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:
- The Aisne
- Владимир Маяковский – Победой увенчав Октябрьский бой… (Главполитпросвет №364)
- The Fairies’ Siege by Rudyard Kipling
- Statistic by Shivam Pandya
- Владимир Маяковский – Эй, граждане, берегите воду!.. (Главполитпросвет №249)
- Easter Snow by Winifred Mary Letts
- Spring In War Time by Sara Teasdale
- Sonnet 11
- The Pillar’d Geäte by William Barnes
- Not even a child by Miles
- Sir Galahad poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
- In Memoriam Mae Noblitt poem – A. R. Ammons poems | Poetry Monster
- Василий Тредиаковский – В сем озере бедные любовники
- The Drunken Fisherman by Robert Lowell
- Витамины
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
- Infelix
- Hemlock Furrows
- Genius
- Fragment
- Dying
- Dreams Beauty
- Depths
- Battle Stars
- Aspiration
- Answer Me
- Adelina Patti
- The Nuclear Ghost Towns
- The Conditional
- The Ugly Little Bird
- Not A Star
- Mountain Wellhead
- Lightning In The Dark Night Skies
- In The Bus That Is Frantically Rushing From Cairo To Port Said
- Immoral Laboratories
- Hope
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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.