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:
- Новелла Матвеева – Я, говорит, не воин
- Evenèn Twilight by William Barnes
- The Rape of the Lock: Canto 2 poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
- Ольга Берггольц – Не сына, не младшего брата
- Advice To A Girl by Sara Teasdale
- Father Divine poem – A. D. Winans poems | Poetry Monster
- Love In Reverse by Talha Jafri
- Rainbow Hues by Suchi Gaur
- Medusa by Sylvia Plath
- Олег Бундур – Август
- Stretcher Case by Siegfried Sassoon
- Meditation on a Bone
- The Identification by Roger McGough
- Lady Weeping at the Crossroads by W H Auden
- Омар Хайям – Если бог не услышит меня в вышине
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
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