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:
- Drink of This Cup by Thomas Moore
- Алексей Николаевич Толстой – Земля
- Михаил Лермонтов – Я не для ангелов и рая
- Responsibilities; Introduction by William Butler Yeats
- Epistle To Mrs Teresa Blount.[On Her Leaving The Town After The Coronation] poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
- Владимир Набоков – Я на море гляжу из мраморного храма
- Thomas Lux – Thomas Lux
- Lord Ullin’s Daughter by Thomas Campbell
- To One False In Love by Sappho
- A Tale of Two Cities by Rudyard Kipling
- Canto XLIX poem – Ezra Pound poems
- Вера Полозкова – Есть дерево, в лесу всего древней
- Валерий Брюсов – К моей стране
- The Encounter poem – Ezra Pound poems
- Big Grab by Tony Hoagland
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
- Wind on the Hill by AA Milne
- us_two_by_a_a_milne.html
- twinkletoes.html
- the_morning_walk.html
- the_kings_breakfast.html
- the_dormouse_and_the_doctor.html
- the_christening.html
- rice_pudding.html
- politeness.html
- missing.html
- market_square.html
- lines_and_squares.html
- if_i_were_king.html
- hoppity.html
- happiness.html
- come_out_with_me.html
- buckingham_palace.html
- brownie.html
- at_the_zoo.html
- Water Strider by Aaron Baker
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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.