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:
- Lover’s Gifts LXX: Take Back Your Coins by Rabindranath Tagore
- Robert Burns: I Gaed A Waefu’ Gate Yestreen:
- Владимир Высоцкий – Однако, втягивать живот
- the secrets , we hide by tulip
- Gehazi by Rudyard Kipling
- The Mantra-Yoga poem – Aleister Crowley poems | Poetry Monster
- Metaphors Of A Magnifico by Wallace Stevens
- A Spot by Thomas Hardy
- Illusions by Mark R Slaughter
- Зинаида Александрова – Маленькой елочке холодно зимой
- Cartographies Of Silence
- Владимир Высоцкий – Побег на рывок
- Mother and Babe. by Walt Whitman
- Владимир Высоцкий – Песня микрофона
- A Dedication to Gavin Hamilton by Robert Burns
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
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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.