A poem by Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
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:
- On the Danger of Procrastination by Abraham Cowley
- A Rythm Upon Our Trusts by Michael McGovern
- The Ships Are Made Ready In Silence by W. S. Merwin
- Владимир Высоцкий – Нам вчера прислали из рук вон плохую весть
- Аля Кудряшева – Я работаю солнечной батареей
- Robert Burns: O Kenmure’s On And Awa, Willie:
- Василий Тредиаковский – Описание грозы, бывшей в Гааге
- Inscription For A Hermitage In The Author’s Garden by William Cowper
- Владимир Маяковский – Спросили раз меня: “Вы любите ли НЭП?”
- Wold Friends A-Met by William Barnes
- Description of Love by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
- Robert Burns: Hey, The Dusty Miller:
- An Evening Walk by William Wordsworth
- Жан де Лафонтен – Безумец и Мудрец
- Planet Earth by P. K. Page
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
- Evenén in the Village by William Barnes
- Evenèn, An’ Maidens Out At Door by William Barnes
- Eclogue:–Two Farms In Woone by William Barnes
- Eclogue:–The Veäiries by William Barnes
- Eclogue:–The Times by William Barnes
- Eclogue:–The ‘Lotments by William Barnes
- Eclogue:–The Common A-Took In by William Barnes
- Eclogue:–The Best Man In The Vield by William Barnes
- Eclogue:–Racketèn Joe by William Barnes
- Eclogue:–John, Jealous At Shroton Feäir by William Barnes
- Eclogue:–John An’ Thomas by William Barnes
- Eclogue:–Come And Zee Us In The Zummer by William Barnes
- Eclogue:–A Ghost by William Barnes
- Eclogue:–A Bit O’ Sly Coorten by William Barnes
- Early Risèn by William Barnes
- Early Pla Meäte by William Barnes
- Don’t Ceäre by William Barnes
- A Do’set Sale by William Barnes
- Day’s Work A-Done by William Barnes
- Daniel Dwithen, The Wise Chap by William Barnes
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
