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:
- Al calor de una guitarra by Mara Romero Torres
- Степан Щипачев – Потомкам
- J–K. Huysmans poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Colors by Shel Silverstein
- Владимир Маяковский – Вот молочный налог… (Главполитпросвет №217)
- Towards Understanding, Through Poetry
- Владимир Маяковский – В мире два класса… (РОСТА №501)
- Владимир Степанов – Акробат (Буква А)
- On; On; Poet poem – Aleister Crowley poems | Poetry Monster
- Description of Love by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
- Hope, Like The Short-lived Ray That Gleams Awhile by William Cowper
- I Can’t Touch The Sun by Shel Silverstein
- Impotens poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- Николай Языков – Вторая присяга
- The Room by Mark Strand
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
- A Poet by Thomas Hardy
- A Meeting With Despair by Thomas Hardy
- A Man (In Memory of H. of M.) by Thomas Hardy
- A King’s Soliloquy [On the Night of His Funeral] by Thomas Hardy
- In A Wood by Thomas Hardy
- “I Sometimes Think” by Thomas Hardy
- A Death-Day Recalled by Thomas Hardy
- A Conversation At Dawn by Thomas Hardy
- A Confession To A Friend In Trouble by Thomas Hardy
- A Commonplace Day by Thomas Hardy
- A Circular by Thomas Hardy
- A Christmas Ghost Story by Thomas Hardy
- Amabel by Thomas Hardy
- Ah, Are You Digging On My Grave? by Thomas Hardy
- After The Visit by Thomas Hardy
- After Schiller by Thomas Hardy
- After A Journey by Thomas Hardy
- Additions: The Fire at Tranter Sweatley’s by Thomas Hardy
- “According to the Mighty Working” by Thomas Hardy
- A Wife In London by Thomas Hardy
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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.