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:
- October by Siegfried Sassoon
- Cambridge in the Long poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- Ольга Берггольц – Таков мой подарок тебе за измену
- The Night poem – Alexander Pushkin
- Epistle to John Maxwell, Esq., of Terraughty by Robert Burns
- Sonnet 78: So oft have I invoked thee for my Muse by William Shakespeare
- Омар Хайям – Дай мне влаги хмельной, укрепляющей дух
- To the State of Love. Or the Senses’ Festival. By John Cleveland
- Ольга Берггольц – Ты будешь ждать
- Holding On by Satish Verma
- The Little Big Man by Rabindranath Tagore
- John Sutter by Yvor Winters
- Огюст Барбье – Джульетта милая
- Николай Заболоцкий – Гроза идет
- Hymn on the Morning of Christ’s Nativity poem – John Milton poems
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
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
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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.