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:
- Новелла Матвеева – Мне кажется
- A Jewish Cemetery In Germany by Yehuda Amichai
- When the Great Ark by Rudyard Kipling
- Last Words by Sylvia Plath
- The Poisoned Present
- Epistle to James Tennant of Glenconner by Robert Burns
- Fragment – Wee Willie Gray (Song) by Robert Burns
- Как хорошо, что рядом верная подруга
- The Old Cumberland Beggar by William Wordsworth
- To England At The Outbreak Of The Balkan War
- Алексей Толстой – С тех пор как я один
- Joy of giving by Vinaya Kumar Hanumanthappa
- Ольга Берггольц – Борису Корнилову
- Mrs Moon by Roger McGough
- Владимир Британишский – Переписка
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
