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:
- I hear it was Charged against Me. by Walt Whitman
- I Deserve It by Margaret Marie Hubbard
- Furious Wounds by Satish Verma
- A Knocker poem – Zbigniew Herbert poems | Poetry Monster
- On The Wedding Of The Aeronaut poem – Ambrose Bierce poems | Poems and Poetry
- Upon Appleton House, to My Lord Fairfax poem – Andrew Marvell poems
- A Snow-White Lily poem – Alfred Austin
- An October Nocturne by Yvor Winters
- Шекспир – Я так тебя люблю – Сонет 36
- Circulation by Raymond Carver
- Юрий Левитанский – Белый снег
- Hymn to Lucifer poem – Aleister Crowley poems | Poetry Monster
- Владимир Британишский – По Иртышу
- Bring, In This Timeless Grave To Throw poem – A. E. Housman
- Anactoria by Sappho
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
- In The New Sun by Philip Levine
- In A Vacant House by Philip Levine
- In A Light Time by Philip Levine
- I Won, You Lost by Philip Levine
- I Sing The Body Electric by Philip Levine
- How Much Earth by Philip Levine
- House Of Silence by Philip Levine
- Holy Day by Philip Levine
- Holding On by Philip Levine
- Heaven by Philip Levine
- Green Thumb by Philip Levine
- Gin by Philip Levine
- Gangrene by Philip Levine
- For The Country by Philip Levine
- Fist by Philip Levine
- Father by Philip Levine
- Everything by Philip Levine
- Coming Close by Philip Levine
- Clouds Above The Sea by Philip Levine
- Clouds by Philip Levine
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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.