To Mrs. M. B. On Her Birthday poem – Alexander Pope

A poem by Alexander Pope (1688-1744) , the greatest English poet of “Augustan” or Georgian period

Oh be thou blest with all that Heav’n can send,

Long Health, long Youth, long Pleasure, and a Friend:

Not with those Toys the female world admire,

Riches that vex, and Vanities that tire.

With added years if Life bring nothing new,

But, like a Sieve, let ev’ry blessing thro’,

Some joy still lost, as each vain year runs o’er,

And all we gain, some sad Reflection more;

Is that a Birth-Day? ’tis alas! too clear,

‘Tis but the funeral of the former year.

Let Joy or Ease, let Affluence or Content,

And the gay Conscience of a life well spent,

Calm ev’ry thought, inspirit ev’ry grace.

Glow in thy heart, and smile upon thy face.

Let day improve on day, and year on year,

Without a Pain, a Trouble, or a Fear;

Till Death unfelt that tender frame destroy,

In some soft Dream, or Extasy of joy,

Peaceful sleep out the Sabbath of the Tomb,

And wake to Raptures in a Life to come.

Poetry Monster – Home

A few random poems:

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 

• From the Mountain by Wang Wei by Wang Ван 王維 Wei Вэй 摩詰
• For Mêng Hao-jan by Wang Wei by Wang Ван 王維 Wei Вэй 摩詰
• Fine Apricot Lodge by Wang Wei by Wang Ван 王維 Wei Вэй 摩詰
• Fields and Gardens by the River Qi by Wang Wei by Wang Ван 王維 Wei Вэй 摩詰
• Farewell (II) by Wang Wei by Wang Ван 王維 Wei Вэй 摩詰
• Chungnan by Wang Wei by Wang Ван 王維 Wei Вэй 摩詰
• Birds Calling in the Ravine by Wang Wei by Wang Ван 王維 Wei Вэй 摩詰
• An Evening in the Mountains by Wang Wei by Wang Ван 王維 Wei Вэй 摩詰
• An Early Audience at the Palace of Light. (Harmonizing a poem for Secretary Jia Zhi.) by Wang Wei by Wang Ван 王維 Wei Вэй 摩詰
• A View of the Han River by Wang Wei by Wang Ван 王維 Wei Вэй 摩詰
• A Study by Wang Wei by Wang Ван 王維 Wei Вэй 摩詰
• A Song of Peach-Blossom River by Wang Wei by Wang Ван 王維 Wei Вэй 摩詰
• A Song of an Autumn Night. by Wang Wei by Wang Ван 王維 Wei Вэй 摩詰
• A Song of a Girl from Loyang by Wang Wei by Wang Ван 王維 Wei Вэй 摩詰
• A Song at Weicheng. by Wang Wei by Wang Ван 王維 Wei Вэй 摩詰
• A Message to Commissioner Li At Zizhou by Wang Wei by Wang Ван 王維 Wei Вэй 摩詰
• A Message from my Lodge at Wangchuan to Pei Di by Wang Wei by Wang Ван 王維 Wei Вэй 摩詰
• A Green Stream. by Wang Wei by Wang Ван 王維 Wei Вэй 摩詰
• A Farmhouse on the Wei River by Wang Wei by Wang Ван 王維 Wei Вэй 摩詰
• A Reply by Wang Wei by Wang Ван 王維 Wei Вэй 摩詰

More external links (open in a new tab):

Russian Commerce Agency

Dealing Monster

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

Poems by Author and Category

The Poetry Repository – an online library of poems, poetry, verse and poetic works