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:
- ALL THINGS DECAY AND DIE by Robert Herrick
- Ambrose Bierce – Ambrose Bierce Poems | Poems and Poetry
- Ольга Берггольц – Из “Писем с дороги”
- A Mother’s Lament for her Son’s Death by Robert Burns
- In Uncertainty To A Lady poem – Aldous Huxley poems | Poetry Monster
- Владимир Британишский – О чем размышляют
- Юлия Друнина – Сверстницам
- Adam: A Sacred Drama. Act 5. by William Cowper
- What the Ghost of the Gambler Said by Vachel Lindsay
- Омар Хайям – Кумир мой, вылепил тебя таким гончар
- Юлия Друнина – Два вечера
- Sandys Ghost ; A Proper Ballad on the New Ovid’s Metamorphosis poem – Alexander Pope
- In the Night poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- A Secret by Sylvia Plath
- Roaming Cloud by Rabindranath Tagore
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
- Culver Dell And The Squire by William Barnes
- Corn A-Turnen Yollow by William Barnes
- Chris’mas Invitation by William Barnes
- Children’s Children by William Barnes
- Childhood by William Barnes
- Changes by William Barnes
- Brookwell by William Barnes
- Bringen Woone Gwaïn O’ Zundays by William Barnes
- Bob The Fiddler by William Barnes
- Blessens A-Left by William Barnes
- Bleäke’s House In Blackmwore by William Barnes
- Blackmwore Maidens by William Barnes
- The Blackbird by William Barnes
- Bishop’s Caundle by William Barnes
- Bees A-Zwarmen by William Barnes
- Beauty Undecked by William Barnes
- Be’mi’ster by William Barnes
- Bad News by William Barnes
- Aunt’s Tantrums by William Barnes
- Angels By The Door by William Barnes
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
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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.