English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 29. To Think of Time. Уолт Уитмен. Листья травы. 29. Мысли о времени
Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 29. To Think of Time 1 To think of time—of all that retrospection, To think of to-day, and the ages continued henceforward. Have you guess’d you yourself would not continue? Have you dreaded these earth-beetles? Have you fear’d the […]
English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 25. Proud Music of the Storm. Уолт Уитмен. Листья травы. 25. Гордая музыка бури
Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 25. Proud Music of the Storm 1 Proud music of the storm, Blast that careers so free, whistling across the prairies, Strong hum of forest tree-tops—wind of the mountains, Personified dim shapes—you hidden orchestras, You serenades of phantoms with instruments […]
English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 24. Autumn Rivulets. 38. The Prairie States. Уолт Уитмен.
Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 24. Autumn Rivulets. 38. The Prairie States A newer garden of creation, no primal solitude, Dense, joyous, modern, populous millions, cities and farms, With iron interlaced, composite, tied, many in one, By all the world contributed—freedom’s and law’s and thrift’s society, […]
English Poetry. Henry Vaughan. A Song to Amoret. Генри Воэн.
Henry Vaughan (Генри Воэн) A Song to Amoret If I were dead, and, in my place, Some fresher youth designed To warm thee, with new fires; and grace Those arms I left behind: Were he as faithful as the Sun, That’s wedded to the Sphere; His blood […]
English Poetry. Henry Kendall. Leaves from Australian Forests (1869). Mountain Moss. Генри Кендалл.
Henry Kendall (Генри Кендалл) Leaves from Australian Forests (1869). Mountain Moss It lies amongst the sleeping stones, Far down the hidden mountain glade; And past its brink the torrent moans For ever in a dreamy shade. A little patch of dark-green moss, Whose softness grew of quiet […]
English Poetry. Henry Kendall. Leaves from Australian Forests (1869). Faith in God. Генри Кендалл.
Henry Kendall (Генри Кендалл) Leaves from Australian Forests (1869). Faith in God Have faith in God. For whosoever lists To calm conviction in these days of strife, Will learn that in this steadfast stand exists The scholarship severe of human life. This face to face with doubt! […]
English Poetry. Henry Kendall. Leaves from Australian Forests (1869). On the Paroo. Генри Кендалл.
Henry Kendall (Генри Кендалл) Leaves from Australian Forests (1869). On the Paroo As when the strong stream of a wintering sea Rolls round our coast, with bodeful breaks of storm, And swift salt rain, and bitter wind that saith Wild things and woeful of the White South Land […]
English Poetry. Henry Kendall. Leaves from Australian Forests (1869). Sutherland’s Grave. Генри Кендалл.
Henry Kendall (Генри Кендалл) Leaves from Australian Forests (1869). Sutherland’s Grave All night long the sea out yonder—all night long the wailful sea, Vext of winds and many thunders, seeketh rest unceasingly! Seeketh rest in dens of tempest, where, like one distraught with pain, Shouts the wild-eyed sprite, […]
English Poetry. Henry Kendall. Leaves from Australian Forests (1869). Twelve Sonnets. Генри Кендалл.
Henry Kendall (Генри Кендалл) Leaves from Australian Forests (1869). Twelve Sonnets I A Mountain Spring Peace hath an altar there. The sounding feet Of thunder and the ‘wildering wings of rain Against fire-rifted summits flash and beat, And through grey upper gorges swoop and strain; But […]
English Poetry. Henry Kendall. Leaves from Australian Forests (1869). King Saul at Gilboa. Генри Кендалл.
Henry Kendall (Генри Кендалл) Leaves from Australian Forests (1869). King Saul at Gilboa With noise of battle and the dust of fray, Half hid in fog, the gloomy mountain lay; But Succoth’s watchers, from their outer fields, Saw fits of flame and gleams of clashing shields; For, where […]
English Poetry. Henry Kendall. Leaves from Australian Forests (1869). By the Sea. Генри Кендалл.
