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:
- A Kiss by Thomas Lux
- Валерий Брюсов – Глупое сердце, о чем же печалиться
- The Hawk and the Babe poem – Aleister Crowley poems | Poetry Monster
- Ольга Берггольц – Разговор с соседкой
- The Senses of Art poem – Ygor Noblott poems | Poetry Monster
- Bellinglise
- Are You the New person, drawn toward Me? by Walt Whitman
- Merrow Down by Rudyard Kipling
- If You Ask Me by Miraj Patel
- Lunar Eclipse by Satish Verma
- Владимир Маяковский – Промедление – смерть (Главполитпросвет №339)
- Vigil Strange I Kept on the Field. by Walt Whitman
- Владимир Высоцкий – Песенка о слухах
- Cold Eyes by Vaishnavi Prakash
- A poodle and a hound by Victoria Rose
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
- Golden Eyes
- From Behind The Lattice
- Feroza
- Feroke
- Fate Knows No Tears
- Farewell
- Fancy
- Famine Song
- Early Love
- Disappointment
- Deserted Gipsys Song Hillside Camp
- Dedication
- Dedication To Malcolm Nicolson
- Camp Followers Song Gomal River
- Back To The Border
- Au Salon
- Atavism
- Ashore
- Among The Sandhills
- Among The Rice Fields
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
Search engines:
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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