A poem by Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
I
But our Great Turks in wit must reign alone
And ill can bear a Brother on the Throne.
II
Wit is like faith by such warm Fools profest
Who to be saved by one, must damn the rest.
III
Some who grow dull religious strait commence
And gain in morals what they lose in sence.
IV
Wits starve as useless to a Common weal
While Fools have places purely for their Zea.
V
Now wits gain praise by copying other wits
As one Hog lives on what another sh—.
VI
Wou’d you your writings to some Palates fit
Purged all you verses from the sin of wit
For authors now are so conceited grown
They praise no works but what are like their own.
A few random poems:
- Василий Жуковский – К кн. Вяземскому и В.Л.Пушкину
- the_nomad039s_vision_ode_to_a_skylark_dressed_in_black.html
- As Slow Our Ship by Thomas Moore
- Lemmebesomethin’ by Shel Silverstein
- Even if I don’t hear your voice, I know by Vinko Kalinic
- Conversation With My Heart by Russ Pergram
- Ballade Of Truisms by William Ernest Henley
- Robert Burns: To Miss Logan, With Beattie’s Poems, For A New-Year’s Gift, Jan. 1, 1787:
- Sometimes with One I Love. by Walt Whitman
- Николай Карамзин – Стихи на слова, заданные мне Хлoeю: миг, картина и дверь
- Юнна Мориц – Благолепие света
- Translation of a Prayer of Brutus poem – Alexander Pope
- Владимир Костров – Не банкира, не детей Арбата
- Robert Burns: On Seeing Mrs. Kemble In Yarico:
- Владимир Маяковский – По городам Союза
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
- tears.html
- simple_heart.html
- silence.html
- she.html
- sealed_appropriate.html
- seal.html
- sea_salt_a_villanelle.html
- salamis_quot.html
- sacrifice_and_love.html
- poetry_and_politics.html
- plato.html
- paralipomemnon.html
- our_refuge.html
- one_sweet_white_light.html
- new_land.html
- motionless_body.html
- mother.html
- minimalism_and_the_elm_choka.html
- mark.html
- love_flower.html
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
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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
