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:
- Screw-Guns by Rudyard Kipling
- We embraced and talked about rains by Vinko Kalinic
- The Lonely Climber: A Seed Poem by Mike Yuan
- Hey! Mr.Pothole by Vinaya Kumar Hanumanthappa
- Where Are You?
- Анатолий Жигулин – Бросаю в воду хлеб
- The house where I was born (06) by Yves Bonnefoy
- Алексей Плещеев – Тобой лишь ясны дни мои
- Владимир Корнилов – Утро
- The Owners Of The Little Box by Vasko Popa
- Lament For The Two Brothers Slain By Each Others Hand
- English Poetry. Robert William Service. My Room. Роберт Уильям Сервис.
- Blue Roses by Rudyard Kipling
- Another by Thomas Carew
- Иннокентий Анненский – Франсис Жамм. Когда для всех меня не станет меж живыми
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
- How To Raise Money For Your High School Study Abroad Experience
- Computer Cookies: Are They Good or Bad?
- The Best Blues Songs Ever
- The Effects of Chess on Leadership
- Holiday & Travel Guide For Paphos, Cyprus
- Will the SEZ Act Boost Exports?
- Art Therapy and Loss
- Fiction Tips – The Snare of Coincidence
- Interview With Joseph D’Agnese, Author Of Jersey Heat
- Top 5 Furniture Buying Tactics For the Best Purchase
- Chinese Zodiac Signs
- A Brief History of Special Education
- Priorities of Life and Death
- Goals – How to Get Everything You Want by Brian Tracy – Review
- How to Increase Your Faith
- Top Benefits of Wearing Peridot Birthstone
- How to Locate, Hire, and Work With an Article Writer
- Companies See Mobile Games Development As a Profitable Business Option
- Empowering Women in Gambia
- Is Hiring a Resume Writer Really Worth It?
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.