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:
- Юлия Друнина – Бинты
- Владимир Динец – Над степью весенней
- What Shall I Do For the Land that Bred Me poem – Gerard Manley Hopkins poems
- The Giants In Treädes by William Barnes
- Владимир Маяковский – Спросили раз меня: “Вы любите ли НЭП?”
- The Windhover: To Christ Our Lord poem – Gerard Manley Hopkins poems
- Epitaph for Mr. William Michie, Schoolmaster by Robert Burns
- Blow, Bugle, Blow poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
- Владимир Британишский – Никитенко
- The Door Of Humility poem – Alfred Austin
- Robert Burns: Thomson’s Edward and Eleanora.:
- Стефан Малларме – Вздох
- Song—O can ye Labour Lea? by Robert Burns
- The Gravy Train by Michael Levy
- Ballade Of The Muse poem – Andrew Lang 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
- Gravity Suspended
- From Death
- Forfeiture
- For My Mother
- Fly Fly Butterfly
- Even The Rain
- Destiny Far Away
- Conversation
- Calling All Angels
- At The Locks Of The Void
- Anthem
- All In A Word
- A Teenage Pregnancy
- A Painting Morning
- A Child Of War
- Your Dream
- Ars Poetica
- The Vision Of Cassandra
- The Sacrifice Of Iphigenia
- The Lament Of The Old Nurse
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.