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:
- “By Moscow Self-Devoted To A Blaze” by William Wordsworth
- The Scud by William Barnes
- Matthew by William Wordsworth
- Robert Burns: Wee Willie Gray:
- Игорь Северянин – Sirel
- Владимир Британишский – Крылов и тверяки
- The Arrivals by Sharon Olds
- Lonely Burial by Stephen Vincent Benet
- Why Did I Laugh Tonight? No Voice Will Tell poem – John Keats poems
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Бездна
- There Pass the Careless People poem – A. E. Housman
- Олег Бундур – Про любовь
- King Arthur’s Men Have Come Again by Vachel Lindsay
- Омар Хайям – Мир любви обрести без терзаний нельзя
- “Here, where the vine and fig bask hand in hand,” poem – Alfred Austin
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
- Wind on the Hill by AA Milne
- us_two_by_a_a_milne.html
- twinkletoes.html
- the_morning_walk.html
- the_kings_breakfast.html
- the_dormouse_and_the_doctor.html
- the_christening.html
- rice_pudding.html
- politeness.html
- missing.html
- market_square.html
- lines_and_squares.html
- if_i_were_king.html
- hoppity.html
- happiness.html
- come_out_with_me.html
- buckingham_palace.html
- brownie.html
- at_the_zoo.html
- Water Strider by Aaron Baker
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
