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:
- Владимир Высоцкий – Странная сказка
- Robert Burns: Twas Na Her Bonie Blue E’e:
- One Day You Will Miss Me.. by Rahul S
- With Ships the Sea was Sprinkled Far and Nigh by William Wordsworth
- Владимир Высоцкий – Ох, где был я вчера
- As I Sat Alone by Blue Ontario’s Shores. by Walt Whitman
- On The Death Of Swinburne by Sara Teasdale
- September by Ted Hughes
- Sonnet Of Motherhood XXXI poem – Zora Bernice May Cross poems
- Владимир Вишневский – Хотел я искупаться в знак протеста
- Sea Shell poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Владимир Вишневский – Мой брат на много лет вперёд
- Catharina : The Second Part. On Her Marriage To George Courtenay, Esq. by William Cowper
- Man was made to Mourn: A Dirge by Robert Burns
- Absolution 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
- May You Be Like An Evergreen by Ronald G. Auguste
- Marks Of Disrespect by Graham Rowlands
- Magic Markers by Rose Mary Boehm
- Mad Pirate Marmaduke by Ross D Tyler
- Lunch by Ross D Tyler
- Life Of a Broke Person by Russell James
- Kiss by Ruth Padel
- Jewels Should Sparkle Daily by Ronald G. Auguste
- I See Your Beauty by Ronald G. Auguste
- Herodotus in Egypt Remeber Delos by Ruth Padel
- Flamenco Flamingo by Ross D Tyler
- Falling Action by Ruth Madievsky
- Daryl, My Son by Ronald G. Auguste
- Conversation With My Heart by Russ Pergram
- Conversation 23: On Cause by Rosmarie Waldrop
- Concrete Backyard by Ryssel Guzman
- Camelot & The Greek Widow by Graham Rowlands
- Breath by Ryssel Guzman
- Bobsled by Ruth Madievsky
- Blue Glass by Ross D Tyler
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