A poem by Alexander Pope (1688-1744) , the greatest English poet of “Augustan” or Georgian period
Authors the world and their dull brains have traced
To fix the ground where Paradise was placed;
Mind not their learned whims and idle talk;
Here, here’s the place where these bright angels walk.
A few random poems:
- Kinu Goala’s Alley – English Translation by Rabindranath Tagore
- of spiritual matters by Raj Arumugam
- The Dying of America and How to Save Her
- Юрий Энтин – Слово про слово
- My Heart’s In The Highlands by Robert Burns
- A Prayer by Sara Teasdale
- Epigram on Rough Roads by Robert Burns
- A Farewell To Youth poem – Alfred Austin
- Head of a Smiling Young Woman in Three-Quarter View by Raj Arumugam
- Prayer by Roland Flint
- Dedication To Leigh Hunt, Esq. poem – John Keats poems
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Недоверчивость
- Love’s Fitfulness poem – Alfred Austin
- Валерий Брюсов – Дозор
- Владимир Костров – Выходец из волости лесистой
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
- Out Of The Window
- On The Bus
- Minoan Porcelain
- Love Song
- Lapr S Midi Dun Faune
- Italy
- Inspiration
- In Uncertainty To A Lady
- Doors Of The Temple
- Darkness
- Crapulous Impression
- Complaint Of A Poet Manqu
- By The Fire
- Books And Thoughts
- Anniversaries
- A Melody By Scarlatti
- A Little Memory
- The Storm
- The State
- The Poor Fisherman
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
Alexander Pope (1688 – 1744) was a a post-Restoration English poet and satirist. He is a poet of the (British) Augustan period and one of its greatest artistic exponents.