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:
- The Lady’s Third Song by William Butler Yeats
- Does It Matter? by Siegfried Sassoon
- Heartbreak at 2 A.M. poem – Yuvraj Johri poems | Poetry Monster
- Statistics by William Butler Yeats
- Apprehensions by Sylvia Plath
- A Twilight Song poem – Alfred Austin
- Олег Бундур – Вместо нас
- The Chestnut Casts His Flambeaux poem – A. E. Housman
- The Fairies’ Siege by Rudyard Kipling
- Snakecharmer by Sylvia Plath
- The joyful things in life by Martin Smith
- Doom Of Exiles by Sylvia Plath
- Even As A Dragon’s Eye That Feels The Stress by William Wordsworth
- On Passing The New Menin Gate by Siegfried Sassoon
- Epitaph In Three Parts by Sylvia Plath
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
- Little Abigail and the Beautiful Pony by Shel Silverstein
- Listen To The Mustn’ts by Shel Silverstein
- Lemmebesomethin’ by Shel Silverstein
- I’ve Been Working So Hard by Shel Silverstein
- In The Hills Of Shiloh by Shel Silverstein
- In Search Of Cinderella by Shel Silverstein
- I’m So Good That I Don’t Have To Brag by Shel Silverstein
- I’m My Own Grandpa by Shel Silverstein
- If The World Was Crazy by Shel Silverstein
- If I Had A Brontosaurus by Shel Silverstein
- I Once Knew A Woman by Shel Silverstein
- I Can’t Touch The Sun by Shel Silverstein
- I Call That True Love by Shel Silverstein
- Hug O’War by Shel Silverstein
- Hippo’s Hope by Shel Silverstein
- Hector The Collector by Shel Silverstein
- Hard To Please by Shel Silverstein
- Handy Man by Shel Silverstein
- Hamlet As Told On The Street by Shel Silverstein
- For What She Had Done by Shel Silverstein
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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.