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 Корнилов – Державинское
- Despair
- The Drowned Man poem – Alexander Pushkin
- The Cornfields by Vachel Lindsay
- Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms by Thomas Moore
- Perseus by Sylvia Plath
- Hug O’War by Shel Silverstein
- Николай Карамзин – Покой и слава
- Transcience by Sarojini Naidu
- The Pigeons Fly by Mahmoud Darwish
- Жан де Лафонтен – Дровосек и Меркурий
- Юнна Мориц – Свежий бублик
- Henry Clay’s Mouth by Thomas Lux
- To the State of Love. Or the Senses’ Festival. By John Cleveland
- Юнна Мориц – Бетани
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
- Георгий Иванов – То, о чем искусство лжет
- Георгий Иванов – Теплятся жаркие свечи
- Георгий Иванов – Теперь тебя не уничтожат
- Георгий Иванов – Теперь, когда быстрее лавы
- Георгий Иванов – Танцуй, монах, танцуй, поэт
- Георгий Иванов – Там, над Невой зеленоватой
- Георгий Иванов – Так тихо гаснул этот день
- Георгий Иванов – Балтийское море дымилось
- Георгий Иванов – Аспазия, всегда Аспазия
- Георгий Иванов – Альбомный сонет
- Георгий Иванов – А может быть, еще и не конец
- Геннадий Айги – Два эпилога
- Геннадий Айги – Дом в поле
- Геннадий Айги – ДЕВОЧКА В ДЕТСТВЕ
- Геннадий Айги – ЧИТАЯ НОРВИДА
- Геннадий Айги – БЕЗ НАЗВАНИЯ
- Гавриил Державин – На Новый год
- Гавриил Державин – Модное остроумие
- Гавриил Державин – К первому соседу
- Гавриил Державин – К Анжелике Кауфман
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
