A poem by Alexander Pope (1688-1744) , the greatest English poet of “Augustan” or Georgian period
In merry old England it once was the rule
The King had his poet and also his fool
But now were so frugal I have you to know it
That Cibber can serve both for fool and for poet!
A few random poems:
- Robert Burns: Elegy On The Late Miss Burnet Of Monboddo :
- Владимир Маяковский – Порядочный гражданин
- What time are we living in by T. Wignesan
- Вера Звягинцева – Ты не снись мне
- Владимир Высоцкий – Наши добрые зрители
- The Change by Tony Hoagland
- Love is Reckless by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
- Epigram on Miss Davies by Robert Burns
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- To Imagination by Nithin Purple
- Senec. Traged. Ex Thyeste Chor.2 poem – Andrew Marvell poems
- Goddess poem – Amitabh Vikram Dwivedi poems | Poems and Poetry
- Sonnet 15: When I consider every thing that grows by William Shakespeare
- Hail, Twilight, Sovereign Of One Peaceful Hour by William Wordsworth
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
- In Praise Of England poem – Alfred Austin
- Impromptu: To Frances Garnet Wolseley poem – Alfred Austin
- If I To You But Sorry Bring poem – Alfred Austin
- I Chide Not At The Seasons poem – Alfred Austin
- Hymn To Death poem – Alfred Austin
- Grandmother’s Teaching poem – Alfred Austin
- Gleaners Of Fame poem – Alfred Austin
- Love’s Wisdom poem – Alfred Austin
- Love’s Fitfulness poem – Alfred Austin
- Love Of Life poem – Alfred Austin
- Love Of Life poem – Alfred Austin
- Lost poem – Alfred Austin
- Lines Written On Visiting The Chateaux On The Loire poem – Alfred Austin
- Let The Weary World Go Round poem – Alfred Austin
- Leszko The Bastard poem – Alfred Austin
- Is Life Worth Living? poem – Alfred Austin
- Inflexible As Fate poem – Alfred Austin
- In The Month When Sings The Cuckoo poem – Alfred Austin
- In The Forum poem – Alfred Austin
- In Sutton Woods poem – Alfred Austin
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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.