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:
- Psalm Three by Mahmoud Darwish
- Robert Burns: Deluded Swain, The Pleasure:
- The Messiah : A Sacred Eclogue poem – Alexander Pope
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- Oh Wert Thou In The Cauld Blast by Robert Burns
- Those Born In Obscure Times poem – Aleksandr Blok poems | Poetry Monster
- Orpheus with his Lute Made Trees by William Shakespeare
- Love and Wine by William Wycherley
- Альфред де Мюссе – Как лепестки весеннего цветка
- Николай Языков – Вторая присяга
- Ein Yahav by Yehuda Amichai
- Epitaph On An Infant. by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Оливер Голдсмит – Подношение
- A Song of a Girl from Loyang by Wang Wei
- The Advice by Thomas Chatterton
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
- Golden Eyes
- From Behind The Lattice
- Feroza
- Feroke
- Fate Knows No Tears
- Farewell
- Fancy
- Famine Song
- Early Love
- Disappointment
- Deserted Gipsys Song Hillside Camp
- Dedication
- Dedication To Malcolm Nicolson
- Camp Followers Song Gomal River
- Back To The Border
- Au Salon
- Atavism
- Ashore
- Among The Sandhills
- Among The Rice Fields
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
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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.