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:
- Five Ways To Kill A Man poem – Andre Breton poems
- Николай Гумилев – Ключ в лесу
- Стефан Малларме – Милостыня
- Владимир Корнилов – Встреча
- Instead of farewell by Vinko Kalinić
- Women’s Song Of The Corn poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Bubbles from Eternity by Muralidharan Mudaliar
- April Is The Saddest Month by William Carlos Williams
- Ballade Of His Books poem – Andrew Lang poems
- Two Travellers in the Place Vendome poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Юрий Левитанский – Белый снег
- To The King’s Most Excellent Majesty by Phillis Wheatley
- Two Lacquer Prints poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Владимир Костров – Видение на озере
- The White Peacock by Stephen Vincent Benet
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
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
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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.