A poem by Alexander Pope (1688-1744) , the greatest English poet of “Augustan” or Georgian period
Happy the man, whose wish and care
A few paternal acres bound,
Content to breathe his native air
In his own ground.
Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread,
Whose flocks supply him with attire;
Whose trees in summer yield shade,
In winter, fire.
Blest, who can unconcern’dly find
Hours, days, and years, slide soft away
In health of body, peace of mind,
Quiet by day.
Sound sleep by night; study and ease
Together mixed; sweet recreation,
And innocence, which most does please
With meditation.
Thus let me live, unseen, unknown;
Thus unlamented let me die;
Steal from the world, and not a stone
Tell where I lie.
A few random poems:
- Владимир Британишский – В Емуртлинском форпосте сибирских драгун
- Sonnet 150: O from what power hast thou this powerful might by William Shakespeare
- Bivouac on a Mountain Side. by Walt Whitman
- I’m So Good That I Don’t Have To Brag by Shel Silverstein
- Владимир Степанов – Шарик (Буква Ш)
- A Farm-Picture. by Walt Whitman
- A Promise to California. by Walt Whitman
- In Seditionem Horrendam, Corruptelis Gallicus Ut Fertue, Londini Nuper Exortam by William Cowper
- The Prodigal Son by Rudyard Kipling
- Низами Гянджеви – В привычке сердца воровать ты
- Владимир Высоцкий – Не писать стихов мне и романов
- I Have Loved Hours At Sea by Sara Teasdale
- Юргис Балтрушайтис – Молкнущий вечер во мгле
- VII: Some Verses: On The Death of John Murray by William Alexander
- Yesterday’s Mishaps by Mary Etta Metcalf
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
- tears.html
- simple_heart.html
- silence.html
- she.html
- sealed_appropriate.html
- seal.html
- sea_salt_a_villanelle.html
- salamis_quot.html
- sacrifice_and_love.html
- poetry_and_politics.html
- plato.html
- paralipomemnon.html
- our_refuge.html
- one_sweet_white_light.html
- new_land.html
- motionless_body.html
- mother.html
- minimalism_and_the_elm_choka.html
- mark.html
- love_flower.html
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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.