A poem by Violet Nicolson, Lawrence Hope, Adela Florence Cory Nicolson (1865 – 1904)
Was it worth while to forego our wings
To gain these dextrous hands ?
Truly they fashion us wonderful things
As the fancy of man demands.
But–to fly! to sail through the lucid air
From crest to violet crest
Of these great grey mountains, quartz-veined and bare,
Where the white clouds gather and rest.
Even to flutter from flower to flower,–
To skim the tops of the trees,–
In the roseate light of a sun-setting hour
To drift on a sea-going breeze.
Ay, the hands have marvellous skill
To create us curious things,–
Baubles, playthings, weapons to kill,–
But–I would we had chosen wings!
A few random poems:
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- Paradise Lost: Book 09 poem – John Milton poems
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- “Let the nymph still avoid and be deaf to the swain” by Tobias Smollett
- The Five Adorations poem – Aleister Crowley poems | Poetry Monster
- Sonnet LXI by William Shakespeare
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- Robert Burns: My Bonie Mary:
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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
- Behind a Wall poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Before the Altar poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Before the Altar poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Before Dawn poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Azure and Gold poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Azure and Gold poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Aubade poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- At Night poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- At Night poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Astigmatism poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Astigmatism poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Apples of Hesperides poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Apples of Hesperides poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Apology poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Apology poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Anticipation poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Anticipation poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- An Opera House poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- An Opera House poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- An Aquarium poem – Amy Lowell 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.