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:
- In Answer to a Request poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Владимир Британишский – О человеке
- Владимир Высоцкий – Сколько я, сколько я видел на свете их
- J–K. Huysmans poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- The Fish by William Butler Yeats
- Robert Burns: The Wren’s Nest: Fragment
- Lovesong by Ted Hughes
- Владимир Степанов – Потемнели ветви
- No Worst, There Is None. Pitched Past Pitch Of Grief poem – Gerard Manley Hopkins poems
- Song poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Алексей Толстой – Слова для мазурки
- Владимир Британишский – Уронили, потеряли
- The Woodlands by William Barnes
- София Парнок – Газэлы
- Ольга Седакова – Музыка
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
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
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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.