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:
- Аля Кудряшева – Замылим, потом замолим
- Аля Кудряшева – В этом городе птичий полет шелестит быстролистыми кленами
- Владимир Солоухин – Вдоль берегов Болгарии прошли мы
- Владимир Маяковский – Теоретики
- The Indian Upon God by William Butler Yeats
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Туча
- Those Born In Obscure Times poem – Aleksandr Blok poems | Poetry Monster
- Underneath an Abject Willow by W H Auden
- The Welcome
- Владимир Высоцкий – Я верю в нашу общую звезду
- Makers And Creatures by Vernon Scannell
- The Ring of Stars by Robert Desnos
- Feroke
- Totem by Sylvia Plath
- Fight to a Finish by Siegfried Sassoon
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
- Afridi Love
- Adoration
- Whispering In Wattle Boughs
- Thoras Song Ashtaroth
- The Swimmer
- The Sick Stockrider
- The Last Leap
- Gone
- An Exiles Farewell
- A Song Of Autumn
- A Dedication
- Medical Ethics
- Vain
- Myself
- My Heritage
- Miserimus
- Memory
- Karazah Karl
- Judith
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