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Fire And Ice

by Robert Frost

Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.

Martial translations to modern English

by Michael R. Burch

These are modern English translations of Martial epigrams and poems, some with the original Latin.

You ask me why I've sent you no new verses?
There might be reverses.
—Martial, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

You ask me to recite my poems to you?
I know how you'll 'recite' them, if I do.
—Martial, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

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Abraham Lincoln

by Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln,
His hand and pen:
He will be good but
God knows When.

Epigram

by Richard Crawley

'Pluto, that dog confound!' a donkey brayed,
He's got the manger that for me was made.
I cannot lift my nose to smell the feast,
All for that snarling and unwholesome beast.
As in the ancient fable of the sage,
So youth impatient carps at snarling age :
So sullen sixty stands in twenty's way,—
We have the appetite and they the hay.

Epigram On Miss Davies

by Robert Burns

ASK why God made the gem so small?
And why so huge the granite?—
Because God meant mankind should set
That higher value on it.

Recent Epigram Poems

Epigrams by Michael R. Burch (I)

by Michael R. Burch

This page contains epigrams, epitaphs, quotes, quips, jokes, puns, parodies, haiku, limericks and wordplay penned by Michael R. Burch along with a number of epitaphs, elegies, translations, interpretations and paraphrases ...

BRIEF ENCOUNTERS: PROSE EPIGRAMS

• Elevate your words, not their volume. Rain grows flowers, not thunder.—Rumi, translation by Michael R. Burch

• No wind is favorable to the man who lacks direction.—Seneca the Younger, translation by Michael R. Burch

• Little sparks may ignite great Infernos.—Dante, translation by Michael R. Burch

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Epigrams by Michael Burch (II)

by Michael R. Burch

These are epigrams and epigram translations by Michael R. Burch, along with puns, quotes, quips, etc.

Old age, believe me, is a blessing. While it’s true you get gently shouldered off the stage, you’re awarded such a comfortable front row seat as spectator. — Confucius, loose translation by Michael R. Burch

Pablo Neruda Translations

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