Henry Kendall (Генри Кендалл) Leaves from Australian Forests (1869). By the Sea The caves of the sea have been troubled to-day With the water which whitens, and widens, and fills; And a boat with our brother was driven away By a wind that came down from the tops […]
English Poetry. Henry Kendall. Leaves from Australian Forests (1869). Coogee. Генри Кендалл.
Henry Kendall (Генри Кендалл) Leaves from Australian Forests (1869). Coogee Sing the song of wave-worn Coogee, Coogee in the distance white, With its jags and points disrupted, gaps and fractures fringed with light; Haunt of gledes, and restless plovers of the melancholy wail Ever lending deeper pathos to […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Inborn. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Inborn As long as men have eyes wherewith to gaze, As long as men have eyes, The sight of beauty to their sense shall be As mighty winds are to a sleeping sea When stormy billows rise. And beauty’s smile shall stir youth’s […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. If Christ Came Questioning. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) If Christ Came Questioning If Christ came questioning His world to-day, (If Christ came questioning,) ‘What hast thou done to glorify thy God, Since last My feet this lower earth plane trod?’ How could I answer Him; and in what way One evidence […]
English Poetry. Rupert Chawner Brooke. The Life Beyond. Руперт Брук.
Rupert Chawner Brooke (Руперт Брук) The Life Beyond He wakes, who never thought to wake again, Who held the end was Death. He opens eyes Slowly, to one long livid oozing plain Closed down by the strange eyeless heavens. He lies; And waits; and once in timeless sick […]
English Poetry. William Wordsworth. The Tables Turned, an Evening Scene on the Same Subject . Уильям Вордсворт. Все наоборот
William Wordsworth (Уильям Вордсворт) The Tables Turned, an Evening Scene on the Same Subject Up! up! my Friend, and quit your books; Or surely you’ll grow double: Up! up! my Friend, and clear your looks; Why all this toil and trouble? The sun, above the mountain’s head, […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. How the White Rose Came. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) How the White Rose Came The roses all were pink and red, Before the Bumble Bee, A lover bold, with cloak of gold, Came singing merrily Along the sunlit ways that led From woodland, and from lea. He paused beside an opening […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. His Mansion. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) His Mansion There was a thought he hid from all men’s eyes, And by his prudent life and deeds of worth He left a goodly record upon earth As one both pure and wise. But when he reached a dark unsightly door […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Her Love. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Her Love The sands upon the ocean side That change about with every tide, And never true to one abide, A woman’s love I liken to. The summer zephyrs, light and vain, That sing the same alluring strain To every grass blade […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Happiness. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Happiness There are so many little things which make life beautiful. I can recall a day in early youth when I was longing for happiness. Toward the western hills I gazed, watching for its approach. The hills lay between me and the setting […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Dream Town. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Dream Town Now who is ready to go with me Off and away to dream town? Oh, such a journey as that will be, All dressed in a snow white gown. No shoe or stocking, they think it shocking To wear such things […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Display. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Display Oh households wherein skeletons abide! Keep the dark closet closed, nor think it wise To throw the door open for stranger eyes, To see the grinning, fleshless thing inside. I hate that senseless, imbecile display Of loathsome things, that calls the […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Departed. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Departed Love reigned King in my heart one day, Reigned with his courtiers three– Belief unspoken, Trust unbroken, And Faith as deep as the sea. And I cried in sweet pain, “Oh long may they reign, And my heart be their kingdom alway.” […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Daily Talks. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Daily Talks So much I miss those daily talks with you, O my Beloved! Though you answer not, (In any manner that of old I knew) Yet will I seek in each familiar spot, To bring your sympathetic spirit near Where it may […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Sonnets of Sorrow. 13. We scaled all heights, we probed all depths of passion. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Sonnets of Sorrow. 13. We scaled all heights, we probed all depths of passion We scaled all heights, we probed all depths of passion; Soul spoke to soul and flesh thrilled unto flesh. Our love rose from the senses, lotus fashion, And bloomed […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Sonnets of Sorrow. 18. The wise ones tell me that my heart’s wild clamour. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Sonnets of Sorrow. 