English poem
On Certain Ladies
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.
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- On A Fan Of The Author's Design
- On a Fan of the Author's Design, in Which Was Painted the Story of Cephalus and Procris, With the Motto, 'aura Veni.'
- On An Old Gate. Erected In Chiswick Gardens.
- On Bentley's 'Milton.'
- On Drawings Of The Statues Of Apollo, Venus, And Hercules, Made For Pope By Sir Godfrey Kneller.
- On Her Leaving The Town After The Coronation.[74]
- On His Grotto At Twickenham
- On His Grotto At Twickenham, Composed Of Marbles, Spars, Gems, Ores, And Minerals.