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:
- English Poetry. John Townsend Trowbridge. Midwinter. Джон Таунсенд Троубридж.
- Lineage by Ted Hughes
- Владимир Маяковский – Письмо к любимой Молчанова, брошенной им
- To… (Kern) poem – Alexander Pushkin
- Владимир Высоцкий – Иван да Марья
- The Garden Of Kama Kama The Indian Eros
- In The Country – English Translation by Rabindranath Tagore
- Алишер Навои – Поучительные заветы старости
- Waiting For The Beloved — English Translation by Rabindranath Tagore
- Prologue, spoken by Mr. Woods at Edinburgh by Robert Burns
- Наум Коржавин – Поэзия не страсть, а власть
- Ruth A-Ridèn by William Barnes
- Robert Burns: Willie Brew’d A Peck O’ Maut:
- Стефан Малларме – Записка Уистлеру
- Holding On by Satish Verma
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
- The Tree Of Knowledge
- The Thraldom
- The Thief
- The Spring
- The Request
- The Praise Of Pindar In Imitation Of Horace His Second Ode Book 4
- The Parting
- The Motto
- The Innocent Ill
- The Heart Breaking
- The Grasshopper
- The Given Love
- The Given Heart
- The Epicure
- The Despair
- The Chronicle
- The Change
- Sport
- Resolved To Be Loved
- Resolved Be Loved
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.