18. The wise ones tell me that my heart’s wild clamour The wise ones tell me that my heart’s wild clamour Must change to calm before I feel you near. While Pain beats on it with its hob-nailed hammer, How […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Sonnets of Sorrow. 7. This thought I welcome only, of the train. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Sonnets of Sorrow. 7. This thought I welcome only, of the train This thought I welcome only, of the train That drove joy from its hive within my breast, Turned honey into gall, turned peace to pain And sent hope forth upon a […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Sonnets of Sorrow. 2. I know my heart has always been devout. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Sonnets of Sorrow. 2. I know my heart has always been devout I know my heart has always been devout, And faith burned in me like a clear white flame, There was no room among my thoughts for doubt, Though hopes were thwarted […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Sonnets of Sorrow. 11. What boundless wealth of love!. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Sonnets of Sorrow. 11. What boundless wealth of love! “What boundless wealth of love!” The sentence stays And lends wan lustre to each leaded hour. I am as one who in bleak autumn days Recalls the beauty of his rose-wreathed bower. I am […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Sonnets of Sorrow. 21. So many mansions in our Father’s house. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Sonnets of Sorrow. 21. So many mansions in our Father’s house So many mansions in our Father’s house, So many paths that lead out onward There, Perchance when first from slumber we arouse We must for longer journeyings prepare. I do recall a […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Sonnets of Sorrow. 15. Loving you so I loved the world entire. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Sonnets of Sorrow. 15. Loving you so I loved the world entire Loving you so I loved the world entire, Your friends, your kin, yea, all created life, My heart seemed glowing with a holy fire And every thought with tenderness was rife. […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Sonnets of Sorrow. 9. From land to land, from coast to bloody coast. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Sonnets of Sorrow. 9. From land to land, from coast to bloody coast From land to land, from coast to bloody coast, Our planet trembles with loud sounds of strife. The seas are ravaged by a warring host, The air is filled with […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Sonnets of Sorrow. 4. My earthly friends, however occupied. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Sonnets of Sorrow. 4. My earthly friends, however occupied My earthly friends, however occupied, With their own joys or troubles, came or sent Some sympathetic message! Each one tried To soothe the heart by sudden anguished rent. But from that Higher Realm where […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Songs from the Turret. 8. Now do I know how Paradise doth seem. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Songs from the Turret. 8. Now do I know how Paradise doth seem Now do I know how Paradise doth seem, Now do I know the deep red depths of hell. Swift from those fair supernal heights I fell To burning flames of […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Songs from the Turret. 12. The moon flower, grown from a slip so slender. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Songs from the Turret. 12. The moon flower, grown from a slip so slender The moon flower, grown from a slip so slender, Has burst in a star bloom, full and white. The air is filled with a perfume tender, The breath that […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Songs from the Turret. 5. If I were a rain drop, and you were a leaf. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Songs from the Turret. 5. If I were a rain drop, and you were a leaf If I were a rain drop, and you were a leaf, I would burst from the cloud above you And lie on your breast in a rapture […]
English Poetry. Rupert Chawner Brooke. Tiare Tahiti. Руперт Брук.
Rupert Chawner Brooke (Руперт Брук) Tiare Tahiti Mamua, when our laughter ends, And hearts and bodies, brown as white, Are dust about the doors of friends, Or scent ablowing down the night, Then, oh! then, the wise agree, Comes our immortality. Mamua, there waits a land Hard for […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Two Ghosts. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Two Ghosts Two dead men boarded a spectral ship In the astral Port of Space; On that ghost-filled barque, they met in the dark, And halted, face to face. ‘Now whither away’–called one of the ghosts, ‘This ship sets sail for Earth. […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. True Warriors. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) True Warriors Not always those who walk on steadily, In the straight path, where martyr’s feet have trod, Whose raiments seem of spotless purity, Not always are they most beloved of God. Although he sees, and knows their righteousness, And from his throne, […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Voyages. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Voyages It was some times in the late Spring, But oftener in the Fall, When the Gypsy blood woke in you, And I would hear you call– ‘Oh, put your hand in mine, dear, And come along with me; It’s a fair world–a […]