Иннокентий Анненский – Леконт де Лиль. Явление божества
- Федор Сологуб – Зальдивши тайный зной страстей, Валерий
- Epigram on Jessy Staig’s recovery by Robert Burns
- Robert Burns: To John Kennedy, Dumfries House:
- Eternal Love by Vaishnavi Prakash
- The Old Maids Story
- Олег Григорьев – Был праздник с весельем и танцами
- In Due Observance Of An Ancient Rite by William Wordsworth
- With All Thy Gifts. by Walt Whitman
- Жан де Лафонтен – Утопленница
- Иннокентий Анненский – Любовь к прошлому
Some external links:
Duckduckgo.com – the alternative in the US
Quant.com – a search engine from France, and also an alternative, at least for Europe
Yandex – the Russian search engine (it’s probably the best search engine for image searches).
