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 Sing The Body Electric by Philip Levine
- The Morning Half-Life Blues by Marge Piercy
- Sonnet. Written On A Blank Space At The End Of Chaucer’s Tale Of ‘The Floure And The Lefe’ poem – John Keats poems
- Couplets on Wit poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
- The Chinese Nightingale by Vachel Lindsay
- 11 Amazing Autistic Famous People
- Николай Гумилев – Зараза
- Владимир Корнилов – Спортлото
- Crouchin’ On The Outside by Shel Silverstein
- Mandalay by Rudyard Kipling
- The Woman Of His Dreams by Talha Jafri
- The Rice Was Under Water
- Robert Burns: Apology For Declining An Invitation To Dine:
- Владимир Маяковский – Подлиза
- White April
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
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Doska or the Board – write anything
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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.