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:
- Sonnet 9: Is it for fear to wet a widow’s eye by William Shakespeare
- Владимир Высоцкий – Куплеты Бенгальского
- Important thing’s in life by Martin Smith
- The Fragrance of life by Preeth Nambiar
- A Piece Of The Storm by Mark Strand
- Огюст Барбье – Эпилог
- Snakecharmer by Sylvia Plath
- Ghouls’ Parade poem – Brako Attafua poems | Poetry Monster
- Вера Звягинцева – Другу-переводчику
- Олег Григорьев – Много нас по подобию божию
- Николай Языков – Весна
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Могила в мансарде
- Oh, see how thick the goldcup flowers poem – A. E. Housman
- Near But Far Away by William Morris
- Conversation with Comrade Lenin by Vladimir Mayakovsky
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
- A Sigh In The Night
- A Sermon
- A Prayer
- A Dream Of Venice
- A Supplication
- Written Juice Lemon
- Written In Juice Of Lemon
- Wit
- Welcome
- Vote Excerpt
- Usurpation
- Tree Knowledge
- To The Royal Society
- To The Lord Falkland
- To Sir William Davenant
- Thisbes Song
- The Wish
- The Welcome
- The Vote Excerpt
- The Usurpation
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.