A poem by Alexander Pope (1688-1744) , the greatest English poet of “Augustan” or Georgian period
In merry old England it once was the rule
The King had his poet and also his fool
But now were so frugal I have you to know it
That Cibber can serve both for fool and for poet!
A few random poems:
- let the calm of the evening by Raj Arumugam
- Attention please! Attention please! by Roald Dahl
- Adam’s Curse by William Butler Yeats
- Ольга Седакова – Играющий ребенок
- Наум Коржавин – Грустная самопародия
- Владимир Маяковский – Расчистка пути (РОСТА)
- The Tears In Cupid’s Eyes by Tupac Shakur
- Astigmatism poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Number 3 on the Docket poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Human Spirit by Shawn Ervin
- Limbo Under the Westway poem – André Rostant poems
- Fleckno, an English Priest at Rome poem – Andrew Marvell poems
- Sonnet 34: Why didst thou promise such a beauteous day by William Shakespeare
- Владимир Маяковский – Солдаты самодержавной армии мясниками бывали… (РОСТА №146)
- A Lesson In Vengeance by Sylvia Plath
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 Palace
- Storm
- Poor Fisherman
- Invitation
- A Banquet Song
- Written In A Volume Of The Comtesse De Noailles
- With A Copy Of Shakespeares Sonnets On Leaving College
- Vivien
- Virginibus Puerisque
- Translations Dante Inferno Canto Xxvi
- To England At The Outbreak Of The Balkan War
- Tithonus
- The Wanderer
- The Torture Of Cuauhtemoc
- The Sultans Palace
- The Rendezvous
- The Old Lowe House Staten Island
- The Nympholept
- The Need To Love
- The Hosts
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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.