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:
- Nicotine poem – Ezra Pound poems
- Song by Seamus Heaney
- Aspiration
- La Gitana poem – Aleister Crowley poems | Poetry Monster
- Наум Коржавин – Грустная самопародия
- Валерий Брюсов – Еврейским девушкам
- Иннокентий Анненский – Леконт де Лиль. Негибнущий аромат
- The Generals by Shel Silverstein
- Robert Burns: Another [Epigram On The Said Occasion… On A Henpecked Country Squire]:
- He, who was born poem – Aleksandr Blok poems | Poetry Monster
- Inexpensive Progress poem – John Betjeman poems | Poems and Poetry
- Ольга Берггольц – Стихи о себе
- An Epistle To Robert Lloyd, Esq. by William Cowper
- On Passing The New Menin Gate by Siegfried Sassoon
- Hope Holds to Christ poem – Gerard Manley Hopkins poems
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
- Sonnet 12
- Sonnet 11
- Sonnet 10
- Sonnet 08
- Sonnet 07
- Sonnet 06
- Sonnet 05
- Sonnet 04
- Sonnet 03
- Sonnet 02
- Sonnet 01
- Resurgam
- Rendezvous
- Paris
- On The Cliffs Newport
- On A Theme In The Greek Anthology
- Maktoob
- Lyonesse
- Liebestod
- La Nue
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
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Yahoo– yes, it’s still around, amazingly, miraculously, incredibly, but now it seems to be powered by Bing.
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.