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:
- To M C N
- Another by Thomas Carew
- Олег Григорьев – Вперед не рвись
- Grandeur Of Ghosts by Siegfried Sassoon
- Robert Burns: Carle, An The King Come:
- Salut au Monde. by Walt Whitman
- Владимир Маяковский – Дядя ЭМЭСПЭО
- THE WHEELS by Satish Verma
- Sonnet 12
- Pensive and Faltering. by Walt Whitman
- Modern Nature poem – Andrei Voznesensky poems
- The Twelve poem – Aleksandr Blok poems | Poetry Monster
- In Memoriam A. H. H.: 11. Calm is the morn without a sound poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
- Night Launch by Sonya Ki Tomlinson
- Алексей Толстой – Ты знаешь, я люблю
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
- Reverie Of Ormuz The Persian
- Reverie Of Mahomed Akram At The Tamarind Tank
- Request
- Reminiscence Of Mahomed Akram
- Protest By Zahir U Din
- Prayer
- Palm Trees By The Sea
- On The City Wall
- On Pilgrimage
- Ojira To Her Lover
- Oh Unforgotten And Only Lover
- Oh Masters
- Oh Life I Have Taken You For My Lover
- No Rival Like The Past
- Nay Not To Night
- My Paramour Was Loneliness
- My Desire
- Middle Age
- Memory
- Marriage Thoughts By Morsellin Khan
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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.