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:
- Sylvia’s Mother by Shel Silverstein
- Jerusalem Delivered – Book 01 – part 07 by Torquato Tasso
- Mulholland’s Contract by Rudyard Kipling
- Design poem – A. R. Ammons poems | Poetry Monster
- Dream Landing by Satish Verma
- Before The Snow poem – Andrew Lang poems
- The Amendis to the Telyouris and Sowtaris for the Turnament maid on thame
- The Waters by W H Auden
- On Teaching The Young by Yvor Winters
- In The Well poem – Andrew Hudgins poems | Poems and Poetry
- Гавриил Державин – На выздоровление мецената
- Sonnets CXVI: Let me not to the marriage of true minds by William Shakespeare
- Николай Заболоцкий – Приглашение на пир
- The Dunciad: Book IV poem – Alexander Pope
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External links
Bat’s Poetry Page – more poetry by Fledermaus
Talking Writing Monster’s Page –
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Poems in English
- Oonts by Rudyard Kipling
- One Viceroy Resigns by Rudyard Kipling
- Natural Theology by Rudyard Kipling
- My Rival by Rudyard Kipling
- My New-Cut Ashler by Rudyard Kipling
- My Lady’s Law by Rudyard Kipling
- My Boy Jack by Rudyard Kipling
- Mulholland’s Contract by Rudyard Kipling
- Mowgli’s Song Against People by Rudyard Kipling
- Mowgli’s Song by Rudyard Kipling
- Mother o’ Mine by Rudyard Kipling
- Morning Song in the Jungle by Rudyard Kipling
- Mine Sweepers by Rudyard Kipling
- Mesopotamia by Rudyard Kipling
- Merrow Down by Rudyard Kipling
- Mary’s Son by Rudyard Kipling
- Mary, Pity Women! by Rudyard Kipling
- Many Inventions by Rudyard Kipling
- Mandalay by Rudyard Kipling
- Lukannon by Rudyard Kipling
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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.