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:
- Nicholas Nye by Walter de la Mare
- Олег Григорьев – Совершенно откровенно
- Hokku Poems in Four Seasons by Yosa Buson
- Омар Хайям – Лучше локон любимой, лаская, схватить
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- Hummingbird by Nicole M Nugent
- The Reef poem – Aldous Huxley poems | Poetry Monster
- In The Carolinas by Wallace Stevens
- Dedication To Leigh Hunt, Esq. poem – John Keats poems
- Омар Хайям – Из края в край мы держим к смерти путь
- Юргис Балтрушайтис – Соме le onde
- Let The Weary World Go Round poem – Alfred Austin
- The Falling Of The Leaves by William Butler Yeats
- Ballade Of Queen Anne poem – Andrew Lang poems
- Николай Карамзин – Анакреонтические стихи А. А. Петрову
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
- Fireflies in the Garden by Robert Frost
- Fire and Ice by Robert Frost
- Evening in a Sugar Orchard by Robert Frost
- Dust of Snow by Robert Frost
- Dust in the Eyes by Robert Frost
- Devotion by Robert Frost
- Design by Robert Frost
- Desert Places by Robert Frost
- Come In by Robert Frost
- Christmas Trees by Robert Frost
- But Outer Space by Robert Frost
- Brown’s Descent by Robert Frost
- Bond and Free by Robert Frost
- Blue-Butterfly Day by Robert Frost
- Bereft by Robert Frost
- Atmosphere by Robert Frost
- Asking For Roses by Robert Frost
- An Old Man’s Winter Night by Robert Frost
- An Encounter by Robert Frost
- An Empty Threat by Robert Frost
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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.