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:
- Владимир Высоцкий – Нынче мне не до улыбок
- Girl Child – An Alternate Reality by Rekha Seshadri
- To Sea by Martin Zakovski
- Ольга Ермолаева – Напиши мне стишок
- Clover by Sidney Lanier
- The Decameron poem – Aldous Huxley poems | Poetry Monster
- On The Nature Of Love by Rabindranath Tagore
- Нина Воронель – Маме
- Василий Лебедев-Кумач – Только на фронте
- Алексей Толстой – Средь шумного бала, случайно
- Before you go a little way prospecting by T. Wignesan
- Юнна Мориц – Собственное небо
- Love and Folly by William Cullen Bryant
- The Old Revolutionary’s Room by Nijole Miliauskaite
- Омар Хайям – Чье сердце не горит любовью страстной к милой
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
- Recollection
- Practising The Anthem
- Practising Anthem
- Peace
- On Australian Hills
- Mirage
- Memoriam
- Mates
- Lord Nevils Advice
- Lord Nevil039s Advice
- Looking In The Fire
- Looking Fire
- Learn
- Last Battle Cid
- Influence
- Individuality
- In Memoriam
- Honour
- Home Sick
- Holy Communion
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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.