A poem by Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
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:
- Cyprian, in my dream by Sappho
- Muttering by Satish Verma
- II. The Pauper Witch of Grafton by Robert Frost
- Sing Me A Rainbow by Shel Silverstein
- As Adam, Early in the Morning. by Walt Whitman
- The Iliad: Book VI (excerpt) poem – Alexander Pope
- A Color of the Sky by Tony Hoagland
- Ambrosia by Sonya Ki Tomlinson
- Аля Кудряшева – Слишком уж зол ветер
- The Squirrel by Todd H. C. Fischer
- Waiting by Rabindranath Tagore
- The Boy by Vinko Kalinić
- The Deserted Village by Oliver Goldsmith
- Наум Коржавин – Двадцатые годы
- English Poetry. Thomas Moore. From “The Odes of Anacreon”. Ode 56. Томас Мур.
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
- Зинаида Александрова – В гости к бабушке
- Зинаида Александрова – Утки, беленькие грудки
- Зинаида Александрова – У моря
- Зинаида Александрова – Топотушки
- Зинаида Александрова – Таня и волчок
- Зинаида Александрова – Смешные человечки
- Зинаида Александрова – Шарик
- Зинаида Александрова – Сама
- Зинаида Александрова – Ромашки
- Зинаида Александрова – Раз – два – три – четыре – пять
- Зинаида Александрова – Прятки
- Зинаида Александрова – Подснежник
- Зинаида Александрова – Песня моряков
- Зинаида Александрова – Одуванчик
- Зинаида Александрова – Новый снег
- Зинаида Александрова – Новые ясли
- Зинаида Александрова – Невидимка
- Зинаида Александрова – Мы оделись раньше всех
- Зинаида Александрова – Молодой месяц
- Зинаида Александрова – Мне рукою машет маленький сынок
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
