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:
- Dear Alzheimer’s by Maria Knox
- Алексей Толстой – То было раннею весной
- Николай Заболоцкий – На закате
- Владимир Маяковский – Чемпионат всемирной классовой борьбы
- Olney Hymn 30: The Light And Glory Of The Word by William Cowper
- Playing With Big Numbers
- The Bells Ov Alderburnham by William Barnes
- Teacher
- Robert Bruce’s March to Bannockburn (Song) by Robert Burns
- Lord when the wise men came from farr by Sidney Godolphin
- Юргис Балтрушайтис – Памяти Скрябина
- This is Love by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
- When Runnels Began To Leap And Sing poem – Alfred Austin
- Sonnet 87: Farewell! Thou art too dear for my possessing by William Shakespeare
- xai_kou.html
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
- La Nue
- Kyrenaikos
- Juvenilia An Ode To Natural Beauty
- I Loved
- I Have A Rendezvous With Death
- Fragments
- Eudaemon
- El Extraviado
- Do You Remember Once
- Coucy
- Champagne 1914 15
- Broceliande
- Bellinglise
- At The Tomb Of Napoleon
- Ariosto Orlando Furioso Canto X 91 99
- Antinous
- An Ode To Antares
- All Thats Not Love
- After An Epigram Of Clement Marot
- A Message To America
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.