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:
- Business Girls poem – John Betjeman poems | Poems and Poetry
- Gentle Heart, Indulge Thy Dreaming by Timothy Thomas Fortune
- Song—A Health to ane I loe dear by Robert Burns
- Weak Is The Will Of Man, His Judgement Blind by William Wordsworth
- Conqueror by Russell Hughes Ragsdale
- Федор Сологуб – Под холодною властью тумана
- Colonus’ Praise by William Butler Yeats
- Владимир Высоцкий – Королевский крокей
- On Being Asked For A War Poem by William Butler Yeats
- The Fairies by William Allingham
- Love Poem to My Husband of Thirty-one Years by Maria Mazziotti Gillan
- Song. Hush, Hush! Tread Softly! poem – John Keats poems
- Владимир Маяковский – Пример, не достойный подражания
- Альфред Теннисон – Леди Клара Вер-де-Вер
- Владимир Маяковский – Чехарда в палате… (РОСТА №881)
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
