A poem by Alexander Pope (1688-1744) , the greatest English poet of “Augustan” or Georgian period
When other fair ones to the shades go down,
Still Chloe, Flavin, Delia, stay in town:
Those ghosts of beauty wandering here reside,
And haunt the places where their honour died.
A few random poems:
- Epitaph on Captain Lascelles by Robert Burns
- Lost Love Is Never Lost
- A Hermit Thrush poem – Amy Clampitt poems | Poems and Poetry
- Владимир Бенедиктов – О, не играй веселых песен мне
- Lover’s Gifts VIII: There Is Room for You by Rabindranath Tagore
- Cheery Beggar poem – Gerard Manley Hopkins poems
- Unforgetting by Satish Verma
- Invocation by Marilyn Hacker
- Self-Portrait poem – Andrei Voznesensky poems
- Николай Языков – А. В. Тихвинскому (Как знать, куда моя дорога)
- Шекспир – Дыханье мысли и огонь желанья – Сонет 45
- To Mr. Cyriack Skinner Upon His Blindness poem – John Milton poems
- Telescopes In The Square by Graham Rowlands
- night_piece.html
- Complimentary Epigram to Mrs. Riddell by Robert Burns
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
- In Praise Of England poem – Alfred Austin
- Impromptu: To Frances Garnet Wolseley poem – Alfred Austin
- If I To You But Sorry Bring poem – Alfred Austin
- I Chide Not At The Seasons poem – Alfred Austin
- Hymn To Death poem – Alfred Austin
- Grandmother’s Teaching poem – Alfred Austin
- Gleaners Of Fame poem – Alfred Austin
- Love’s Wisdom poem – Alfred Austin
- Love’s Fitfulness poem – Alfred Austin
- Love Of Life poem – Alfred Austin
- Love Of Life poem – Alfred Austin
- Lost poem – Alfred Austin
- Lines Written On Visiting The Chateaux On The Loire poem – Alfred Austin
- Let The Weary World Go Round poem – Alfred Austin
- Leszko The Bastard poem – Alfred Austin
- Is Life Worth Living? poem – Alfred Austin
- Inflexible As Fate poem – Alfred Austin
- In The Month When Sings The Cuckoo poem – Alfred Austin
- In The Forum poem – Alfred Austin
- In Sutton Woods poem – Alfred Austin
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
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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.