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.
A few random poems:
- On Carpaccio’s Picture: The Dream of St. Ursula poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- The Rape of the Lock poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
- Илона Грошева – Мой друг Евгений
- Иосиф Бродский – Бюст Тиберия
- On A March Day by Sara Teasdale
- Cold Iron by Rudyard Kipling
- The Rape of the Lock: Canto 2 poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
- As With A Senryu S Hardening Ridge
- Алексей Толстой – В совести искал я долго обвиненья
- A Sea-Shore Grave. To M. J. L. by Sidney Lanier
- On An Eclipse Of The Moon by Walter Savage Landor
- Wirers by Siegfried Sassoon
- On the Death of the Rev. Dr. Sewell by Phillis Wheatley
- Muttering by Satish Verma
- Epitaph On Johnson by William Cowper
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):
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