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:
- Альфред Теннисон – Сёстры
- Владимир Маяковский – Новогодние поздравления (РОСТА №704)
- The Tombstone-Maker by Siegfried Sassoon
- Attitude: Don Juan in the Shopping Mall by S. K. Kelen
- A Cat Perched on the Railing poem – Amy Cavanaugh poems | Poems and Poetry
- Sonnet 40: Take all my loves, my love, yea, take them all by William Shakespeare
- Алексей Толстой – Средь шумного бала, случайно
- Someday’s Here by Shel Silverstein
- A Lady poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Валерий Брюсов – Фаэтон
- Владимир Гиппиус стихи: читать все стихотворения, поэмы поэта Владимир Гиппиус – Поэзия на Poetry Monster
- Orlando Furioso Canto 5 by Ludovico Ariosto
- The Travelling Bear poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Flowers From Sion: Sonnet 25 – More oft than once death whispered by William Drummond
- I Havent Betrayed You My Hometown
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
- Chronicle
- Change
- Beauty
- Bathing River
- Bathing In The River
- Answer Copy Verses Sent Me Jersey
- Anacreontics The Swallow
- Anacreontics The Epicure
- Anacreontics Drinking
- An Answer To A Copy Of Verses Sent Me To Jersey
- Against Hope
- Against Fruition
- Summer Moon
- Stars
- Love Is Just Like The Rain
- Boy Running In The Rain
- Xai Kou From Book Seeds Of Faith
- Xai Kou1
- Xai Kou0
- Xai Kou
More external links (open in a new tab):
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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.