A poem by Alexander Pope (1688-1744) , the greatest English poet of “Augustan” or Georgian period
I know a thing that’s most uncommon;
(Envy, be silent and attend!)
I know a reasonable Woman,
Handsome and witty, yet a Friend.
Not warp’d by Passion, awed by Rumour;
Not grave through Pride, nor gay through Folly,
An equal Mixture of good Humour
And sensible soft Melancholy.
“Has she no faults then (Envy says), Sir?”
Yes, she has one, I must aver;
When all the World conspires to praise her,
The Woman’s deaf, and does not hear.
A few random poems:
- Auld Maitland poem – Andrew Lang poems
- Aftermath poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Федор Сологуб – Выйди в поле полночное
- Song of the Red War-Boat by Rudyard Kipling
- Mutability by William Wordsworth
- My Winter Rose poem – Alfred Austin
- A Song On A Sigh by William Strode
- Hugh Selwyn Mauberly (Part I) poem – Ezra Pound poems
- Tithonus
- The Elphin Nourrice poem – Andrew Lang poems
- THE DANGERS OF AN HONEST MAN IN MUCH COMPANY by Abraham Cowley
- Addressed To Miss Macartney, Afterwards Mrs. Greville, On Reading The Prayer For Indifference by William Cowper
- Jerusalem Delivered – Book 06 – part 07 by Torquato Tasso
- What the Sexton Said by Vachel Lindsay
- Огюст Барбье – Дант
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
- Vorticism Is A Choka In Its Modular Home
- Violets Beauty Passing
- Victor
- Untitled
- Traveling
- Tracks In The Private Country
- Thoughts Religious Content
- The World
- The Sacred Tree
- The Poet And Imagination
- The Holy Tree
- The Emigrant
- Tears
- Simple Heart
- Silence
- She
- Sealed Appropriate
- Seal
- Sea Salt A Villanelle
- Salamis Quot
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The Poetry Repository – an online library of poems, poetry, verse and poetic works
Alexander Pope (1688 – 1744) was a a post-Restoration English poet and satirist. He is a poet of the (British) Augustan period and one of its greatest artistic exponents.