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:
- So Long! by Precious Tahula
- My Country Place by Thomas J Camp
- About Face poem – Alice Fulton poems | Poetry Monster
- Dawlish poem – John Betjeman poems | Poems and Poetry
- Wherever You Go, There You Are by Ryssel Guzman
- Villonaud for This Yule poem – Ezra Pound poems
- Владимир Высоцкий – Мао Цзедун большой шалун
- Suggested by the Cover of a Volume of Keats’s poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Robert Burns: Wandering Willie: Revised Version
- Sonnet II: When Forty Winters Shall Besiege Thy Brow by William Shakespeare
- athens_stone_of_sapphire_of_ground_the_ring.html
- The Titanic poem – Aleister Crowley poems | Poetry Monster
- Наум Коржавин – Иван Калита
- Parting Words by Rabindranath Tagore
- Олег Сердобольский – Облачко
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
- Hand Dark
- Granny
- Future Verdict
- Easter Decorations
- Dawnlight On The Sea
- Dawn
- Dawn God039s Sabbath
- Candle Lord
- By The Camp Fire
- By A Norfolk Broad
- Baptistry
- Aunt Dorothys Lecture
- At Sea
- At Long Last
- An Old Doll
- An Anniversary
- All Saints Day 1868
- All Saints Day 1867
- After Our Likeness
- A Story At Dusk
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
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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