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:
- Ecco Mormorar L’onde (Now The Waves Murmur) by Torquato Tasso
- Sonet 57 by William Alexander
- Жан де Лафонтен – Волк и Лисица на суде перед Обезьяной
- Lines to John Syme, Esq., with a dozen of Porter by Robert Burns
- Владимир Маяковский – Чаеуправление (реклама)
- We Two—How Long We were Fool’d. by Walt Whitman
- A Plain Life by William Henry Davies
- Sonnet LX by William Shakespeare
- Яков Полонский – После праздника
- Easter Morning poem – Amy Clampitt poems | Poems and Poetry
- Ярослав Смеляков – Шинель
- English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. Haunted. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
- dear owl, forlorn like King Lear by Raj Arumugam
- Climbing poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Михаил Лермонтов – Земля и небо
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
- In The New Sun by Philip Levine
- In A Vacant House by Philip Levine
- In A Light Time by Philip Levine
- I Won, You Lost by Philip Levine
- I Sing The Body Electric by Philip Levine
- How Much Earth by Philip Levine
- House Of Silence by Philip Levine
- Holy Day by Philip Levine
- Holding On by Philip Levine
- Heaven by Philip Levine
- Green Thumb by Philip Levine
- Gin by Philip Levine
- Gangrene by Philip Levine
- For The Country by Philip Levine
- Fist by Philip Levine
- Father by Philip Levine
- Everything by Philip Levine
- Coming Close by Philip Levine
- Clouds Above The Sea by Philip Levine
- Clouds by Philip Levine
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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.