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:
- Sea Shell poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Огюст Барбье – Сегодня я в пути
- Sir Philip Sidney; Astrophel and Stella: XXIII by Sir Philip Sidney
- Зинаида Александрова – Большая ложка
- Sonnet 64: When I have seen by Time’s fell hand defaced by William Shakespeare
- Straw sandal half sunk by Yosa Buson
- For Life and Death of a Poet by Marcin Malek
- Владимир Маяковский – Реклама Резинотрест
- The Last Bargain by Rabindranath Tagore
- A Study by Wang Wei
- Unsung Hands by Satish Verma
- Two Travellers in the Place Vendome poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Аля Кудряшева – Вечер большого дня
- Route Marchin’ by Rudyard Kipling
- Sonnet 95: How sweet and lovely dost thou make the shame by William Shakespeare
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
- Malay Song
- Malaria
- Mahomed Akrams Appeal To The Stars
- Love Lightly
- Lost Delight
- Listen Beloved
- Lines By Taj Mahomed
- Less Than The Dust
- Lallji My Desire
- Lalila To The Ferengi Lover
- Kotri By The River
- Khristna And His Flute
- Khan Zadas Song On The Hillside
- Kashmiri Song
- Kashmiri Song By Juma
- In The Early Pearly Morning
- Illusion
- I Shall Forget
- I Arise And Go Down To The River
- Hira Singhs Farewell To Burmah
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.