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:
- Victims poem – Yaseen Anwer poems | Poetry Monster
- Woodchucks by Maxine Kumin
- Михаил Кузмин – Заключение (Водительница Одигитрия)
- Владимир Британишский – Далекая скрипка
- Владимир Маяковский – Раек (РОСТА №8)
- On His Blindness poem – John Milton poems
- Sonnet 144: Two loves I have, of comfort and despair by William Shakespeare
- Аля Кудряшева – Дождь напевает, искрясь по зарослям
- A Single Man
- In Our Time by Michael D Wentworth
- Dissolve in kisses, I would like to dissolve in your kisses
- Владимир Высоцкий – Песня Сашки Червня
- Валерий Брюсов – Фабричная
- never.html
- Владимир Британишский – Инициалы: Д.Я
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
- Snapshots Of A Daughter In Law
- Shattered Head
- Rural Reflections
- Prospective Immigrants Please Note
- Power
- Planetarium
- Paula Becker To Clara Westhoff
- Our Whole Life
- Orion
- On Edges
- November 1968
- My Mouth Hovers Across Your Breasts
- Moving In Winter
- Miracle Ice Cream
- Living In Sin
- Integrity
- In Those Years
- In The Evening
- In A Classroom
- Implosions
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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.