English Poetry. Richard Hovey. The Old Pine. Ричард Хави.

Richard Hovey (Ричард Хави) The Old Pine IT stood upon the hill like some old chief, And held communion with the cryptic wind, Keeping like some dim unforgotten grief The memory of the tribesmen autumn-skinned, Silent and slow as clouds, whose footing passed Down the remote trails of […]

English Poetry. Richard Hovey. John Keats. Ричард Хави.

Richard Hovey (Ричард Хави) John Keats IF thou canst not from some superior sphere Look down upon this world that gave thee birth Or from some glad abode of stingless mirth Bend hitherward thy godbright head to hear Some rainbow-winged etherial messenger Tell thee men worship now thy […]

English Poetry. Mark Akenside. Amoret. Марк Эйкенсайд.

Mark Akenside (Марк Эйкенсайд) Amoret If rightly tuneful bards decide, If it be fix’d in Love’s decrees, That Beauty ought not to be tried But by its native power to please, Then tell me, youths and lovers, tell— What fair can Amoret excel? Behold that bright unsullied […]