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:
- Vespers poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Robert Burns: Strathallan’s Lament:
- Robert Burns: Scroggam, My Dearie:
- Омар Хайям – И теперь живу под гнетом страха
- Against A Sickness To The Female Double Principle God
- Astrophel and Stella: XX by Sir Philip Sidney
- At Ease by Walter de la Mare
- Oh, see how thick the goldcup flowers poem – A. E. Housman
- Apollo And The Graces poem – John Keats poems
- Ольга Берггольц – Второй разговор с соседкой
- Владимир Маяковский – Увеличивается ли питание Москвы… (Главполитпросвет №234)
- An Immorality poem – Ezra Pound poems
- In Barracks by Siegfried Sassoon
- Владимир Британишский – Клейнмихель
- Владимир Высоцкий – Нынче он закончил вехи
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
- Woken Up By Beautiful Dreams
- The Poet Angels Who Came To Dinner
- The Nomad039s Vision Ode To A Skylark Dressed In Black
- The Man That Poetry Made
- Power Of Thought
- Once Was A Singer For God Remembering Nekia
- My Aroma
- Lost Love Is Never Lost
- Holiday Letter For A Poet Gone To War
- Gratitudes Of A Dozen Roses
- Every Hour Henceforth
- Cell Mate
- Calling The Spirits
- Angel Of Christmas Love Shining Bright
- Angel Of Better Days To Come
- All Night In Savannah The Wind Wrote Poetry
- The Solitary Oak On Mount Kremlin Bicetre
- The Prison Of The Past
- The Dead Woman
- Pathos Is The Skyward Tanka
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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.