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:
- Robert Burns: Complimentary Versicles To Jessie Lewars: The Menagerie
- Hymn For The Use Of The Sunday School At Olney by William Cowper
- Новелла Матвеева – Дома без крыш
- Владимир Маяковский – Разве у вас не чешутся обе лопатки
- In A Cuban Garden by Sara Teasdale
- Ballad on Mr. Heron’s Election—No. 3 by Robert Burns
- Иннокентий Анненский – Из участковых монологов
- Иван Бунин – Не видно птиц
- Fool’s Money Bags poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- The Torture Of Cuauhtemoc
- A god in wrath by Stephen Crane
- Омар Хайям – Благородные люди, друг друга любя
- Taita Falcon above the Zambezi by Tom Mukasa
- Goddess by Samuel Stephen Wakdok
- FLORECER by Manolo Arriola
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
- Reason Use It Divine Matters
- Reason The Use Of It In Divine Matters
- Platonick Love
- On The Death Of Sir Henry Wootton
- On The Death Of Mr William Hervey
- On The Death Of Mr Crashaw
- Of Wit
- Not Fair
- Life
- Hymn To Light
- Hymn Light
- Epitaph
- Despair
- Death Sir Henry Wootton
- Davideis Sacred Poem Troubles David Excerpt
- Davideis A Sacred Poem Of The Troubles Of David Excerpt
- Cousel
- Constantias Song
- Constantia039s Song
- Concealment
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
