A poem by Alexander Pope (1688-1744) , the greatest English poet of “Augustan” or Georgian period
I know the thing that’s most uncommon;
(Envy be silent and attend!)
I know a Reasonable Woman,
Handsome and witty, yet a Friend.
Not warp’d by Passion, aw’d by Rumour,
Not grave thro’ Pride, or gay thro’ Folly,
An equal Mixture of good Humour,
And sensible soft Melancholy.
`Has she no Faults then (Envy says) Sir?’
Yes she has one, I must aver:
When all the World comspires to praise her,
The Woman’s deaf, and does not hear.
A few random poems:
- Robert Burns: A Lass Wi’ A Tocher:
- Untitled XI by Yunus Emre
- A Lady poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- The Piano-Organ poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- Шекспир – Я лью потоки горьких слез – Сонет 44
- Robert Burns: The Humble Petition Of Bruar Water: To the noble Duke of Athole.
- Fears Get Away
- Омар Хайям – Египет, Рим, Китай держи ты под пятой
- Buddha’s Laugh by Sonya Ki Tomlinson
- Владимир Маяковский – Раньше. Теперь
- Юнна Мориц – Страна вагонная, вагонное терпенье
- Robert Burns: Third Epistle To J. Lapraik:
- Владимир Маяковский – Обряды кому и на кой ляд целовальный обряд
- Homer’s Seeing-Eye Dog by William Matthews
- Leda And The Swan by William Butler Yeats
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
- Change
- Beauty
- Bathing River
- Bathing In The River
- Answer Copy Verses Sent Me Jersey
- Anacreontics The Swallow
- Anacreontics The Epicure
- Anacreontics Drinking
- An Answer To A Copy Of Verses Sent Me To Jersey
- Against Hope
- Against Fruition
- Summer Moon
- Stars
- Love Is Just Like The Rain
- Boy Running In The Rain
- Xai Kou From Book Seeds Of Faith
- Xai Kou1
- Xai Kou0
- Xai Kou
- Vorticism Is A Choka In Its Modular Home
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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.