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:
- About Face poem – Alice Fulton poems | Poetry Monster
- Константин Бальмонт – На мотив псалма XVIII-гo
- Thou Art Indeed Just, Lord, If I Contend poem – Gerard Manley Hopkins poems
- Antaeus: [A Fragment] by Wilfred Owen
- on our conditioning by Raj Arumugam
- The Autopsy by Russell Edson
- Владимир Луговской – Обращение
- Song of the Wise Children by Rudyard Kipling
- Юргис Балтрушайтис – Чудом тени
- To A May Baby by Winifred Mary Letts
- Marsh Hymns by Sidney Lanier
- An Immorality poem – Ezra Pound poems
- Вера Павлова – В ранец тетрадки собраны
- Life Is Motion by Wallace Stevens
- Impromptu on Dumourier’s Desertion of the French Republican Army 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
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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.