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:
- My Spouse Nancy by Robert Burns
- Sonnet Iv
- The Handsome Heart poem – Gerard Manley Hopkins poems
- Юлий Даниэль – Друзьям
- Олег Бундур – А мне-то ничего
- Mother by Sachin Yadav (Pen Name: Rahul Nachhiketa)
- English Poetry. Thomas Moore. From “Irish Melodies”. 85. Oh For the Swords of Former Time. Томас Мур.
- The Basset-Table : An Eclogue poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
- OFF-LIMITS by Satish Verma
- Mediocrity in Love Rejected by Thomas Carew
- Наум Коржавин – От судьбы никуда не уйти
- Robert Burns: Rattlin’, Roarin’ Willie:
- Flute Notes From A Reedy Pond by Sylvia Plath
- Prologue spoken at the Theatre of Dumfries by Robert Burns
- Гавриил Державин – Амур и Психея
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
- One Year by Sharon Olds
- Crab by Sharon Olds
- A Week Later by Sharon Olds
- 1954 by Sharon Olds
- Winter by Shaunna Harper
- Twilight by Shaunna Harper
- The Other Half by Shaunna Harper
- Saison Noir by Shaunna Harper
- River by Shaunna Harper
- Prelude by Shaunna Harper
- Passing by Shaunna Harper
- My Modern Surrealist Mind by Shaunna Harper
- Metamorphosis by Shaunna Harper
- La Fleur by Shaunna Harper
- Keeping the Dawn by Shaunna Harper
- In Measures by Shaunna Harper
- Hidebound by Shaunna Harper
- For Someone, Somewhere, In Relation by Shaunna Harper
- Ellipsis by Shaunna Harper
- Chanson D’Amour by Shaunna Harper
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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.