A poem by Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
I know the thing that’s most uncommon;
(Envy be silent and attend!)
I know a Reasonable Woman,
Handsome and witty, yet a Friend.
Not warp’d by Passion, aw’d by Rumour,
Not grave thro’ Pride, or gay thro’ Folly,
An equal Mixture of good Humour,
And sensible soft Melancholy.
`Has she no Faults then (Envy says) Sir?’
Yes she has one, I must aver:
When all the World comspires to praise her,
The Woman’s deaf, and does not hear.
A few random poems:
- The Black Tower by William Butler Yeats
- Юргис Балтрушайтис – Чем больше в мире я живу
- Владимир Степанов – Подберёзовик и подосиновик
- I Thank You, Mum by Raj Napal
- Федор Сологуб – Веет ветер мне навстречу
- The Rose That Grew From Concrete by Tupac Shakur
- The light from an earthen lamp by Sunil Sharma
- Lines from Endymion poem – John Keats poems
- Василий Жуковский – Теснятся все к тебе во храм
- How I Walked Alone in the Jungles of Heaven by Vachel Lindsay
- This is Love by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
- Holiday & Travel Guide For Paphos, Cyprus
- In Token Of The Love You Gave by Timothy Thomas Fortune
- Blue eyes by Tanisha Avarsekar
- Turn, O Libertad. by Walt Whitman
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
- Out Of The Window
- On The Bus
- Minoan Porcelain
- Love Song
- Lapr S Midi Dun Faune
- Italy
- Inspiration
- In Uncertainty To A Lady
- Doors Of The Temple
- Darkness
- Crapulous Impression
- Complaint Of A Poet Manqu
- By The Fire
- Books And Thoughts
- Anniversaries
- A Melody By Scarlatti
- A Little Memory
- The Storm
- The State
- The Poor Fisherman
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
