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Friday, 31 March 2023
A mother's lament for her drowned son - Anonymous
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Alas, alas thine empty seat, my son! Vainly thy garments I did toil to dry. Thy mother's joy is clouded o'er with grief, And darknes...
Thursday, 30 March 2023
The Battle of Hafur's Bay - Hornklofi
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Loud in Hafur’s echoing bay Heard ye the battle fiercely bray, ’Twixt Kiotva rich, and Harald bold! Eastward sail the ships of war; The ...
Wednesday, 29 March 2023
Sways, with her trinkets - Hatim al-Tai
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Sways, with her trinkets, she, endowed with splendour With a waist like the fold of flimsy cloth, slim And a neck like a cup of silver, ador...
Tuesday, 28 March 2023
Vondel's Lucifer (Act II, lines 192-276) - Joost van den Vondel
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Lucifer: Shall then on high A worm, an alien, wield the greatest power? Must they who native are to Heaven thus yield To foreign rule? Shall...
Monday, 27 March 2023
My King - Nachmanides
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Ere time began, ere age to age had thrilled, I waited in his storehouse, as he willed; He gave me being, but, my years fulfilled, I shall...
Sunday, 26 March 2023
Hands - Laxmi Prasad Devkota
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Cooperation and understanding is essential To build country brick by brick. Most creatures are four-legged But human being walks with two le...
Saturday, 25 March 2023
The Executioner's Dream - Kwesi Brew
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I dreamt i saw an eye, a pretty eye In your hands Glittering, wet and sikening Like a dull onyx set in a crown of thorns I did not know you ...
Friday, 24 March 2023
Mount Beysitoun - Nizami Ganjavi
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On lofty Beysitoun the lingering sun Looks down on ceaseless labors, long begun; The mountain trembles to the echoing sound Of falling rocks...
Thursday, 23 March 2023
The Frontier Guard - Anastasius GrĂ¼n
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The sentinel his weary hours Keeps guard in quarantine; Across the stream, in paths of flowers, The Turkish maid is seen.
Wednesday, 22 March 2023
Memory - Erik Johan Stagnelius
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O camp of flowers, with poplars girdled round, Grey guardians of life’s soft and purple bud!
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