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:
- Two Or Three: A Recipe To Make A Cuckold poem – Alexander Pope
- A Little Bird poem – Alexander Pushkin
- In A Letter To C. P. Esq. Ill With The Rheumatism by William Cowper
- Sonnet 26: Lord of my love, to whom in vassalage by William Shakespeare
- Couplet 6 poem – Amir Khusro poems | Poems and Poetry
- Sunt Leones by Stevie Smith
- Алексей Николаевич Толстой – Земля
- Lines On Seeing A Lock Of Milton’s Hair poem – John Keats poems
- Lament For The Two Brothers Slain By Each Others Hand
- Epigram on a Suicide by Robert Burns
- Keepe On Your Maske (Version for his Mistress) by William Strode
- Аля Кудряшева – Я этой ночью уйду, не спи
- I Have Loved Hours At Sea by Sara Teasdale
- Law, Like Love by W H Auden
- Epitaph on William Hood, Senior 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
- Out Of The Window
- On The Bus
- Minoan Porcelain
- Love Song
- Lapr S Midi Dun Faune
- Italy
- Inspiration
- In Uncertainty To A Lady
- Doors Of The Temple
- Darkness
- Crapulous Impression
- Complaint Of A Poet Manqu
- By The Fire
- Books And Thoughts
- Anniversaries
- A Melody By Scarlatti
- A Little Memory
- The Storm
- The State
- The Poor Fisherman
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
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Parallel Translations of Poetry
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.