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:
- A New Psalm for the Chapel of Kilmarnock by Robert Burns
- The Advice by Thomas Chatterton
- The Hollow Woak by William Barnes
- Olney Hymn 48: Joy And Peace In Believing by William Cowper
- Doom Of Exiles by Sylvia Plath
- Sonnet 47: Betwixt mine eye and heart a league is took by William Shakespeare
- Аля Кудряшева – Какое там говорить. Я дышу с трудом
- Late September poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Федор Сологуб – Побеждайте радость
- Chorus of Athenians poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
- Алексей Плещеев – Твоя любовь мне утешенье
- A Historical Breakfast by Russell Edson
- Olney Hymn 4: Jehovah-Nissi: The Lord My Banner by William Cowper
- Николай Заболоцкий – Тбилисские ночи
- Owl by Sylvia Plath
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
- An Elegy On The Death Of A Mad Dog by Oliver Goldsmith
- Absolute Divine by Nithin Purple
- A Sculptor’s Vow by Nikhil Srinivas
- A woman’s desire by Oriada Dajko
- The Deserted Village by Oliver Goldsmith
- Poetic Abbreviations, Poetry Abbreviations
- I Remember, I Remember by Philip Larkin
- How Distant by Philip Larkin
- Home Is So Sad by Philip Larkin
- Homage To A Government by Philip Larkin
- High Windows by Philip Larkin
- He Hears That His Beloved Has Become Engaged by Philip Larkin
- Grief by Philip Larkin
- Going by Philip Larkin
- Friday Night At The Royal Station Hotel by Philip Larkin
- For Sidney Bechet by Philip Larkin
- First Sight by Philip Larkin
- Far Out by Philip Larkin
- Faith Healing by Philip Larkin
- Essential Beauty by Philip Larkin
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