A poem by Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
In vain you boast Poetic Names of yore,
And cite those Sapho’s we admire no more:
Fate doom’d the Fall of ev’ry Female Wit,
But doom’d it then when first Ardelia writ.
Of all Examples by the World confest,
I knew Ardelia could not quote the best;
Who, like her Mistress on Britannia’s Throne;
Fights, and subdues in Quarrels not her own.
To write their Praise you but in vain essay;
Ev’n while you write, you take that Praise away:
Light to the Stars the Sun does thus restore,
But shines himself till they are seen no more.
A few random poems:
- When I peruse the Conquer’d Fame. by Walt Whitman
- Davideis A Sacred Poem Of The Troubles Of David Excerpt
- 1914 IV: The Dead by Rupert Brooke
- “What weeping, or what dewfall,” by Torquato Tasso
- Two Kopjes by Rudyard Kipling
- Jerusalem Delivered – Book 02 – part 06 by Torquato Tasso
- To Double Lock by Pierre Reverdy
- Владимир Маяковский – Весна (Город зимнее снял)
- Whitsun by Sylvia Plath
- It’s Dark in Here by Shel Silverstein
- Владимир Маяковский – Уже из-за снежных заносов прекратилось… (РОСТА №774)
- Climbing poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- An Answer To A Copy Of Verses Sent Me To Jersey
- Twilight poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- Sonnet LXV by William Shakespeare
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
- Playing With Big Numbers
- Percy Janes Boarding The Bus
- One Word
- Once She Dreamed
- O God
- Notebook Of A Return To The Native Land
- Night Words
- Negligence
- Mustard Flowers
- Meditation With Feet
- Love
- Little Talk
- Light The Festive Candles
- Levitation
- Labor Pains
- Labels
- Kalli
- Insect039s Nest
- In This Cul De Sac
- I See Chile In My Rearview Mirror
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
