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:
- Calligraphy of geese by Yosa Buson
- Владимир Корнилов – АЯМ
- Absence: A Farewell Ode On Quitting School For Jesus College by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Purple Heart Liz (My Girl At Woodstock) by Steve Sant
- Gwaïn To Brookwell by William Barnes
- Thoughts in a Garden poem – Andrew Marvell poems
- No Return by William Matthews
- Омар Хайям – Ни к другу не взывай, ни к небесам
- Phantom by Samuel Coleridge
- Song—A Rose-bud by my Early Walk by Robert Burns
- Waking poem – Aldous Huxley poems | Poetry Monster
- Василий Лебедев-Кумач – Только на фронте
- Владимир Британишский – Этот вечер
- Poem Reaching For Something by Quincy Troupe
- What Place is Besieged? by Walt Whitman
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
- Playing With Big Numbers
- Percy Janes Boarding The Bus
- One Word
- Once She Dreamed
- O God
- Notebook Of A Return To The Native Land
- Night Words
- Negligence
- Mustard Flowers
- Meditation With Feet
- Love
- Little Talk
- Light The Festive Candles
- Levitation
- Labor Pains
- Labels
- Kalli
- Insect039s Nest
- In This Cul De Sac
- I See Chile In My Rearview Mirror
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.