Poetry
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Raphael Eristavi – Sessia’s thoughts
Dust am I, to dust I cling;A rustic born, my life is oneEternal strife and endless toil,And endless woe… till…
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Raphael Eristavi – The Land of the Khevsuris
The land where I was born and reared on lullabies and loving care,Where I with youthful hand and heart flung…
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Grigol Orbeliani – When I wake
Thy features every vision of my sleep adorn,And when I wake the eyelash of my eyes adorn.Thy willing slave, devoted…
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Grigol Orbeliani – Before the Fresco Painting of Queen Tamari in the church of Betania
Thy saintly faceIn beauteous graceDoth shine with virgin beauty sweet.I humbly prayAnd homage pay,O’erwhelmed by sorrow at thy feet.In joy…
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Shota Rustaveli – The Knight in the Tiger Skin
Translated by M.S.Wardrope 1 Introduction2 Story of Rostevan, King of the Arabians3 King Rostevan and Avt’handil Go Hunting 4…
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Shota Rustaveli – The Knight in the Panther’s Skin
INTRODUCTORY QUATRAINS1 HE who created the firmament, by that mighty power made beings inspired from on high with souls celestial;…
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The More Loving One by W.H. Auden
The More Loving One (1958) is a beautiful poem about unrequited or asymmetrical love, and whether the universe cares about…
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The Unappeasable Host by William Butler Yeats
The Danaan children laugh, in cradles of wrought gold,And clap their hands together, and half close their eyes,For they will…
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The Two Trees by William Butler Yeats
Beloved, gaze in thine own heart,The holy tree is growing there;From joy the holy branches start,And all the trembling flowers…
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The Song Of The Happy Shepherd by William Butler Yeats
The woods of Arcady are dead,And over is their antique joy;Of old the world on dreaming fed;Grey Truth is now…
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