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:
- The City Limits poem – A. R. Ammons poems | Poetry Monster
- A Shropshire Lad poem – John Betjeman poems | Poems and Poetry
- The Dolls by William Butler Yeats
- Олег Григорьев – Вперед не рвись
- Farmers Market by Mary TallMountain
- Poet’s Corner poem – Alfred Austin
- Владимир Костров – Просыпаюсь от сердечной боли
- Олег Бундур – Вращения
- Immigranten by Ndue Ukaj
- Как хорошо, что рядом верная подруга
- Olney Hymn 22: Prayer For A Blessing In The Young by William Cowper
- Юлия Друнина – Геологиня
- Sonnet 95: How sweet and lovely dost thou make the shame by William Shakespeare
- Untitled #12 by Nijole Miliauskaite
- E.A. Nov. 6, 1900 by John Oxenham
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
- Sonnet I
- Sonnet 12
- Sonnet 11
- Sonnet 10
- Sonnet 08
- Sonnet 07
- Sonnet 06
- Sonnet 05
- Sonnet 04
- Sonnet 03
- Sonnet 02
- Sonnet 01
- Resurgam
- Rendezvous
- On The Cliffs Newport
- On A Theme In The Greek Anthology
- Ode In Memory Of The American Volunteers Fallen For France
- Maktoob
- Lyonesse
- Liebestod
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
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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