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:
- a_poem.html
- Гавриил Державин – Песенка
- Going for Water by Robert Frost
- “Beyond the pasture’s withered bents ” poem – Alfred Austin
- The Breaking Point by Stephen Vincent Benet
- Untitled XIII by Yunus Emre
- Crowned poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Doom’s Day by Satish Verma
- Hail, Twilight, Sovereign Of One Peaceful Hour by William Wordsworth
- The Nights Remember by Sara Teasdale
- Ок Мельникова – Птицей
- Second Epistle to J. Lapraik by Robert Burns
- zen: a very short history by Raj Arumugam
- Владимир Маяковский – Дядя ЭМЭСПЭО
- Children039s Eyes
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
- Hope And Riders
- Do I
- Communal War
- Blank Dreams
- Before
- Again
- A Voice
- A Toast To Nations
- What Of The Night
- Vows
- To Morrow
- The Winged Mariners
- The Watchman
- The Virgin Martyr
- The Vain Question
- The Soldiers Grave
- The Silence In The Church
- The Season
- The Resting Place
- The Old Manor House
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
Search engines:
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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.