A poem by Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
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:
- Николай Заболоцкий – Портрет
- Юлия Друнина – Я, признаться, сберечь не сумела шинели
- Алишер Навои – Моя безумная душа в обломках
- Did You Never Know? by Sara Teasdale
- English Poetry. Philip James Bailey. Festus – 26. Филип Джеймс Бэйли.
- In A Station Of The Metro poem – Ezra Pound poems
- Олег Бундур – Доброта
- Федор Сологуб – Собака седого короля
- The Dug-Out by Siegfried Sassoon
- Catharina : The Second Part. On Her Marriage To George Courtenay, Esq. by William Cowper
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Чесменские трофеи
- Sonnet IX. Keen, Fitful Gusts Are poem – John Keats poems
- The Perfect Wave by Shel Silverstein
- Владимир Маяковский – Пролетарка, пролетарий, заходите в планетарий
- Depths
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
