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:
- Robert Burns: Willie Chalmers: Mr. Chalmers, a gentleman in Ayrshire, a particular friend of mine, asked me to write a poetic epistle to a young lady, his Dulcinea. I had seen her, but was scarcely acquainted with her, and wrote as follows:-
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- Breathing Stars, Inspiration and the Labyrinth of Correspondence
- A Grace after Meat by Robert Burns
- Вера Павлова – Праздник после праздника
- The face wanted by Vinko Kalinić
- Владимир Вишневский – Кто-то тянется к водному поло
- Homing by Satish Verma
- Michelle Obama Tribute by Susan King Saunders
- Ольга Седакова – И меня удивило
- Джон Мильтон – По случаю своего двадцатитрехлетия
- Владимир Маяковский – Реклама Моссукно
- In Tempore Senectutis poem – Ezra Pound poems
- Untimely Leave by Rabindranath Tagore
- Love And Death by Sara Teasdale
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
- Denner’s Old Woman by William Cowper
- On The Death Of The Vice-Chancellor, A Physician (Translated From Milton) by William Cowper
- Catharina : The Second Part. On Her Marriage To George Courtenay, Esq. by William Cowper
- By Philemon by William Cowper
- By Moschus by William Cowper
- By Heraclides by William Cowper
- By Callimachus by William Cowper
- On the Burning of Lord Mansfield’s Library by William Cowper
- Boadicea. An Ode by William Cowper
- Aspirations Of The Soul After God by William Cowper
- Apology to Delia by William Cowper
- Anti-Thelyphthora. A Tale In Verse by William Cowper
- Answer To Stanzas Addressed To Lady Hesketh By Miss Catharine Fanshawe, In Returning A Poem by William Cowper
- Annus Memorabilis : Written in Commemoration of His Majesty’s Happy Recovery by William Cowper
- An Ode, On Reading Mr. Richardson’s History Of Sir Charles Grandison by William Cowper
- An Epitaph by William Cowper
- An Epitaph (From The Greek) by William Cowper
- An Epitaph 4 (From The Greek) by William Cowper
- An Epitaph 3 (From The Greek) by William Cowper
- An Epitaph 2 (From The Greek) by William Cowper
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
