The book includes all the poems (bilingual) and selected letters of the remarkable English poet and libertine John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (1647-1680). This is the first complete edition of the poet's love poetry, satires and pamphlets in Russian. Rochester's letters to his wife, his lover Elizabeth Barry, and his friend Henry Savile demonstrate a mastery of light, conversational prose. The book also includes excerpts from the memoirs of contemporaries about the character of my lord, his biography and an article about the poet’s work. This publication is intended both for specialists in the field of foreign poetry and for the widest range of readers. CONTENTS: Preface by the compiler (5). POEMS Love poems ( 15).Satires and pamphlets (87).Poems attributed to Rochester (181).Impromptu, epigrams, miscellaneous (221).Notes on poems (236).LETTERS OF THE EARL OF ROCHESTER Letters from Rochester to his wife and son (292).Letters from Rochester to To Henry Savile (323). Letters of Rochester to Elizabeth Barry (353). Notes on the letters (375). ADDENDUM Memoirs of the Earl of Rochester, composed by M. de Saint-Evremond for the Duchess of Mazarin (406). The character of the Earl of Rochester, presented by Mr. Wolseley in the preface to "To Valentinian" ... (423). The character of the Earl of Rochester, from Anthony Wood's Athenae Oxonienses (428). The character of the Earl of Rochester, presented by the Rev. Mr. Parsons in the sermon preached at his lordship's funeral (430). The character of the Earl of Rochester, from the book of Dr. Barnett “Some episodes from the life and death of the Honorable John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester” (431). An authentic copy of the speech of His Lordship, who posed as an Italian charlatan on Tower Hill under the pseudonym Alexander Bendo (433). Notes to the addition (442). APPENDICES Lukyanov A.B. John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester: a repentant sinner (450). Notes (553). Chronicle of the life of John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (566). Lukyanov A.V. Poetical acting of Lord Rochester (571). Notes (678). List of illustrations (690).