A poem by Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
So when Curll’s Stomach the strong Drench o’ercame,
(Infus’d in Vengenance of insulted Fame)
Th’ Avenger sees, with a delighted Eye,
His long Jaws open, and his Colour fly;
And while his Guts the keen Emeticks urge,
Smiles on the Vomit, and enjoys the Purge.
A few random poems:
- A Riddle: On A Kiss by William Strode
- Written In A Blank Leaf Of Macpherson’s Ossian by William Wordsworth
- To Be Blind
- Владимир Орлов – Как Таппи научился лаять
- XII: Some Verses: Sonnet, To The Authour by William Alexander
- Зинаида Александрова – Карманный фонарик
- Огюст Барбье – Любовь к песням
- Валерий Брюсов – Дождь перед ночью
- Владимир Высоцкий – Нам вчера прислали из рук вон плохую весть
- Myfanwy poem – John Betjeman poems
- Coconut by Paul Hostovsky
- Вера Звягинцева – Околдовано сердце моё
- The Lost Pleiad by William Gilmore Simms
- Feelings Of The Tyrolese by William Wordsworth
- Imitation poem – Alexander Pushkin
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
- Out Of The Window
- On The Bus
- Minoan Porcelain
- Love Song
- Lapr S Midi Dun Faune
- Italy
- Inspiration
- In Uncertainty To A Lady
- Doors Of The Temple
- Darkness
- Crapulous Impression
- Complaint Of A Poet Manqu
- By The Fire
- Books And Thoughts
- Anniversaries
- A Melody By Scarlatti
- A Little Memory
- The Storm
- The State
- The Poor Fisherman
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
