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 Music Of The Rains – English Translation by Rabindranath Tagore
- Robert Burns: Paraphrase Of The First Psalm:
- Bees A-Zwarmen by William Barnes
- He Reproves The Curlew by William Butler Yeats
- Алексей Жемчужников – Полевые цветы
- The Keys of Morning by Walter de la Mare
- Lifetime Of Death by Steve Sant
- The Black Shawl poem – Alexander Pushkin
- Need by Robert Lloyd Jaffe
- Farewell to the Court by Sir Walter Raleigh
- Owen Aherne And His Dancers by William Butler Yeats
- Владимир Высоцкий – Заповедник
- A Sort Of A Song by William Carlos Williams
- Владимир Маяковский – Вопль кустаря
- Михаил Лермонтов – Блистая, пробегают облака
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
- Dublinesque by Philip Larkin
- Dockery And Son by Philip Larkin
- Days by Philip Larkin
- Cut Grass by Philip Larkin
- Counting by Philip Larkin
- Continuing To Live by Philip Larkin
- Church Going by Philip Larkin
- Breadfruit by Philip Larkin
- Best Society by Philip Larkin
- Aubade by Philip Larkin
- At Grass by Philip Larkin
- Arrival by Philip Larkin
- Annus Mirabilis by Philip Larkin
- An Arundel Tomb by Philip Larkin
- Ambulances by Philip Larkin
- A Study Of Reading Habits by Philip Larkin
- You Can Have It by Philip Levine
- Wisteria by Philip Levine
- Where We Live Now by Philip Levine
- What Work Is by Philip Levine
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
