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 Christmas Carol poem – Alfred Austin
- Владимир Костров – Срок настал, московская богема
- A Desolate Shore by William Ernest Henley
- Lover’s Gifts XLII: Are You a Mere Picture by Rabindranath Tagore
- Олег Бундур – В глухом лесу
- Ode To Sleep by Thomas Warton
- Sonnet 92: But do thy worst to steal thy self away by William Shakespeare
- Orlando Furioso Canto 19 by Ludovico Ariosto
- Ольга Седакова – Три зеркала
- Arcadian Winter by Willa Cather
- Омар Хайям – О, кумир, Дружбу ты почему прервала
- Rhyming Reply to a Note from Captain Riddell by Robert Burns
- Владимир Костров – Бедное сердце болит спозаранку
- Song by William Somervile
- How Am I? by Matt Bohart
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
- Afridi Love
- Adoration
- Whispering In Wattle Boughs
- Thoras Song Ashtaroth
- The Swimmer
- The Sick Stockrider
- The Last Leap
- Gone
- An Exiles Farewell
- A Song Of Autumn
- A Dedication
- Medical Ethics
- Vain
- Myself
- My Heritage
- Miserimus
- Memory
- Karazah Karl
- Judith
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
