A poem by Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
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 The Stone I Rooted
- The Tears In Cupid’s Eyes by Tupac Shakur
- Don’t Give A Dose To The One You Love Most by Shel Silverstein
- Николай Огарев – Выпьем, что ли, Ваня
- Виктор Гончаров – Прощайте, спасибо
- The Sandbox by Rachel McKibbens
- Those Born In Obscure Times poem – Aleksandr Blok poems | Poetry Monster
- Oh could my Mind
- In Ithica poem – Andrew Lang poems
- I Shall Forget
- Publishing Poetry – How To Locate The Best Markets Where You Can See Your Poems In Print
- English Poetry. Thomas Moore. From “Irish Melodies”. 58. Farewell! – But Whenever You Welcome the Hour. Томас Мур.
- Stream And Sun At Glendalough by William Butler Yeats
- Sonnet 108: What’s in the brain that ink may character by William Shakespeare
- Eudaemon
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
- Sonnet I
- Sonnet 12
- Sonnet 11
- Sonnet 10
- Sonnet 08
- Sonnet 07
- Sonnet 06
- Sonnet 05
- Sonnet 04
- Sonnet 03
- Sonnet 02
- Sonnet 01
- Resurgam
- Rendezvous
- On The Cliffs Newport
- On A Theme In The Greek Anthology
- Ode In Memory Of The American Volunteers Fallen For France
- Maktoob
- Lyonesse
- Liebestod
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
Search engines:
Yandex – the best search engine for searches in Russian (and the best overall image search engine, in any language, anywhere)
Qwant – the best search engine for searches in French, German as well as Romance and Germanic languages.
Ecosia – a search engine that supposedly… plants trees
Duckduckgo – the real alternative and a search engine that actually works. Without much censorship or partisan politics.
Yahoo– yes, it’s still around, amazingly, miraculously, incredibly, but now it seems to be powered by Bing.
Parallel Translations of Poetry
The Poetry Repository – an online library of poems, poetry, verse and poetic works