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:
- A Song: When June is Past, the Fading Rose by Thomas Carew
- Lament For The Makers By William Dunbar
- My Heart Was Full by Stevie Smith
- Manure by Mark R Slaughter
- Sonnet # 13 by Luis A. Estable
- Portals. by Walt Whitman
- The Rose by William Cowper
- no ambition for eternity by Raj Arumugam
- Robert Burns: The Weary Pund O’ Tow:
- Olney Hymn 33: Seeking The Beloved by William Cowper
- Face Lift by Sylvia Plath
- Slant by Stephen Dunn
- Summer – The Second Pastoral; or Alexis poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
- Низами Гянджеви – Мне ночь не в ночь, мне в ночь невмочь
- Владимир Корнилов – Вечер Гарри Каспарова в Политехническом
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 Journey Through The Moonlight by Russell Edson
- Antimatter by Russell Edson
- A Stone Is Nobody’s by Russell Edson
- Counting Sheep by Russell Edson
- Sleep by Russell Edson
- Paying The Captain by Russell Edson
- Grass by Russell Edson
- Angels by Russell Edson
- Ape by Russell Edson
- Hands by Russell Edson
- The Fall by Russell Edson
- The Family Monkey by Russell Edson
- Elephant Dormitory by Russell Edson
- Conjugal by Russell Edson
- A Historical Breakfast by Russell Edson
- The Essay on Liberty by Abraham Cowley
- Hauntings by Rupert Brooke
- Goddess In The Wood, The by Rupert Brooke
- Flight by Rupert Brooke
- Finding by Rupert Brooke
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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.