OH, gaily sings the bird! and the wattle-boughs are stirred

And rustled by the scented breath of Spring;

Oh, the dreary wistful longing! Oh, the faces that are thronging!

Oh, the voices that are vaguely whispering!

Oh, tell me, father mine, ere the good ship crossed the brine,

On the gangway one mute handgrip we exchanged,

Do you, past the grave, employ, for your stubborn reckless boy,

Those petitions that in life were ne’er estranged?

Oh, tell me, sister dear—parting word and parting tear

Never passed between us: let me bear the blame—

Are you living, girl, or dead? bitter tears since then I’ve shed

For the lips that lisped with mine a mother’s name.

Oh, tell me, ancient friend, ever ready to defend

In our boyhood, at the base of life’s long hill,

Are you waking yet or sleeping? Have you left this vale of weeping,

Or do you, like your comrade, linger still?

Oh, whisper, buried love, is there rest and peace above?—

There is little hope or comfort here below;

On your sweet face lies the mould, and your bed is strait and cold—

Near the harbour where the sea-tides ebb and flow.

All silent—they are dumb—and the breezes go and come

With an apathy that mocks at man’s distress;

Laugh, scoffer, while you may! I could bow me down and pray

For an answer that might stay my bitterness.

Oh, harshly screams the bird, and the wattle-bloom is stirred;

There’s a sullen weird-like whisper in the bough:

‘Aye, kneel and pray and weep, but HIS BELOVED SLEEP

CAN NEVER BE DISTURBED BY SUCH AS THOU!’

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Bat’s Poetry Page – more poetry by Fledermaus

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Poems in English 

• Юрий Верховский – Месяцу, заре, звезде, лазури by Юрий Верховский
• Юрий Верховский – Как раненый олень кидается в поток by Юрий Верховский
• Юрий Верховский – Есть имена, таинственны и стары by Юрий Верховский
• Юрий Верховский – Ах, душечка моя, как нынче мне светло by Юрий Верховский
• Жан де Лафонтен – Язычник и деревянный Идол by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Врачи by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Воля и Неволя by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Волк, Мать и Ребенок by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Волк и Лисица на суде перед Обезьяной by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Волк и Конь by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Война Крыс и Ласок by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Виноградник и Олень by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Утопленница by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Третейский Судья, Брат милосердия и Пустынник by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Старый Кот и Мышонок by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Ссора Собак с Кошками и Кошек с Мышами by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Совет Мышей by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Смерть и Несчастный by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Скупой, потерявший свое богатство by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Шершни и Пчелы by Jean de La Fontaine

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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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