A poem by Alexander Pope (1688-1744) , the greatest English poet of “Augustan” or Georgian period
Here, shunning idleness at once and praise,
This radiant pile nine rural sisters raise;
The glittering emblem of each spotless dame,
Clear as her soul and shining as her frame;
Beauty which nature only can impart,
And such a polish as disgraces art;
But Fate disposed them in this humble sort,
And hid in deserts what would charm a Court.

A few random poems:
- Илья Эренбург – Я помню, давно уже я уловил
- A Wintry Picture poem – Alfred Austin
- Низами Гянджеви – Искендер-наме – Страница 3 из 15
- Heroic Simile by Robert Hass
- Olney Hymn 5: Jehovah-Shalom: The Lord Send Peace by William Cowper
- I Remembered by Sara Teasdale
- A Sight in Camp. by Walt Whitman
- Юнна Мориц – Собственное небо
- The Artist by Sir Walter Raleigh
- Song of the Indian Maid, from ‘Endymion’ poem – John Keats poems
- Marine Snow At Mid-Depths And Down by Thomas Lux
- I explain the silvered passing of a ship at night, by Stephen Crane
- Николай Заболоцкий – Искушение
- To an Early Daffodil poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Robert Burns: Epitaph On John Dove, Innkeeper:
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
- The Palace
- Storm
- Poor Fisherman
- Invitation
- A Banquet Song
- Written In A Volume Of The Comtesse De Noailles
- With A Copy Of Shakespeares Sonnets On Leaving College
- Vivien
- Virginibus Puerisque
- Translations Dante Inferno Canto Xxvi
- To England At The Outbreak Of The Balkan War
- Tithonus
- The Wanderer
- The Torture Of Cuauhtemoc
- The Sultans Palace
- The Rendezvous
- The Old Lowe House Staten Island
- The Nympholept
- The Need To Love
- The Hosts
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Parallel Translations of Poetry
The Poetry Repository – an online library of poems, poetry, verse and poetic works
Alexander Pope (1688 – 1744) was a a post-Restoration English poet and satirist. He is a poet of the (British) Augustan period and one of its greatest artistic exponents.