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:
- On Wenlock Edge The Wood’s In Trouble poem – A. E. Housman
- Яков Полонский – Полонский здесь не без привета
- The Coronet poem – Andrew Marvell poems
- A Song From ‘The Player Queen’ by William Butler Yeats
- High school crush……lonesome awaits by Stephen Allen
- Robert Burns: The Dean Of Faculty: A New Ballad
- Владимир Маяковский – Себе, любимому, посвящает эти строки автор
- The Looking-Glass. : on Mrs. Pulteney poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
- Lines Written On Visiting The Chateaux On The Loire poem – Alfred Austin
- The Workbox by Thomas Hardy
- Стефан Малларме – О, зеркало
- Владимир Вишневский – Вернувшись от дверей, присела
- An Excelente Balade of Charitie: As Wroten bie the Gode Pri by Thomas Chatterton
- Haiku by Robby Charters
- The Dark House by Siegfried Sassoon
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
- Malay Song
- Malaria
- Mahomed Akrams Appeal To The Stars
- Love Lightly
- Lost Delight
- Listen Beloved
- Lines By Taj Mahomed
- Less Than The Dust
- Lallji My Desire
- Lalila To The Ferengi Lover
- Kotri By The River
- Khristna And His Flute
- Khan Zadas Song On The Hillside
- Kashmiri Song
- Kashmiri Song By Juma
- In The Early Pearly Morning
- Illusion
- I Shall Forget
- I Arise And Go Down To The River
- Hira Singhs Farewell To Burmah
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.