A poem by Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
Begone, ye Critics, and restrain your spite,
Codrus writes on, and will for ever write,
The heaviest Muse the swiftest course has gone,
As clocks run fastest when most lead is on;
What tho’ no bees around your cradle flew,
Nor on your lips distill’d their golden dew;
Yet have we oft discover’d in their stead
When you, like Orpheus, strike the warbling lyre.
Attentive blocks stand round you and admire.
Wit pass’d through thee no longer is the same,
As meat digested takes a diff’rent name;
But sense must sure thy safest plunder be,
Since no reprisals can be made on thee.
Thus thou may’st rise, and in thy daring flight
(Though ne’er so weighty) reach a wondrous height.
So, forced from engines, lead itself can fly,
Sure Bavius copied Maevius to the full,
And Chaerilus taught Codrus to be dull;
Therefore, dear friend, at my advice give o’er
This needless labour; and contend no more
To prove a dull succession to be true,
Since ’tis enough we find it so in you.
A few random poems:
- Sonnet 146: Poor soul, the centre of my sinful earth by William Shakespeare
- Sacred And Profane Love poem – Alfred Austin
- In Prison by William Morris
- March Evening poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Алексей Плещеев – Ёлка в школе
- The Eviction by William Allingham
- Your Words by Piera Chen
- The Haymakers Song
- At Sea
- For Roman Polanski by Nijole Miliauskaite
- Степан Щипачев – Голос
- An Experiment In Translation poem – Alfred Austin
- The Song of the Borderguard by Robert Duncan
- Fragment: Modern Love poem – John Keats poems
- Владимир Маяковский – Даешь автомобиль
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
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Вы с Музой свадьбу золотую
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Вход воспрещается
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Все люди
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Улетевшим мечтам
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Ты холодна
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Туча
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Три вида
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Тост
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Тайна
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Светлые ночи
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Степь
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Старой знакомке
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Сознание
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Современная идиллия
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Сослуживцу
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Собачий пир
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Смерть в Мессине
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Смерть
- Владимир Британишский – Чюрлёнис
- Владимир Британишский – Читая Ремарка
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
