A poem by Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
Women ben full of Ragerie,
Yet swinken not sans secresie.
Thilke Moral shall ye understond,
From Schoole-boy’s Tale of fayre Irelond:
Which to the Fennes hath him betake,
To filch the gray Ducke fro the Lake.
Right then, there passen by the Way
His Aunt, and eke her Daughters tway.
Ducke in his Trowses hath he hent,
Not to be spied of Ladies gent.
“But ho! our Nephew,” (crieth one)
“Ho!” quoth another, “Cozen John;”
And stoppen, and lough, and callen out, –
This sely Clerk full low doth lout:
They asken that, and talken this,
“Lo here is Coz, and here is Miss.”
But, as he glozeth with Speeches soote,
The Ducke sore tickleth his Erse-roote:
Fore-piece and buttons all-to-brest,
Forth thrust a white neck, and red crest.
“Te-he,” cry’d Ladies; Clerke nought spake:
Miss star’d; and gray Ducke crieth Quake.
“O Moder, Moder,” (quoth the daughter)
“Be thilke same thing Maids longer a’ter?
“Bette is to pyne on coals and chalke,
“Then trust on Mon, whose yerde can talke.”
A few random poems:
- March poem – A. E. Housman
- The Giants In Treädes by William Barnes
- Владимир Маяковский – Четвертый вывоз
- By The Camp Fire
- At Last the Secret is Out by W H Auden
- To Joanna by William Wordsworth
- Омар Хайям – Листья дерева жизни, отпущенной мне
- Алишер Навои – Украсишь ты свой наряд красным
- The Princess: A Medley: Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
- Indian Dancer by Sarojini Naidu
- Sonnet. Written On A Blank Space At The End Of Chaucer’s Tale Of ‘The Floure And The Lefe’ poem – John Keats poems
- Sonnet I: From Fairest Creatures We Desire Increase by William Shakespeare
- A Good Father by William Barnes
- Николай Карамзин – Из мелодрамы Петр Великий (Жил был в свете добрый царь)
- Splenda by Rob Leatherman Sr.
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
- Piera Chen – Piera Chen
- IN VINCULUM by PEGGY AYLSWORTH
- I threaded a garland with the memories of a spring… by Preeth Nambiar
- Hoppleroopleoopledook by Pornika Ganguly
- Greece Madum…! by Perugu Ramakrishna
- Frozen by Priyanka Tungana
- From Another Sky by Pierre Reverdy
- Forgotten by Priya Prithviraj
- Forbidden Silence by Preeth Nambiar
- For The Moment by Pierre Reverdy
- For The Moment by Pierre Reverdy
- Elijah by Peter Bardsley
- Eating a Wampee by Piera Chen
- Dying Love!!! by Praveen Parasar
- Diving Deep by Pawan Kumar
- Dead On Arrival by Preethi Saravanakumar
- Creators by Pawan Kumar
- Composition by Peter Cooley
- Coconut by Paul Hostovsky
- Childhood Memories by Preethi Saravanakumar
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
