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:
- Christabel by Samuel Coleridge
- Sonnet Of Motherhood XXXI poem – Zora Bernice May Cross poems
- Acquainted With the Night by Robert Frost
- One Inch Tall by Shel Silverstein
- Notes For The Legend Of Salad Woman by Michael Ondaatje
- How cruel are the parents by Robert Burns
- At Dawn poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- Morning by Mark R Slaughter
- Fields and Gardens by the River Qi by Wang Wei
- Георгий Иванов – Там, над Невой зеленоватой
- Pañuelos de La Alhambra by Mara Romero Torres
- Жан де Лафонтен – Кошка, превращенная в женщину
- Василий Лебедев-Кумач – Солнце садится
- Philadelphia by Rudyard Kipling
- There is but there is not poem – Amy Haritha Suseel poems | Poems and Poetry
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
- After Apple-Picking by Robert Frost
- Acquainted With the Night by Robert Frost
- Acceptance by Robert Frost
- A Winter Eden by Robert Frost
- A Time to Talk by Robert Frost
- A Star in a Stoneboat by Robert Frost
- A Soldier by Robert Frost
- A Servant to Servants by Robert Frost
- A Question by Robert Frost
- A Prayer in Spring by Robert Frost
- A Peck of Gold by Robert Frost
- A Patch of Old Snow by Robert Frost
- A Passing Glimpse by Robert Frost
- A Minor Bird by Robert Frost
- A Late Walk by Robert Frost
- A Hundred Collars by Robert Frost
- A Hillside Thaw by Robert Frost
- A Girl’s Garden by Robert Frost
- A Fountain, a Bottle, a Donkey’s Ears, and Some Books by Robert Frost
- A Dream Pang by Robert Frost
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
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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.