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:
- traveling.html
- Ode on Solitude poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
- Oh Who Is That Young Sinner poem – A. E. Housman
- English Poetry. Philip James Bailey. Festus – 20. Филип Джеймс Бэйли.
- English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. The Blasphemy of Guns. Элла Уилкокс.
- In The Bus That Is Frantically Rushing From Cairo To Port Said
- Ode Composed On A May Morning by William Wordsworth
- The Human Tragedy ACT II poem – Alfred Austin
- Ballade Of The Voyage To Cythera poem – Andrew Lang poems
- Ольга Берггольц – Романс стойкого оловянного солдатика
- The First Part: Sonnet 5 – How that vast heaven intitled First is roll’d, by William Drummond
- Lycidas poem – John Milton poems
- I Call Your Name In My Heart by Samuel Stephen Wakdok
- Fog poem – Amy Clampitt poems | Poems and Poetry
- Auntie’s Skirts by Robert Louis Stevenson
External links
Bat’s Poetry Page – more poetry by Fledermaus
Talking Writing Monster’s Page –
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Poems in English
- Path by Pierre Reverdy
- Pace of Life by Pierre Reverdy
- One More Awakening by Pawan Kumar
- Of You by Philo Ikonya
- O my faithful by Priyanka Tungana
- O Man by Pawan Kumar
- My Daughter by Preeth Nambiar
- Moonbeam flowers by Preeth Nambiar
- Miracles by Paul Hostovsky
- Mind Extempore by Pawan Kumar
- Lovers since Eternity by Preeth Nambiar
- Love Dale by Preeth Nambiar
- Loud Silence by Preethi Saravanakumar
- Life Passing by Pawan Kumar
- Letter to my father by Preeth Nambiar
- Let me Roam by Penny Leigh Moller
- Lamhe by Priyanka Tungana
- It is raining! by Preeth Nambiar
- It’s the Wrong Address by peggy boone
- Infinite Journey by Pawan Kumar
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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.