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:
- Collage by Martine Morillon-Carreau
- Olney Hymn 31: On The Death Of A Minister by William Cowper
- TRANSPARENCY by Satish Verma
- Snakecharmer by Sylvia Plath
- Низами Гянджеви – Лица серебряный овал в сиянье покажи
- Николай Языков – А. Н. Вульфу (Мой брат по вольности и хмелю)
- The Golden Age poem – Alfred Austin
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Роза и дева
- Manifestations by Tom Shea
- Grammer’s Shoes by William Barnes
- Степан Щипачев – По дороге в совхоз
- Алишер Навои – Над головой моею осенних дней листопад
- Me Imperturbe. by Walt Whitman
- A Bucolic Betwixt Two; Lacon and Thyrsis by Robert Herrick
- Николай Языков – Благодарю вас за цветы
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
- The Sun Was Slumbering in the West by Thomas Hood
- The Song of the Shirt by Thomas Hood
- The Haunted House by Thomas Hood
- The Dream of Eugene Aram by Thomas Hood
- The Death Bed by Thomas Hood
- The Bridge of Sighs by Thomas Hood
- Silence by Thomas Hood
- Ruth by Thomas Hood
- Past and Present by Thomas Hood
- On Mistress Nicely, a Pattern for Housekeepers by Thomas Hood
- November by Thomas Hood
- No! by Thomas Hood
- I Remember, I Remember by Thomas Hood
- Gold! by Thomas Hood
- Flowers by Thomas Hood
- Faithless Sally Brown by Thomas Hood
- Faithless Nelly Gray by Thomas Hood
- Death by Thomas Hood
- Christmas Holidays by Thomas Hood
- Autumn by Thomas Hood
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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.