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:
- Meaning of silence-ness.
- Poppies In October by Sylvia Plath
- The First Chantey by Rudyard Kipling
- Art by Washington Allston
- Vietnam Vet befriends an immigrant in Pittsburgh, Pa – ( let’s put it that way ) by Vasil Slavov
- Николай Карамзин – Impromptu графине Р, которой в одной святошной игре досталось быть королевою
- The Cottage Hospital poem – John Betjeman poems
- L’Allegro poem – John Milton poems
- Михаил Лермонтов – Черкесы
- South Africa by Ronald G. Auguste
- Иван Демьянов – Парикмахер рак-омар
- ASHA APARTMENTS, 416, S.V. ROAD by Santosh Kumar Panda
- Джон Мильтон – Псалом 1
- nominalism_is_a_liquid_kuhi.html
- Владимир Британишский – Крепостная интеллигенция
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
- Владимир Британишский – Отечественные записки 1840-х годов
- Владимир Британишский – От низменного к неземному
- Владимир Британишский – Округлы и оголены
- Владимир Британишский – Океан с континентом воюют
- Владимир Британишский – Огонь
- Владимир Британишский – Очереди
- Владимир Британишский – О, растенья-пустынники дюнных песков
- Владимир Британишский – О чем размышляют
- Владимир Британишский – О человеке
- Владимир Британишский – Ностальгия
- Владимир Британишский – Но особенно снился мне вздыбленный мост
- Владимир Британишский – Никитенко
- Владимир Британишский – Несбывшееся
- Владимир Британишский – Некрасов
- Владимир Британишский – Не поселятся ли олени
- Владимир Британишский – Не избранностью, не особенностью
- Владимир Британишский – Наш учитель истории
- Владимир Британишский – На полпути в Илимск
- Владимир Британишский – На Марсовом поле
- Владимир Британишский – По волхову
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
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.