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:
- Hobbinol; or The Rural Games – Canto 3 by William Somervile
- Morning Song in the Jungle by Rudyard Kipling
- Khanaa’s Song by Mallika Sengupta
- Sonnet 129: Th’ expense of spirit in a waste of shame by William Shakespeare
- Mohay Apnay Hi Rung Mein poem – Amir Khusro poems | Poems and Poetry
- Domination Of Black by Wallace Stevens
- Ольга Высотская – Я зубы стисну, губы закушу
- Владимир Набоков – На сельском кладбище
- The Jungle Husband by Stevie Smith
- Shelley’s Death poem – Alfred Austin
- Green Fields by W. S. Merwin
- Sacrifice And Love
- Robert Burns: Thou Hast Left Me Ever, Jamie:
- Михаил Лермонтов – Я видел тень блаженства
- Aliter poem – Andrew Marvell poems
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 Hosts
- 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
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
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Yahoo– yes, it’s still around, amazingly, miraculously, incredibly, but now it seems to be powered by Bing.
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.