You have travelled close beside the human race
From where it first evolved and led it on;
E’er moving with increasing bolder pace
From Darkness up to where your beacon shone.
Tho’ ignorance and superstition oft
Have blocked your way, you ne’er vouchsafed to veer
From off your course, but held your torch aloft-
The ages, struggling in the dark, to cheer.
March on. Oh Progress up to the greater heights
The more your beacon lights are trimmed, the more
They’ll show the nakedness of wrongs and rights
Which law should crush and what it should restore.
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Robert Burns: The Chevalier’s Lament:
- Soulmating by Mike Yuan
- Channels by Shel Silverstein
- A New Song to an Old Tune by William Ernest Henley
- Rock ‘N’ Roll Band by Shel Silverstein
- Владимир Костров – Письмо в никуда
- In Imitation of E. of Dorset : Artemisia poem – Alexander Pope
- Song—A Fiddler in the North by Robert Burns
- Fine Apricot Lodge by Wang Wei
- As Through the Wild Green Hills of Wyre poem – A. E. Housman
- Нина Воронель – Юбилей в доме литераторов
- Dead Men’s Love by Rupert Brooke
- Владимир Маяковский – Тёплое слово кое-каким порокам
- The Moment I knew my Life had Changed by Maria Mazziotti Gillan
- My Sad Captains by Thom Gunn
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).
