A poem by Alexander Pope (1688-1744) , the greatest English poet of “Augustan” or Georgian period
Come gentle Air! th’ AEolian shepherd said,
While Procris panted in the secret shade:
Come, gentle Air, the fairer Delia cries,
While at her feet her swain expiring lies.
Lo the glad gales o’er all her beauties stray,
Breathe on her lips, and in her bosom play!
In Delia’s hand this toy is fatal found,
Nor could that fabled dart more surely wound:
Both gifts destructive to the givers prove;
Alike both lovers fall by those they love.
Yet guiltless too this bright destroyer lives,
At random wounds, nor knows the wound she gives:
She views the story with attentive eyes,
And pities Procris, while her lover dies.
A few random poems:
- Do I
- Lover’s Gifts V: I Would Ask For Still More by Rabindranath Tagore
- Джон Донн – О черная душа, Недуг напал
- Николай Карамзин – Господину Дмитриеву на болезнь его (Болезнь есть часть живущих в мире)
- All through eternity by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
- Владимир Высоцкий – Вот Вы докатились до сороковых
- Михаил Лермонтов – Я видел тень блаженства
- William Henry Davies
- Inscription to Chloris by Robert Burns
- Омар Хайям – Друг, два понятия должен бы ты затвердить
- English Poetry. Rupert Chawner Brooke. The Vision of the Archangels. Руперт Брук.
- Sonnet # 6 by Luis A. Estable
- Important thing’s in life by Martin Smith
- I See so Deeply Within Myself by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
- Василий Казин – Мой отец простой водопроводчик
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
- Sacrifice And Love
- Rule I By Eric Mottram Stop Writing Literature You Garrulous Indian
- Poetry And Politics
- Poem Stories
- Plato
- Peace Universal Good
- Paralipomemnon
- Our Refuge
- One Sweet White Light
- New Land
- Motionless Body
- Mother
- Minimalism And The Elm Choka
- Mark
- Love Flower
- Love
- Lord God Have Mercy On Me
- Libation
- Least In A List
- Interpret The Light
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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.