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:
- Life by Walter William Safar
- A daily prayer by a kid by Sunil Sharma
- To Mrs. M. B. On Her Birthday poem – Alexander Pope
- Written In A Volume Of The Comtesse De Noailles
- My Bed is Covered Yellow by Peter Orlovsky
- Robert Burns: Saw Ye My Dear, My Philly:
- a deceving reflection by vanessa anderson
- Robert Burns: Epitaph For Mr. Gabriel Richardson:
- The New House A-Gettèn’ Wold by William Barnes
- “And Is It Among Rude Untutored Dales” by William Wordsworth
- Looking For a Sunset Bird in Winter by Robert Frost
- Hunting-Song of the Seeonee Pack by Rudyard Kipling
- Trial by Ruth Padel
- Be’mi’ster by William Barnes
- A Valediction Forbidding Mourning
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
- Sonnet I
- Sonnet 12
- Sonnet 11
- Sonnet 10
- Sonnet 08
- Sonnet 07
- Sonnet 06
- Sonnet 05
- Sonnet 04
- Sonnet 03
- Sonnet 02
- Sonnet 01
- Resurgam
- Rendezvous
- On The Cliffs Newport
- On A Theme In The Greek Anthology
- Ode In Memory Of The American Volunteers Fallen For France
- Maktoob
- Lyonesse
- Liebestod
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
Search engines:
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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.