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:
- Василий Тредиаковский – Ну, так уже я не стал быть вашим отныне
- Николай Языков – Песнь баяна (Люблю смотреть на месяц ясной)
- Шекспир – Ты положи с моей любовью рядом – Сонет 117
- A Florida Ghost. by Sidney Lanier
- Зинаида Александрова – Молодой месяц
- The Garden poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
- In Spite Of by Patricia Farley
- My Dear Old Mother by Walter William Safar
- Михаил Ломоносов – День коронования Великия государыни императрицы Елисаветы Петровны
- A Watch Sent Home To Mrs. Eliz: King, Wrapt In Theis Verses by William Strode
- Владимир Маяковский – Рабочие столицы, крестьяне окраины… (Роста №89)
- Владимир Корнилов – Суворов
- An Improvisation For Angular Momentum poem – A. R. Ammons poems | Poetry Monster
- Poem (The lump of coal my parents teased) by William Matthews
- Robert Burns: Behold The Hour, The Boat, Arrive:
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
- Recollection
- Practising The Anthem
- Practising Anthem
- Peace
- On Australian Hills
- Mirage
- Memoriam
- Mates
- Lord Nevils Advice
- Lord Nevil039s Advice
- Looking In The Fire
- Looking Fire
- Learn
- Last Battle Cid
- Influence
- Individuality
- In Memoriam
- Honour
- Home Sick
- Holy Communion
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