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:
- I Remember, I Remember by Philip Larkin
- message from the sun by Raj Arumugam
- On An Old Woman (From The Greek) by William Cowper
- Evening wind by Yosa Buson
- How to Make Money Online Writing and Selling eBooks
- Владимир Степанов – Гусь и цыплёнок
- Epistle to John Maxwell, Esq., of Terraughty by Robert Burns
- A Farewell To Youth poem – Alfred Austin
- Upon Julia’s Breast by Marie Starr
- Омар Хайям – Люблю вино, ловлю веселья миг
- Halo by Tanisha Avarsekar
- On Elphinstone’s Translation of Martial’s Epigrams by Robert Burns
- Christmas in India by Rudyard Kipling
- Nevermore, Translation of Paul Verlaine’s sonnet: Nevermore by T. Wignesan
- Montefiore poem – Ambrose Bierce poems | Poems and Poetry
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
- Transient
- To The Serpent
- To The Nameless Soldier
- The Woman And The Flame
- The Wolf039s Postcript To 039little Red Riding Hood039
- The Riddle
- The Queen
- The Poisoned Present
- The Markets Are Down 2 Amp A Quarter
- The Maharishi And The Baby
- The Immigrant
- The Fallen House
- The Poetry That Is Life
- Take My Hands
- Tablet
- Stroll In A Particle
- Stones
- Spanish Banks
- Somber Song
- Poem65
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
Search engines:
Yandex – the best search engine for searches in Russian (and the best overall image search engine, in any language, anywhere)
Qwant – the best search engine for searches in French, German as well as Romance and Germanic languages.
Ecosia – a search engine that supposedly… plants trees
Duckduckgo – the real alternative and a search engine that actually works. Without much censorship or partisan politics.
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.