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:
- 1914 II: Safety by Rupert Brooke
- Николай Заболоцкий – На рынке
- A June-Tide Echo poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- A Library Of Skulls by Thomas Lux
- Still Life by Reena Ribalow
- Minoan Porcelain poem – Aldous Huxley poems | Poetry Monster
- The Sacrifice of Er-Heb by Rudyard Kipling
- Иван Барков – Улика подьячего
- Shadow Overhead by Vaishnavi Prakash
- One Sweeps By. by Walt Whitman
- Владимир Набоков – Как часто я в поезде скором
- Михаил Лермонтов – Земля и небо
- Faith Healing by Philip Larkin
- Маяковский – Стоит баба с жопой метр на метр: стих, текст стихотворения Владимира Маяковского – Poetry Monster
- Alone in the Wind, on the Prairie by Vachel Lindsay
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
- The Deserted Garden
- The Bayadere
- The Aisne
- Tezcotzinco
- Sonnet Xvi Who Shall Invoke Her
- Sonnet Xv
- Sonnet Xiv
- Sonnet Xiii
- Sonnet Xii
- Sonnet Xi
- Sonnet X
- Sonnet Viii
- Sonnet Vii
- Sonnet Vi
- Sonnet V
- Sonnet Ix
- Sonnet Iv
- Sonnet Iii
- Sonnet Ii
- Sonnet I
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Parallel Translations of Poetry
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.