A poem by Alexander Pope (1688-1744) , the greatest English poet of “Augustan” or Georgian period
With no poetic ardour fir’d
I press the bed where Wilmot lay;
That here he lov’d, or here expir’d,
Begets no numbers grave or gay.
Beneath thy roof, Argyle, are bred
Such thoughts as prompt the brave to lie
Stretch’d out in honour’s nobler bed,
Beneath a nobler roof – the sky.
Such flames as high in patriots burn,
Yet stoop to bless a child or wife;
And such as wicked kings may mourn,
When freedom is more dear than life.
A few random poems:
- Владимир Высоцкий – Песня о сумасшедшем доме
- A Gift poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Memoirs Of A Spinach-Picker by Sylvia Plath
- In The Well poem – Andrew Hudgins poems | Poems and Poetry
- Anguish of Fate by Pierre Reverdy
- Written in March by William Wordsworth
- Invocation by Siegfried Sassoon
- Orion
- Creators by Pawan Kumar
- To an Early Daffodil poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Владимир Маяковский – Что такое II Интернационал?.. (РОСТА №133)
- Ольга Берггольц – К сердцу Родины руку тянет
- Федор Сваровский – Путешественники во времени — копенгаген 1969
- Владимир Маяковский – Дела вузные, хорошие и конфузные
- Валерий Брюсов – Из латинской антологии (Нежный стихов аромат услаждает безделие девы)
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
- Gravity Suspended
- From Death
- Forfeiture
- For My Mother
- Fly Fly Butterfly
- Even The Rain
- Destiny Far Away
- Conversation
- Calling All Angels
- At The Locks Of The Void
- Anthem
- All In A Word
- A Teenage Pregnancy
- A Painting Morning
- A Child Of War
- Your Dream
- Ars Poetica
- The Vision Of Cassandra
- The Sacrifice Of Iphigenia
- The Lament Of The Old Nurse
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
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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
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.