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:
- Two Kopjes by Rudyard Kipling
- Николай Языков – В. М. Княжевичу (Простите мне простое «ты»)
- Inversnaid poem – Gerard Manley Hopkins poems
- Ghazal 119 by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
- Вера Павлова – Отпала от пола
- Respondez! by Walt Whitman
- Sonnet 121: Tis better to be vile than vile esteemed by William Shakespeare
- To Sr Henry Vane The Younger poem – John Milton poems
- Владислав Крапивин – Когда тебя замучил враг
- Юлия Жадовская – Всё ты уносишь, нещадное время
- Reasons to Survive November by Tony Hoagland
- Polyphemus poem – Ambrose Bierce poems | Poems and Poetry
- Love Song poem – Aldous Huxley poems | Poetry Monster
- Gray Dawn by Satish Verma
- София Парнок – Кипящий звук неторопливых арб
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
- Three Songs Of Zahir U Din
- Thoughts Mahomed Akram
- Though In My Firmament Thou Wilt Not Shine
- This Month The Almonds Bloom At Kandahar
- There Is No Breeze To Cool The Heat Of Love
- The Window Overlooking The Harbour
- The Tom Toms
- The Temple Dancing Girl
- The Teak Forest
- The Singer
- The River Of Pearls At Fez Translation
- The Rice Was Under Water
- The Rice Boat
- The Regret Of The Ranee In The Hall Of Peacocks
- The Rao Of Ilore
- The Plains
- The Net Of Memory
- The Masters
- The Lute Player Of Casa Blanca
- The Lament Of Yasmini The Dancing Girl
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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.