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:
- Шекспир – Сонет 50
- The January Birds by Maurice Riordan
- Владимир Британишский – Март солнечный
- Владимир Британишский – Несбывшееся
- The Last Whisper by Nizar Sartawi
- Владимир Маяковский – О дряни
- Владимир Маяковский – Тексты “окон”, переработанные для сборника “Грозный смех”
- Низами Гянджеви – Ты рукой мне сжала сердце
- Владимир Британишский – Кипренский. Портрет С.С. Уварова 1816 год
- Drapple-thorned Aphrodite, by Sappho
- Владимир Высоцкий – Тексты для капустника к 5-летию Театра на Таганке
- The Battle of an National Icon by Norma Martiri
- Омар Хайям – Мир любви обрести без терзаний нельзя
- Море огней украшает причалы, вокзалы
- My impure god and I by Murali Sivaramakrishnan
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
- The Defiance Of Eteocles
- The Decree Of Athena
- The Complaint Of Prometheus
- The Beacon Fires
- The Battle Of Salamis
- Song Of The Furies
- Prometheus Amid Hurricane And Earthquake
- Prayer Artemis
- Lament Two Brothers Slain Each Other039s Hand
- Lament For The Two Brothers Slain By Each Others Hand
- Fragment From Aeschylus
- Complaint Prometheus
- Battle Salamis
- A Prayer For Artemis
- On Twitter
- Victory
- Valediction Forbidding Mourning
- Two Songs
- Stepping Backward
- Snapshots Of A Daughter In Law By Adrienne Rich
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
