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:
- Ольга Берггольц – Стихи о себе
- Imitations of Horace: The First Epistle of the Second Book poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
- The Bombardment poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Another Song by Philip Levine
- Юрий Коринец – Царь-баба
- The Kind Moon by Sara Teasdale
- Юнна Мориц – Цветок
- Composed While The Author Was Engaged In Writing A Tract Occasioned By The Convention Of Cintra by William Wordsworth
- Reverie Of Mahomed Akram At The Tamarind Tank
- On The Death Of Damon. (Translated From Milton) by William Cowper
- Creativity in America and How Italians Can Learn From American Ingenuity
- Михаил Лермонтов – Я не для ангелов и рая
- Алишер Навои – Уже белеет голова
- Fragment poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Clever Stalk by Richard Schiffman
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
- The Old Maids Story
- The Night
- The Mob
- The Midnight Mass
- The Magic Wand
- The Legend Of Lady Gertrude
- The Last Battle Of The Cid
- The Kind Word
- The Hands That Hang Down
- The Hand In The Dark
- The Future Verdict
- The Easter Decorations
- The Dawn
- The Dawn Of Gods Sabbath
- The Crown Of Thorns
- The Coo Of The Cushat
- The Candle Of The Lord
- The Baptistry
- Sic Vos Non Vobis
- Seed Time And Harvest
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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.