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:
- To the Right Hon. The Earl of Halifax , with the Fable of the Two Springs by William Somervile
- Sonnet 38: How can my Muse want subject to invent by William Shakespeare
- The Female of the Species by Rudyard Kipling
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Запретный плод
- An Epitaph 3 (From The Greek) by William Cowper
- Manifesto for your smile and my songs by Vinko Kalinic
- Interlude: Songs Out Of Sorrow by Sara Teasdale
- Владимир Маяковский – Не увлекайтесь нами
- Олег Чупров – Подушка
- Benlomond by Thomas Campbell
- Иннокентий Анненский – Франсис Жамм. Когда для всех меня не станет меж живыми
- Алексей Жемчужников – Забудь их шумное волненье
- Robert Burns: The Gallant Weaver:
- Владимир Вишневский – Звучит воинственно: “носки”
- Don’t Give A Dose To The One You Love Most by Shel Silverstein
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
- Canadian Winter by Mike Yuan
- CAESAR’S LAST BREATH by MICHAEL SALCMAN
- Birthday Love Song by Miraj Patel
- Before it is Time by Minal Sarosh
- Bearhug by Michael Ondaatje
- Bang-Bang by Mikey D Wentworth
- Baltimore Was Always Blue by Michael Salcman
- Awakening by mike yuan
- At the Kitslano Beach by Mike Yuan
- Artery by Michelle Bonczek Evory
- Application For A Driving License by Michael Ondaatje
- Apologize by Miraj Patel
- Admiration of the Peach and the Light by Miles
- A Domestic Dialogue by Mike Yuan
- 19-19 by Michelle Bonczek Evory
- Leopard by Stanley Wilkin
- YOU by Muralidharan Mudaliar
- Woodchucks by Maxine Kumin
- Woman Work by Maya Angelou
- When You Come by Maya Angelou
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
