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:
- Sir Galahad, a Christmas Mystery by William Morris
- You Ask Me, Why, Tho’ Ill at Ease poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
- Family Caregivers Have Promises to Keep
- Motto prefixed to the Author’s first Publication by Robert Burns
- The Bagpipe Who Didn’t Say No by Shel Silverstein
- My life – “An ambiguous journey” by Vasishta Sharma Gudi
- Sonnet CXLIX by William Shakespeare
- Олег Чупров – Комар
- A Last Request poem – Alfred Austin
- From The Italian Of Michael Angelo by William Wordsworth
- The Voice poem – Andree Chedid poems | Poems and Poetry
- Олег Григорьев – Крадучись, точно вор
- Alone, Looking for Blossoms Along the River by Tu Fu
- Владимир Высоцкий – Заключительная песня Кэрролла
- A Quick Ode to Spam, a Poem about Spam
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
- Golden Eyes
- From Behind The Lattice
- Feroza
- Feroke
- Fate Knows No Tears
- Farewell
- Fancy
- Famine Song
- Early Love
- Disappointment
- Deserted Gipsys Song Hillside Camp
- Dedication
- Dedication To Malcolm Nicolson
- Camp Followers Song Gomal River
- Back To The Border
- Au Salon
- Atavism
- Ashore
- Among The Sandhills
- Among The Rice Fields
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
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.