A poem by Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
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.
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- The Slantèn Light O’ Fall by William Barnes
- STONEWASHED by Satish Verma
- Sonet 33 by William Alexander
- The Gardener XLVI: You Left Me by Rabindranath Tagore
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- The War Films by Sir Henry Newbolt
- “While with fond rapture and amaze” by Tobias Smollett
- Robert Burns: Lament Of Mary, Queen Of Scots, On The Approach Of Spring:
- Better Be by Raj Napal
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- Аля Кудряшева – И кстати, еще бывает уездный гор
- Олег Чупров – В лесу просторно, тихо, ясно
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External links
Bat’s Poetry Page – more poetry by Fledermaus
Talking Writing Monster’s Page –
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Poems in English
- Phantasm
- Long I waited in vain
- was_then.html
- phantasm.html
- long_i_waited_in_vain.html
- Wind on the Hill by A. A. Milne
- Us Two by AA Milne
- twinkletoes.html
- The Morning Walk
- the_kings_breakfast.html
- the_dormouse_and_the_doctor.html
- the_christening.html
- Teddy Bear
- rice_pudding.html
- politeness.html
- Missing
- market_square.html
- lines_and_squares.html
- if_i_were_king.html
- hoppity.html
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