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:
- Robert Burns: Address To Wm. Tytler, Esq., Of Woodhouselee: With an Impression of the Author’s Portrait.
- Владимир Маяковский – Не предаваясь “большевистским бредням” (Красный перец)
- On Shakespear poem – John Milton poems
- Иван Бунин – Норд-ост
- When Gassy Thompson Struck It Rich by Vachel Lindsay
- Song. Good Counsel to a Young Maid by Thomas Carew
- A Poet’s Eightieth Birthday poem – Alfred Austin
- Under Saturn by William Butler Yeats
- The Cup of Life by Mike Yuan
- Death In Exile by Satish Verma
- I Heard You, Solemn-sweet Pipes of the Organ. by Walt Whitman
- Robert Burns: Thine Am I, My Faithful Fair:
- A man saw a ball of gold in the sky by Stephen Crane
- Telescopes In The Square by Graham Rowlands
- Bob The Fiddler by William Barnes
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
- Imitated From The Japanese by William Butler Yeats
- I Am Of Ireland by William Butler Yeats
- Hound Voice by William Butler Yeats
- His Phoenix by William Butler Yeats
- His Dream by William Butler Yeats
- His Confidence by William Butler Yeats
- His Bargain by William Butler Yeats
- High Talk by William Butler Yeats
- Her Vision In The Wood by William Butler Yeats
- Her Triumph by William Butler Yeats
- Her Praise by William Butler Yeats
- Her Dream by William Butler Yeats
- Her Anxiety by William Butler Yeats
- He Wishes His Beloved Were Dead by William Butler Yeats
- He Wishes For The Cloths Of Heaven by William Butler Yeats
- He Thinks Of Those Who Have Spoken Evil Of His Beloved by William Butler Yeats
- He Tells Of The Perfect Beauty by William Butler Yeats
- He Tells Of A Valley Full Of Lovers by William Butler Yeats
- The Cat And The Moon by William Butler Yeats
- The Cap And Bells by William Butler Yeats
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