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:
- I Kiss the Feet of Angels poem – A. D. Winans poems | Poetry Monster
- Олег Чупров – Не хочется мне славы громкой
- Алексей Николаевич Толстой – Семик
- Sassoon’s Public Statement Of Defiance by Siegfried Sassoon
- Funeral Day Thoughts by Sudheesh Vs
- Николай Языков – Элегия (Любовь, любовь! веселым днем)
- Melinda Mae by Shel Silverstein
- An Ode To Antares
- Владимир Маяковский – Неделя охраны труда (РОСТА № 317)
- Sonnet 97: How like a winter hath my absence been by William Shakespeare
- Ode on St. Cecilia’s Day poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
- I Have a Fire for You in my Mouth by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
- Robert Burns: The Banks O’ Doon: Third Version
- Head of a Smiling Young Woman in Three-Quarter View by Raj Arumugam
- A Broken Appointment by Thomas Hardy
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 Moon’s the North Wind’s Cooky by Vachel Lindsay
- The Moon is a Painter by Vachel Lindsay
- The Merciful Hand by Vachel Lindsay
- The Master of the Dance by Vachel Lindsay
- The Little Turtle by Vachel Lindsay
- The Lion by Vachel Lindsay
- The Light o’ the Moon by Vachel Lindsay
- The Leaden-Eyed by Vachel Lindsay
- The King of Yellow Butterflies by Vachel Lindsay
- The Jingo and the Minstrel by Vachel Lindsay
- The Illinois Village by Vachel Lindsay
- The Hope of the Resurrection by Vachel Lindsay
- The Hearth Eternal by Vachel Lindsay
- The Haughty Snail-King by Vachel Lindsay
- The Ghosts of the Buffaloes by Vachel Lindsay
- The Gamblers by Vachel Lindsay
- The Flower of Mending by Vachel Lindsay
- The Flower-Fed Buffaloes by Vachel Lindsay
- The Fairy Bridal-Hymn by Vachel Lindsay
- The Empty Boats by Vachel Lindsay
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
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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.