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:
- Sonnet 4: Unthrifty loveliness, why dost thou spend by William Shakespeare
- On A Fowler, By Isidorus by William Cowper
- Security by William Stafford
- Ode on St. Cecilia’s Day poem – Alexander Pope
- Нина Воронель – Бывает, что вещи меня ненавидят
- In The Bazaars of Hyderabad by Sarojini Naidu
- Epitaph by Sir Walter Raleigh
- Sonnet CXXII by William Shakespeare
- Николай Заболоцкий – Пир в доме Бомбеева
- Олег Григорьев – Картинка
- Зинаида Александрова – Зимняя песенка
- To Eva Descending The Stair by Sylvia Plath
- In Memory Of Major Robert Gregory by William Butler Yeats
- Dulce Et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen
- Robert Burns: The Lass That Made The Bed To Me :
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
- A Journey Through The Moonlight by Russell Edson
- Antimatter by Russell Edson
- A Stone Is Nobody’s by Russell Edson
- Counting Sheep by Russell Edson
- Sleep by Russell Edson
- Paying The Captain by Russell Edson
- Grass by Russell Edson
- Angels by Russell Edson
- Ape by Russell Edson
- Hands by Russell Edson
- The Fall by Russell Edson
- The Family Monkey by Russell Edson
- Elephant Dormitory by Russell Edson
- Conjugal by Russell Edson
- A Historical Breakfast by Russell Edson
- The Essay on Liberty by Abraham Cowley
- Hauntings by Rupert Brooke
- Goddess In The Wood, The by Rupert Brooke
- Flight by Rupert Brooke
- Finding by Rupert Brooke
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
Search engines:
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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.