A poem by Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
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:
- To A Young Lady Who Had Been Reproached For Taking Long Walks In The Country by William Wordsworth
- Иннокентий Анненский – Листы
- The Passing Show poem – Ambrose Bierce poems | Poems and Poetry
- Robert Burns: I Reign In Jeanie’s Bosom:
- Epigram on an Innkeeper (“The Marquis”) by Robert Burns
- Нина Воронель – Запахи детства еще не забыты
- Robert Burns: Lovely Young Jessie:
- A Song of an Autumn Night. by Wang Wei
- Валерий Брюсов – Гребцы триремы
- The Silent Lover ii by Sir Walter Raleigh
- Solar Eclipse by Siegfried Sassoon
- Sonnet 68: Thus is his cheek the map of days outworn by William Shakespeare
- Sonnet 140: Be wise as thou art cruel; do not press by William Shakespeare
- On The Death of Mr. Snider Murder’d By Richardson by Phillis Wheatley
- The First Part: Sonnet 12 – Ah! burning thoughts, now let me take some rest, by William Drummond
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
- Peddler Road Flyover by Vinita Agrawal
- Pay your last respects by Vinaya Kumar Hanumanthappa
- My rains by Vinko Kalinic
- My mother was telling me by Vinko Kalinic
- My angel’s face by Vinko Kalinić
- Missing Person by Vinita Agrawal
- Mi ha el by Vinko Kalinić
- Manifesto for your smile and my songs by Vinko Kalinic
- Lets go by Vinko Kalinić
- Legacy by Vinko Kalinić
- Joy of giving by Vinaya Kumar Hanumanthappa
- Instead of farewell by Vinko Kalinić
- If you love the life by Vinko Kalinić
- I don’t want to have you by Vinko Kalinic
- I am your friend by Vinaya Kumar Hanumanthappa
- I’ve dreamt of dreaming ’bout you by Vinko Kalinić
- House For Sale by Vinita Agrawal
- Hey! Mr.Pothole by Vinaya Kumar Hanumanthappa
- Happy Teacher’s Day by Vinaya Kumar Hanumanthappa
- Get together by Vinaya Kumar Hanumanthappa
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
Search engines:
Yandex – the best search engine for searches in Russian (and the best overall image search engine, in any language, anywhere)
Qwant – the best search engine for searches in French, German as well as Romance and Germanic languages.
Ecosia – a search engine that supposedly… plants trees
Duckduckgo – the real alternative and a search engine that actually works. Without much censorship or partisan politics.
Yahoo– yes, it’s still around, amazingly, miraculously, incredibly, but now it seems to be powered by Bing.
Parallel Translations of Poetry
The Poetry Repository – an online library of poems, poetry, verse and poetic works