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:
- Владимир Степанов – Следом за летом осень
- Yin and Yang by Muralidharan Mudaliar
- Song, by a Person of Quality poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
- Beautiful Balmoral by William Topaz McGonagall
- Владимир Маяковский – Поляки-крестьяне, чтоб вольными быть…
- And In Wonder And Amazement I Sing by Rabindranath Tagore
- Straw sandal half sunk by Yosa Buson
- Низами Гянджеви – Готова молодость твоя откочевать
- Алишер Навои – Эти губы точно розы
- Untitled #10 by Nijole Miliauskaite
- O God
- Владимир Орлов – Как Таппи научился лаять
- The Connaught Rangers by Winifred Mary Letts
- Sound O’ Water by William Barnes
- Владимир Корнилов – 26 апреля
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
- A Zong Of Harvest Hwome by William Barnes
- A Wife A-Praïs’d by William Barnes
- A-Haulen O’ The Corn by William Barnes
- A Good Father by William Barnes
- A Bit O’ Fun by William Barnes
- Invictus by William Ernest Henley
- Barmaid by William Ernest Henley
- Ballade of Dead Actors by William Ernest Henley
- Youth And Beauty by William Carlos Williams
- Heel & Toe To The End by William Carlos Williams
- from Book I, Paterson by William Carlos Williams
- Flowers By The Sea by William Carlos Williams
- Dedication For A Plot Of Ground by William Carlos Williams
- Danse Russe by William Carlos Williams
- Complete Destruction by William Carlos Williams
- Complaint by William Carlos Williams
- Children’s Games by William Carlos Williams
- Blizzard by William Carlos Williams
- Berket And The Stars by William Carlos Williams
- Aux Imagistes by William Carlos Williams
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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.