A poem by Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
Tho’ Artemisia talks, by fits,
Of councils, classics, fathers, wits;
Reads Malbranche, Boyle, and Locke;
Yet in some things methinks she fails,
‘Twere well if she would pare her nails,
And wear a cleaner smock.
Haughty and huge as High-Dutch bride,
Such nastiness, and so much pride
Are oddly join’d by fate:
On her large squab you find her spread,
Like a fat corpse upon a bed,
That lies and stinks in state.
She wears no colours (sign of grace)
On any part except her face;
All white and black beside:
Dauntless her look, her gesture proud,
Her voice theatrically loud,
And masculine her stride.
So have I seen, in black and white
A prating thing, a Magpye hight,
Majestically stalk;
A stately, worthless animal,
That plies the tongue, and wags the tail,
All flutter, pride, and talk.
A few random poems:
- Владимир Высоцкий – В тюрьме Таганской нас стало мало
- Hours Continuing Long. by Walt Whitman
- Robert Burns: Saw Ye Bonie Lesley:
- To Prince Charles by William Alexander
- Epitaph on a Tyrant by W. H. Auden
- Extemporaneous Effusion on being appointed to an Excise Division by Robert Burns
- Look Now On That Adventurer Who Hath Paid by William Wordsworth
- O Star of France. by Walt Whitman
- Михаил Кузмин – Я знаю вас не понаслышке
- Fragmentary Blue by Robert Frost
- Олег Бундур – Дневник
- Illusions by Mark R Slaughter
- Field Sports by William Somervile
- Sonnet CXXX: My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun by William Shakespeare
- Twas’ the Night Before Christmas and Santa got Drunk by Margaret Marie Hubbard
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 Британишский – Отечественные записки 1840-х годов
- Владимир Британишский – От низменного к неземному
- Владимир Британишский – Округлы и оголены
- Владимир Британишский – Океан с континентом воюют
- Владимир Британишский – Огонь
- Владимир Британишский – Очереди
- Владимир Британишский – О, растенья-пустынники дюнных песков
- Владимир Британишский – О чем размышляют
- Владимир Британишский – О человеке
- Владимир Британишский – Ностальгия
- Владимир Британишский – Но особенно снился мне вздыбленный мост
- Владимир Британишский – Никитенко
- Владимир Британишский – Несбывшееся
- Владимир Британишский – Некрасов
- Владимир Британишский – Не поселятся ли олени
- Владимир Британишский – Не избранностью, не особенностью
- Владимир Британишский – Наш учитель истории
- Владимир Британишский – На полпути в Илимск
- Владимир Британишский – На Марсовом поле
- Владимир Британишский – По волхову
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
