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:
- A Thanksgiving to God for His House by Robert Herrick
- Николай Языков – Послание к Ф. И. Иноземцеву (Да сохранит тебя великий русский бог)
- Welcome
- On Mrs. Montague’s Feather Hangings by William Cowper
- After a Tempest by William Cullen Bryant
- Epistles to Several Persons: Epistle IV, To Richard Boyle, poem – Alexander Pope
- Низами Гянджеви – Искендер-наме – Страница 9 из 15
- Robert Burns: Handsome Nell:
- Le monstre by Patryck Froissart
- The Tame Bird Was In A Cage by Rabindranath Tagore
- Not Heaving from My Ribb’d Breast Only. by Walt Whitman
- Олег Сердобольский – Во дворе
- Never Sure Which You Are by Mary Etta Metcalf
- Fancy In Nubibus, Or The Poet In The Clouds by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- The Scythians poem – Aleksandr Blok poems | Poetry Monster
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
- Snapshots Of A Daughter In Law
- Shattered Head
- Rural Reflections
- Prospective Immigrants Please Note
- Power
- Planetarium
- Paula Becker To Clara Westhoff
- Our Whole Life
- Orion
- On Edges
- November 1968
- My Mouth Hovers Across Your Breasts
- Moving In Winter
- Miracle Ice Cream
- Living In Sin
- Integrity
- In Those Years
- In The Evening
- In A Classroom
- Implosions
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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.