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:
- Before Sleep poem – Ezra Pound poems
- Time’s Defence poem – Alfred Austin
- The Man Into Whose Yard You Should Not Hit Your Ball by Thomas Lux
- Федор Сологуб – Лиловато-розовый закат
- Олег Широв – Она бесценна, просто ангел
- Федор Сологуб – Под холодною властью тумана
- The Turn O’ The Days by William Barnes
- Of Old Sat Freedom poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
- Федор Сологуб – Солнце, которому больно
- Robert Burns: The Deil’s Awa Wi’ The Exciseman:
- Felo de Se poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- To the Author of the The Essay on Man by William Somervile
- Юрий Коринец – Листопад
- Sweet Dancer by William Butler Yeats
- A Dream, After Reading Dante’s Episode Of Paolo And Francesca poem – John Keats poems
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
- In The New Sun by Philip Levine
- In A Vacant House by Philip Levine
- In A Light Time by Philip Levine
- I Won, You Lost by Philip Levine
- I Sing The Body Electric by Philip Levine
- How Much Earth by Philip Levine
- House Of Silence by Philip Levine
- Holy Day by Philip Levine
- Holding On by Philip Levine
- Heaven by Philip Levine
- Green Thumb by Philip Levine
- Gin by Philip Levine
- Gangrene by Philip Levine
- For The Country by Philip Levine
- Fist by Philip Levine
- Father by Philip Levine
- Everything by Philip Levine
- Coming Close by Philip Levine
- Clouds Above The Sea by Philip Levine
- Clouds 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