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:
- Assurances. by Walt Whitman
- Pegasus at Wanlockhead by Robert Burns
- Parted by Siegfried Sassoon
- Day That I Have Loved by Rupert Brooke
- Song—A Health to them that’s awa by Robert Burns
- The Complaint Of Prometheus
- Владимир Высоцкий – Песенка-представление орлёнком Эдом Атаки Гризли
- A Child by William Ernest Henley
- An Address to the Rev. George Gilfillan by William Topaz McGonagall
- Signals by Walid Saba
- A Lover’s Prayer by St Antoine de la Vuadi
- Владимир Маяковский – Земля наша обильна
- Duino Elegies: The Fourth Elegy by Rainer Maria Rilke
- Robert Burns: The Farewell To the Brethren of St. James’ Lodge, Tarbolton:
- Sonnet 03
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
- Hope And Riders
- Do I
- Communal War
- Blank Dreams
- Before
- Again
- A Voice
- A Toast To Nations
- What Of The Night
- Vows
- To Morrow
- The Winged Mariners
- The Watchman
- The Virgin Martyr
- The Vain Question
- The Soldiers Grave
- The Silence In The Church
- The Season
- The Resting Place
- The Old Manor House
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
