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:
- The Captive Trumpeter by William Somervile
- Thick-Sprinkled Bunting. by Walt Whitman
- NOCTURNAL EMBERS AND LOST LIPS by Steve Troyanovich
- The Sad Shepherd by William Butler Yeats
- Robert Burns: A Vision:
- My Desire
- A poem to mankind by Walter William Safar
- Poem
- Jerusalem Delivered – Book 01 – part 07 by Torquato Tasso
- Sub Mare poem – Ezra Pound poems
- First let the kennel be the huntsman’s care by William Somervile
- Feast of the Eyes
- Омар Хайям – Чем ниже человек душой, тем выше задирает нос
- The Coming Of Wisdom With Time by William Butler Yeats
- Parted by Siegfried Sassoon
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
- A Sigh In The Night
- A Sermon
- A Prayer
- A Dream Of Venice
- A Supplication
- Written Juice Lemon
- Written In Juice Of Lemon
- Wit
- Welcome
- Vote Excerpt
- Usurpation
- Tree Knowledge
- To The Royal Society
- To The Lord Falkland
- To Sir William Davenant
- Thisbes Song
- The Wish
- The Welcome
- The Vote Excerpt
- The Usurpation
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