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:
- The Puzzler by Rudyard Kipling
- Николай Языков – Сказка о пастухе и диком вепре
- Владимир Британишский – Богаевский
- Identity of Images by Robert Desnos
- Absence: A Farewell Ode On Quitting School For Jesus College by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Юлия Друнина – Бежала от морозов, вот беда
- The Reef poem – Aldous Huxley poems | Poetry Monster
- Николай Гумилев – Левин, Левин, ты суров
- Ode to Winter by Thomas Campbell
- Владимир Степанов – Яхта (Буква Я)
- WARMING UP by Satish Verma
- Владимир Британишский – Емуртла
- Нина Воронель – Запахи детства еще не забыты
- Paradise Lost: Book 11 poem – John Milton poems
- You Ask Why Sometimes I Say Stop by Marge Piercy
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
- Reason Use It Divine Matters
- Reason The Use Of It In Divine Matters
- Platonick Love
- On The Death Of Sir Henry Wootton
- On The Death Of Mr William Hervey
- On The Death Of Mr Crashaw
- Of Wit
- Not Fair
- Life
- Hymn To Light
- Hymn Light
- Epitaph
- Despair
- Death Sir Henry Wootton
- Davideis Sacred Poem Troubles David Excerpt
- Davideis A Sacred Poem Of The Troubles Of David Excerpt
- Cousel
- Constantias Song
- Constantia039s Song
- Concealment
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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.