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:
- A Soldier’s Song by Stephenie Tucker
- Act of Union by Seamus Heaney
- To Death poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- Savour Your Life by Ronald G. Auguste
- Taking Leave of a Friend poem – Ezra Pound poems
- Василий Казин – Эпоха
- Transcended Land Of Love by Vaishnavi Prakash
- I Just Wanna Make You Mine Girl by Miraj Patel
- Владимир Высоцкий – Песня о сумасшедшем доме
- English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. Finale. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
- On Glenriddell’s Fox breaking his chain: A Fragment by Robert Burns
- To My Brothers poem – John Keats poems
- Виктор Гюго – Без книги в мире ночь и ум людской убог
- Among The Narcissi by Sylvia Plath
- Early Morning by Victoria Bukofske
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
- Sonnet I
- Sonnet 12
- Sonnet 11
- Sonnet 10
- Sonnet 08
- Sonnet 07
- Sonnet 06
- Sonnet 05
- Sonnet 04
- Sonnet 03
- Sonnet 02
- Sonnet 01
- Resurgam
- Rendezvous
- On The Cliffs Newport
- On A Theme In The Greek Anthology
- Ode In Memory Of The American Volunteers Fallen For France
- Maktoob
- Lyonesse
- Liebestod
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