A poem by Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
I.
How happy he, who free from care
The rage of courts, and noise of towns;
Contented breaths his native air,
In his own grounds.
II.
Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread,
Whose flocks supply him with attire,
Whose trees in summer yield him shade,
In winter fire.
III.
Blest! who can unconcern’dly find
Hours, days, and years slide swift away,
In health of body, peace of mind,
Quiet by day,
IV.
Sound sleep by night; study and ease
Together mix’d; sweet recreation,
And innocence, which most does please,
With meditation.
V.
Thus let me live, unheard, unknown;
Thus unlamented let me dye;
Steal from the world, and not a stone
Tell where I lye.
A few random poems:
- Recessional (A Victorian Ode) by Rudyard Kipling
- The Story Of Our Lives by Mark Strand
- English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. Indifference. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
- Омар Хайям о людях: Стихи, рубаи о человеке Омара Хайяма – Poetry Monster
- That Shadow, my Likeness. by Walt Whitman
- What Hidden Sweetness Is There by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
- Николай Языков – Записки А. С. Дириной
- Олег Митяев – Француженка
- Олег Григорьев – Жена торговала колбасой
- My Sad Captains by Thom Gunn
- A Silence poem – Amy Clampitt poems | Poems and Poetry
- In Memory of a Child by Vachel Lindsay
- Вера Павлова – Попытка не пытка
- Robert Burns: The Trogger.: Heron Election Ballad, No. IV.
- You Look Up Pictures of Icelandic Ponies by Ruth Madievsky
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
- The Deserted Garden
- The Bayadere
- The Aisne
- Tezcotzinco
- Sonnet Xvi Who Shall Invoke Her
- Sonnet Xv
- Sonnet Xiv
- Sonnet Xiii
- Sonnet Xii
- Sonnet Xi
- Sonnet X
- Sonnet Viii
- Sonnet Vii
- Sonnet Vi
- Sonnet V
- Sonnet Ix
- Sonnet Iv
- Sonnet Iii
- Sonnet Ii
- Sonnet I
More external links (open in a new tab):
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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
