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:
- Федор Сологуб – Кольцо и венок
- Robert Burns: Prologue: Spoken by Mr. Woods on his benefit-night, Monday, 16th April, 1787
- Engagements by Satish Verma
- Two Songs By Sitara Of Kashmir
- 1926 by Weldon Kees
- On The Death of Mr. Snider Murder’d By Richardson by Phillis Wheatley
- Федор Тютчев – Анненковой (D’une fille du Nord, chetive et languissante)
- love_flower.html
- Lines on Curll poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Мысль
- Владимир Костров – Закат приморский умирает
- Remorseful Apology by Robert Burns
- Attadale, West Highlands by William Ernest Henley
- Николай Огарев – Отцу
- lovers in nature by Raj Arumugam
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
- Snapshots Of A Daughter In Law
- Shattered Head
- Rural Reflections
- Prospective Immigrants Please Note
- Power
- Planetarium
- Paula Becker To Clara Westhoff
- Our Whole Life
- Orion
- On Edges
- November 1968
- My Mouth Hovers Across Your Breasts
- Moving In Winter
- Miracle Ice Cream
- Living In Sin
- Integrity
- In Those Years
- In The Evening
- In A Classroom
- Implosions
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
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Yandex – the best search engine for searches in Russian (and the best overall image search engine, in any language, anywhere)
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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