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:
- Юлия Друнина – Я ушла из детства в грязную теплушку
- Маяковский – Послушайте: Стих Владимира Маяковского – Читать текст стихотворения на Poetry Monster
- every_hour_henceforth.html
- Linda Deäne by William Barnes
- Epistle to Davie, A Brother Poet by Robert Burns
- Robert Burns: To John Kennedy, Dumfries House:
- Carrion Comfort poem – Gerard Manley Hopkins poems
- Владимир Маяковский – Тёплое слово кое-каким порокам
- Казалось, осталось недолго
- Crowding by Satish Verma
- Ольга Седакова – Вечерняя песня
- Ludwig Von Beethoven’s Return To Vienna by Rita Dove
- To Mrs. M. B. On Her Birthday poem – Alexander Pope
- Interlude: Songs Out Of Sorrow by Sara Teasdale
- Hast Thou A Song For A Flower by William Gilmore Simms
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
- Recollection
- Practising The Anthem
- Practising Anthem
- Peace
- On Australian Hills
- Mirage
- Memoriam
- Mates
- Lord Nevils Advice
- Lord Nevil039s Advice
- Looking In The Fire
- Looking Fire
- Learn
- Last Battle Cid
- Influence
- Individuality
- In Memoriam
- Honour
- Home Sick
- Holy Communion
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