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:
- His Holiness the Abbot by Yosa Buson
- On the Wye in May poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- Harrow-on-the-Hill poem – John Betjeman poems | Poems and Poetry
- A Saint Between Us by Satish Verma
- Иван Бунин – Ночного неба свод далекий
- A Message from my Lodge at Wangchuan to Pei Di by Wang Wei
- Brooklyn Narcissus by Paul Blackburn
- Василий Жуковский – Там небеса и воды ясны
- The Times Are Tidy by Sylvia Plath
- In Memoriam A. H. H.: 99. Risest thou thus, dim dawn, again poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
- Sonnet: Oh! How I Love, On A Fair Summer’s Eve poem – John Keats poems
- Poor Mailie’s Elegy by Robert Burns
- His Mistress to Him at his Farewell by Robert Herrick
- Николай Гумилев – Заклинание
- An Indian Love Song by Sarojini Naidu
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
- Dublinesque by Philip Larkin
- Dockery And Son by Philip Larkin
- Days by Philip Larkin
- Cut Grass by Philip Larkin
- Counting by Philip Larkin
- Continuing To Live by Philip Larkin
- Church Going by Philip Larkin
- Breadfruit by Philip Larkin
- Best Society by Philip Larkin
- Aubade by Philip Larkin
- At Grass by Philip Larkin
- Arrival by Philip Larkin
- Annus Mirabilis by Philip Larkin
- An Arundel Tomb by Philip Larkin
- Ambulances by Philip Larkin
- A Study Of Reading Habits by Philip Larkin
- You Can Have It by Philip Levine
- Wisteria by Philip Levine
- Where We Live Now by Philip Levine
- What Work Is by Philip Levine
More external links (open in a new tab):
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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.