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:
- XVI: Some Verses: Of Conquerouris by William Alexander
- Владимир Маяковский – Рабочий при капитализме работал из-под палки… (РОСТА №666)
- Федор Сологуб – Во внутреннем дворе отеля
- Алексей Николаевич Толстой – Земля
- John Milton – John Milton Poems
- The Husband’s Black Hands by Mallika Sengupta
- Distant View Of England From The Sea by William Lisle Bowles
- On The University Carrier Who Sickn’d In The Time Of His Vacancy, Being Forbid To Go To London, By Reason Of The Plague poem – John Milton poems
- Borow
- Robert Burns: The Lament: Occasioned by the unfortunate issue of a Friend’s Amour.
- A Mystic As Soldier by Siegfried Sassoon
- After the Last Glacier is Gone by Benjamin Alva Polley
- A Farewell To Youth poem – Alfred Austin
- Анатолий Жигулин – Марта, Марта! Весеннее имя
- I am a sculptor, a molder of form by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
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
- The Tree Of Knowledge
- The Thraldom
- The Thief
- The Spring
- The Request
- The Praise Of Pindar In Imitation Of Horace His Second Ode Book 4
- The Parting
- The Motto
- The Innocent Ill
- The Heart Breaking
- The Grasshopper
- The Given Love
- The Given Heart
- The Epicure
- The Despair
- The Chronicle
- The Change
- Sport
- Resolved To Be Loved
- Resolved Be Loved
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
Search engines:
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Duckduckgo – the real alternative and a search engine that actually works. Without much censorship or partisan politics.
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.