A poem by Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
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:
- How a Little Girl Danced by Vachel Lindsay
- Ольга Берггольц – И вновь одна, совсем одна в дорогу
- Ольга Седакова – Ветер прощанья
- Владимир Маяковский – Рассказ о Климе, купившем заем, и Прове, не подумавшем о счастье своем
- Landscapes poem – Andree Chedid poems | Poems and Poetry
- On the Countess of Burlington Cutting Paper poem – Alexander Pope
- For Him I Sing. by Walt Whitman
- In An Underground Dressing Station by Siegfried Sassoon
- She’s Flawless by Mandy Williams
- An Essay on Man in Four Epistles: Epistle 1 poem – Alexander Pope
- My Own Heart Let Me Have More Have Pity On; Let poem – Gerard Manley Hopkins poems
- Nay Not To Night
- The Death of the Flowers by William Cullen Bryant
- The most noble bird, wife by Mukeshkumar Raval
- Lorelei by Sylvia Plath
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
- As a Beam O’er the Face of the Waters May Glow by Thomas Moore
- And Doth Not a Meeting Like This by Thomas Moore
- An Incantation by Thomas Moore
- An Expostulation to Lord King by Thomas Moore
- An Argument by Thomas Moore
- Alone in Crowds to Wander On by Thomas Moore
- All In a Family Way by Thomas Moore
- After the Battle by Thomas Moore
- Which way does the wind blow? by Thomas J Camp
- Virgule by Thomas Lux
- Unlike, For Example, The Sound Of A Riptooth Saw by Thomas Lux
- Torn Shades by Thomas Lux
- The Road That Runs Beside The River by Thomas Lux
- The Progress of Poesy by Thomas Gray
- The Man Into Whose Yard You Should Not Hit Your Ball by Thomas Lux
- The Inheritance by Thomas J Camp
- The Holy Mountain of Hope by Thomas Ziemer
- The Curse Upon Edward by Thomas Gray
- The Bard by Thomas Gray
- Sonnet On The Death Of Mr Richard West by Thomas Gray
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