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:
- Long Distance I by Tony Harrison
- A Drinking Song by William Butler Yeats
- Orlando Furioso Canto 10 by Ludovico Ariosto
- Lighting one candle by Yosa Buson
- Hope, Like The Short-lived Ray That Gleams Awhile by William Cowper
- Владимир Вишневский – Звучит воинственно: “носки”
- The Second Coming by William Butler Yeats
- Олег Бундур – Сон
- One Day You Will Miss Me.. by Rahul S
- Sonnet III. Written On The Day That Mr. Leigh Hunt Left Prison poem – John Keats poems
- Степан Щипачев – Лил дождь осенний
- As Dies The Year poem – Alfred Austin
- Николай Глазков – А минувшее все непонятнее ребусов
- The Progress of Spring poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
- Eclogue:–John, Jealous At Shroton Feäir by William Barnes
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