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:
- Heaven by Philip Levine
- Out At Plough by William Barnes
- Let Him Free by Mary Etta Metcalf
- Ольга Берггольц – В ложе Цимлянского моря
- There Were Dry Red Days by Sharmagne Leland-St. John
- Fancy In Nubibus, Or The Poet In The Clouds by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Narva and Mored by Thomas Chatterton
- English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. Hymn to Spiritual Desire. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
- To Charles Cowden Clarke poem – John Keats poems
- A Way to Love God by Robert Penn Warren
- Юнна Мориц – Приход вдохновения
- Владимир Маяковский – Ненавистью древней… (РОСТА № 198)
- Eclogue III by Virgil
- Lying Down by Robert Desnos
- Robert Burns: Pretty Peg:
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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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.