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:
- Ольга Седакова – Я жизнь в порыве жить
- The Quaker Graveyard in Nantucket by Robert Lowell
- “From the man whom I love, though my heart I disguise,” by Tobias Smollett
- Владимир Маяковский – Чтоб нас не заела разруха зубами голодных годов… (Главполитпросвет №7)
- The Dying Christian to His Soul poem – Alexander Pope
- Какой чудесный, маленький комочек
- Гавриил Державин – На выздоровление мецената
- Andrew Lang – Andrew Lang Poems
- A Lover poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Inscription For A Stone Erected At The Sowing Of A Grove Of Oaks At Chillington, Anno 1790 by William Cowper
- The Hermit At Outermost House by Sylvia Plath
- Places and Men by William Allingham
- Владимир Луговской – Курсантская венгерка
- Fleckno, an English Priest at Rome poem – Andrew Marvell poems
- Владимир Маяковский – Весенняя ночь
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
- Николай Заболоцкий – Поэт
- Николай Заболоцкий – Подводный город
- Николай Заболоцкий – Пир в доме Бомбеева
- Николай Заболоцкий – Пекарня
- Николай Заболоцкий – Оттепель
- Николай Заболоцкий – Осенний клен
- Николай Заболоцкий – Осеннее утро
- Николай Заболоцкий – Офорт
- Николай Заболоцкий – Одиссей и Сирены
- Николай Заболоцкий – Обводной канал
- Николай Заболоцкий – Обед
- Николай Заболоцкий – Новый быт
- Николай Заболоцкий – Ночное гулянье
- Николай Заболоцкий – Ночь в лесу
- Николай Заболоцкий – Неудачник
- Николай Заболоцкий – Небесная Севилья
- Николай Заболоцкий – Народный дом
- Николай Заболоцкий – Начало зимы
- Николай Заболоцкий – На закате
- Николай Заболоцкий – На рынке
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.