A poem by Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild;
In Wit, a Man; Simplicity, a Child:
With native Humour temp’ring virtuous Rage,
Form’d to delight at once and lash the age:
Above Temptation, in a low Estate, 5
And uncorrupted, ev’n among the Great:
A safe Companion, and an easy Friend,
Unblam’d thro’ Life, lamented in thy End.
These are Thy Honours! not that here thy Bust
Is mix’d with Heroes, or with Kings thy dust; 10
But that the Worthy and the Good shall say,
Striking their pensive bosoms-Here lies GAY.

A few random poems:
- Георгий Иванов – А может быть, еще и не конец
- Robert Burns: Their Groves O’Sweet Myrtle :
- Over The Hill From The Poor-House by Will McKendree Carleton
- Владимир Высоцкий – Здесь сидел ты, Валет
- Владимир Корнилов – Музыка для себя
- Let Him Free by Mary Etta Metcalf
- Николай Глазков – Подражание
- Song. Murdering Beauty by Thomas Carew
- Такахама Кёси – Кончик трости моей
- Corn A-Turnen Yollow by William Barnes
- Sonnet 82: I grant thou wert not married to my Muse by William Shakespeare
- Михаил Ломоносов – Надпись 5 к статуе Петра Великого
- Coole Park, 1929 by William Butler Yeats
- Little Clock by T. Wignesan
- Last Instructions to a Painter poem – Andrew Marvell 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
- Hope And Riders
- Do I
- Communal War
- Blank Dreams
- Before
- Again
- A Voice
- A Toast To Nations
- What Of The Night
- Vows
- To Morrow
- The Winged Mariners
- The Watchman
- The Virgin Martyr
- The Vain Question
- The Soldiers Grave
- The Silence In The Church
- The Season
- The Resting Place
- The Old Manor House
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