A poem by Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
True ease in writing comes from art, not chance,
As those move easiest who have learned to dance.
‘Tis not enough no harshness gives offense,
The sound must seem an echo to the sense:
Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows,
And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows;
But when loud surges lash the sounding shore,
The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar;
When Ajax strives some rock’s vast weight to throw,
The line too labors, and the words move slow;
Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain,
Flies o’er the unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Hear how Timotheus’ varied lays surprise,
And bid alternate passions fall and rise!
A few random poems:
- Ольга Берггольц – Простите бедность этих строк
- The Commitment by Rob Leatherman Sr.
- On The Wedding Of The Aeronaut poem – Ambrose Bierce poems | Poems and Poetry
- Mulholland’s Contract by Rudyard Kipling
- O aye my wife she dang me (Song) by Robert Burns
- Arhan poem – Aleister Crowley poems | Poetry Monster
- Владимир Маяковский – Работникам стиха и прозы, на лето едущим в колхозы
- As One Who Having Wandered All Night Long by Robert Louis Stevenson
- The Three Gentle Shepherds poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
- Николай Языков – Элегия (Поденщик, тяжело навьюченный дровами)
- Ballad Of The Press-Gang At Shihao Village by Du Fu
- You Smile Upon Your Friend To-Day poem – A. E. Housman
- A New Psalm for the Chapel of Kilmarnock by Robert Burns
- The Mountain Tomb by William Butler Yeats
- The Old Stone Cross by William Butler Yeats
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
- Playing With Big Numbers
- Percy Janes Boarding The Bus
- One Word
- Once She Dreamed
- O God
- Notebook Of A Return To The Native Land
- Night Words
- Negligence
- Mustard Flowers
- Meditation With Feet
- Love
- Little Talk
- Light The Festive Candles
- Levitation
- Labor Pains
- Labels
- Kalli
- Insect039s Nest
- In This Cul De Sac
- I See Chile In My Rearview Mirror
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
