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:
- Psalm 01 poem – John Milton poems
- One of the Lives by W. S. Merwin
- Николай Заболоцкий – Вчера, о смерти размышляя
- A Watch Sent Home To Mrs. Eliz: King, Wrapt In Theis Verses by William Strode
- Never Try To Trick Me With A Kiss by Sylvia Plath
- Вероника Тушнова – Утро (Вся ночь без сна)
- Robert Burns: Had I A Cave:
- Олег Бундур – На высоком берегу
- Владимир Маяковский – Детский театр из собственной квартирки
- An Immorality poem – Ezra Pound poems
- A Hedge Of Rubber Trees poem – Amy Clampitt poems | Poems and Poetry
- Sonnet I: Loving In Truth by Sir Philip Sidney
- The Bombardment poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- The Moon And The Yew Tree by Sylvia Plath
- Ок Мельникова – Sha man
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 Old Maids Story
- The Night
- The Mob
- The Midnight Mass
- The Magic Wand
- The Legend Of Lady Gertrude
- The Last Battle Of The Cid
- The Kind Word
- The Hands That Hang Down
- The Hand In The Dark
- The Future Verdict
- The Easter Decorations
- The Dawn
- The Dawn Of Gods Sabbath
- The Crown Of Thorns
- The Coo Of The Cushat
- The Candle Of The Lord
- The Baptistry
- Sic Vos Non Vobis
- Seed Time And Harvest
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
Search engines:
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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.