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:
- The Trouble with Snowmen by Roger McGough
- Dickinson And The Alabaster Gogyohka
- To One who Loved not Poetry by Sappho
- The Ghosts of past, the Angels of future by Vyshnav Shabu Nair
- Her Majesty’s Diamond Jubilee poem – Zameer Careem poems | Poetry Monster
- Владимир Бенедиктов – На пятидесятилетний юбилей Крылова
- Омар Хайям – Люди тлеют в могилах, ничем становясь
- Robert Burns: Epistle To Hugh Parker:
- The Tom Toms
- gum tree loved by the sky by Raj Arumugam
- A Life Story
- Your Words by Piera Chen
- The King Of Sweden by William Wordsworth
- Past and Future by Sarojini Naidu
- My Garden by Thomas Edward Brown
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
- Sonnet 08 poem – John Milton poems
- Sonnet 07 poem – John Milton poems
- Sonnet 06 poem – John Milton poems
- Sonnet 05 poem – John Milton poems
- Sonnet 04 poem – John Milton poems
- Sonnet 03: Canzone poem – John Milton poems
- Sonnet 03 poem – John Milton poems
- Sonnet 02 poem – John Milton poems
- Sonnet 01 poem – John Milton poems
- Song On May Morning poem – John Milton poems
- Samson Agonistes poem – John Milton poems
- Psalm 88 poem – John Milton poems
- Psalm 87 poem – John Milton poems
- Psalm 86 poem – John Milton poems
- Psalm 85 poem – John Milton poems
- Psalm 84 poem – John Milton poems
- Psalm 83 poem – John Milton poems
- Psalm 82 poem – John Milton poems
- Psalm 81 poem – John Milton poems
- Psalm 80 poem – John Milton poems
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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.