A poem by Alexander Pope (1688-1744) , the greatest English poet of “Augustan” or Georgian period
Vital spark of heav’nly flame!
Quit, O quit this mortal frame:
Trembling, hoping, ling’ring, flying,
O the pain, the bliss of dying!
Cease, fond Nature, cease thy strife,
And let me languish into life.
Hark! they whisper; angels say,
Sister Spirit, come away!
What is this absorbs me quite?
Steals my senses, shuts my sight,
Drowns my spirits, draws my breath?
Tell me, my soul, can this be death?
The world recedes; it disappears!
Heav’n opens on my eyes! my ears
With sounds seraphic ring!
Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly!
O Grave! where is thy victory?
O Death! where is thy sting?
A few random poems:
- Over The Hill From The Poor-House by Will McKendree Carleton
- Robert Burns: Twas Na Her Bonie Blue E’e:
- You Are One For Whom Ma Heart Really Cares by Miraj Patel
- A Drunken Man’s Praise Of Sobriety by William Butler Yeats
- The Marriage Of Geraint poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
- The Chambermaid’s Second Song by William Butler Yeats
- Grace Before Song poem – Ezra Pound poems
- In The Stilness O’ The Night by William Barnes
- La Nue
- Robert Burns: Lament For James, Earl Of Glencairn:
- On A March Day by Sara Teasdale
- The Old Land And The Young Land poem – Alfred Austin
- The Keys of Morning by Walter de la Mare
- Яков Полонский – Чтобы песня моя разлилась как поток
- Robert Burns: The Highland Balou:
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
- Николай Гербель – В дорогу
- Николай Гербель – Ура, объявлена война
- Николай Гербель – Салютовка
- Николай Гербель – Простор
- Николай Гербель – Песнь лейб-гвардии уланского полка
- Николай Гербель – На смерть воробья
- Николай Гербель – Меня преследует какой-то демон злой
- Николай Гербель – Изюмцам
- Николай Гербель – Бокал
- Наум Коржавин – Поэзия не страсть, а власть
- Наум Коржавин – Подмосковная платформа в апреле
- Наум Коржавин – Песня лейб-казачьей сотни
- Наум Коржавин – Перевал
- Наум Коржавин – Памяти Герцена или Баллада об историческом недосыпе
- Наум Коржавин – От судьбы никуда не уйти
- Наум Коржавин – От дурачеств, от ума ли
- Наум Коржавин – Осень в Караганде
- Наум Коржавин – Он собирался многое свершить
- Наум Коржавин – О Господи! Как я хочу умереть
- Наум Коржавин – Никакой истерики
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Alexander Pope (1688 – 1744) was a a post-Restoration English poet and satirist. He is a poet of the (British) Augustan period and one of its greatest artistic exponents.