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:
- Eudaemon
- Николай Языков – Стансы (В час, как деву молодую)
- Владимир Луговской – Жестокое пробужденье
- No LOVE by venkatesh.valusa
- Зинаида Александрова – Карманный фонарик
- Behold, As Goblins Dark Of Mien by Robert Louis Stevenson
- A man went before a strange God by Stephen Crane
- In Memoriam 131: O Living Will That Shalt Endure poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
- Алексей Плещеев – Тобой лишь ясны дни мои
- Владимир Высоцкий – Граждане, ах, сколько ж я не пел
- Sonnet 11 poem – John Milton poems
- Let It Be Forgotten by Sara Teasdale
- Taking On by Satish Verma
- Leaves A-Vallèn by William Barnes
- Владимир Британишский – Калмыцкое побережье Каспия
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