A poem by Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
Thou who shalt stop, where Thames’ translucent wave
Shines a broad Mirror thro’ the shadowy Cave;
Where ling’ring drops from min’ral Roofs distill,
And pointed Crystals break the sparkling Rill,
Unpolish’d Gems no ray on Pride bestow,
And latent Metals innocently glow.
Approach! Great Nature studiously behold;
And eye the Mine without a wish for Gold.
Approach; but awful! Lo! th’ Egerian Grot,
Where, nobly-pensive, St. John sate and thought;
Where British sighs from dying Wyndham stole,
And the bright flame was shot thro’ Marchmont’s Soul.
Let such, such only tread this sacred Floor,
Who dare to love their Country, and be poor.

A few random poems:
- As I Ponder’d in Silence. by Walt Whitman
 - Song from Arcadia by Sir Philip Sidney
 - Николай Рубцов – Жеребенок
 - Lover’s Gifts II: Come to My Garden Walk by Rabindranath Tagore
 - Spain 1873–’74. by Walt Whitman
 - seaport.html
 - first_light.html
 - I Am Of Ireland by William Butler Yeats
 - Владимир Высоцкий – Величальная отцу
 - Олег Григорьев – Лежу я в одиночестве
 - To The Rev. Mr. Newton, On His Return From Ramsgate by William Cowper
 - Mujer Libanesa I poem – Amir Ibn Tawfik poems | Poems and Poetry
 - Hunting Song by William Somervile
 - The Death of Knowledge by Tomás Ó Cárthaigh
 - Eclogue:–Come And Zee Us In The Zummer 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
- Imitation Of Spenser poem – John Keats poems
 - Hyperion. Book III poem – John Keats poems
 - Hyperion. Book II poem – John Keats poems
 - Hyperion. Book I poem – John Keats poems
 - Hyperion, A Vision: Attempted Reconstruction Of The Poem poem – John Keats poems
 - Fragment. Where’s The Poet? poem – John Keats poems
 - Fragment. Welcome Joy, And Welcome Sorrow poem – John Keats poems
 - Fragment Of “The Castle Builder.” poem – John Keats poems
 - Fragment Of An Ode To Maia. Written On May Day 1818 poem – John Keats poems
 - Fragment: Modern Love poem – John Keats poems
 - Faery Songs poem – John Keats poems
 - Extracts From An Opera poem – John Keats poems
 - Epistle To John Hamilton Reynolds poem – John Keats poems
 - Endymion: Book I poem – John Keats poems
 - Dedication To Leigh Hunt, Esq. poem – John Keats poems
 - Dawlish Fair poem – John Keats poems
 - Character Of Charles Brown poem – John Keats poems
 - Calidore: A Fragment poem – John Keats poems
 - Ben Nevis: A Dialogue poem – John Keats poems
 - Asleep! O Sleep A Little While, White Pearl! poem – John Keats poems
 
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