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:
- Владислав Крапивин – Когда тебя замучил враг
- Wordsworth At Dove Cottage poem – Alfred Austin
- Владимир Высоцкий – В тюрьме Таганской нас стало мало
- Владимир Степанов – Эскимос (Буква Э)
- To Beatrice Stuart–Wortley Ætat poem – Alfred Austin
- Points And Lines
- Monadnock in Early Spring poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Олег Григорьев – Шмель
- Владимир Маяковский – Серые! К вам орем вниз мы… (РОСТА №313)
- The Empty Hills by Yvor Winters
- Ольга Берггольц – Я говорю
- Sorrow’s Importunity poem – Alfred Austin
- Гавриил Державин – Храповицкому (Храповицкий! дружбы знаки)
- Владимир Высоцкий – Песня о сумасшедшем доме
- Conscripts by Siegfried Sassoon
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
- The Reformers by Rudyard Kipling
- The Recall by Rudyard Kipling
- The Rabbi’s Song by Rudyard Kipling
- The Quesion by Rudyard Kipling
- The Queen’s Men by Rudyard Kipling
- The Puzzler by Rudyard Kipling
- The Prodigal Son by Rudyard Kipling
- The Pro-Consuls by Rudyard Kipling
- The Prayer of Miriam Cohen by Rudyard Kipling
- The Law of the Jungle by Rudyard Kipling
- The Last Rhyme of True Thomas by Rudyard Kipling
- The Last of the Light Brigade by Rudyard Kipling
- The Last Department by Rudyard Kipling
- The Land by Rudyard Kipling
- The Lament of the Border Cattle Thief by Rudyard Kipling
- The Ladies by Rudyard Kipling
- The Kingdom by Rudyard Kipling
- The Jester by Rudyard Kipling
- The Jacket by Rudyard Kipling
- THE IRISH GUARDS by Rudyard Kipling
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.