Poems

Song of the Old Boundary Rider Fat and full of health are the valleys of the Condamine, There the yellow maize and the green tobacco grow, […]

The Farmer remembers the Somme Will they never fade or pass! The mud, and the misty figures endlessly coming In file through the foul morass, And […]

The Pathfinders NIGHT, and a bitter sky, and strange birds crying, The wan trees whisper and the winds make moan, Here where in ultimate peace their […]

The Road to Roma Jail It’s a long road, a cruel road, the road to Roma Jail, birds in all the branches mocking as you pass, […]

Youth and Age Youth that rides the wildest horse, Youth that throws the deadliest steer, Spending strength without remorse, Grappling with the ghosts of fear, Knows […]

Bednyj pevec O krasnyj mir, gde ja votshche rascvel, prosti navek! S obmanutoj dushoju ja schast’ja zhdal – mechtam konec; pogiblo vse, umolkni, lira; skorej, skorej […]

Lalla Ruk Dearest dream, my soul’s enchantment Lovely guest from heav’n above, Most benevolent attender To the earthly realm below, You gave me blissful satisfaction Momentary […]

The Bard My friends, can you descry that mound of earth Above clear waters in the shade of trees? You can just hear the babbling spring […]

The Boatman Driven by misfortune’s whirlwind, Having neither oar nor rudder, By a storm my bark was driven Out upon the boundless sea. “midst black clouds […]

The Mysterious Visitor Spirit, lovely guest, who are you? Whence have you flown down to us? Taciturn and without a sound Why have you abandoned us? […]