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:
- Robert Burns: The Cardin O’t, The Spinnin O’t:
- Владимир Данько – Верхом на палочке
- The house where I was born (07) by Yves Bonnefoy
- Epitaph by Sir Walter Raleigh
- Эмиль Верхарн – Заблуждение
- The Priestess of Panormita poem – Aleister Crowley poems | Poetry Monster
- Валерий Брюсов – Дозор
- Busy Heart, The by Rupert Brooke
- Игорь Северянин – Симфония
- Stings by Sylvia Plath
- The Daughter Goes To Camp by Sharon Olds
- Николай Глазков – Раздумья
- Outsong in the Jungle by Rudyard Kipling
- Альфред Теннисон – Пересекая Черту
- A Light Woman by Robert Browning
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
- Snapshots Of A Daughter In Law
- Shattered Head
- Rural Reflections
- Prospective Immigrants Please Note
- Power
- Planetarium
- Paula Becker To Clara Westhoff
- Our Whole Life
- Orion
- On Edges
- November 1968
- My Mouth Hovers Across Your Breasts
- Moving In Winter
- Miracle Ice Cream
- Living In Sin
- Integrity
- In Those Years
- In The Evening
- In A Classroom
- Implosions
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
