English Poetry. Anne Brontë. Despondency. Энн Бронте.

Anne Brontë (Энн Бронте) Despondency I have gone backward in the work, The labour has not sped, Drowsy and dark my spirit lies, Heavy and dull as lead. How can I rouse my sinking soul From such a lethargy? How can I break these iron chains, And set […]

English Poetry. Norman Rowland Gale. A Long Grace. Норман Гейл.

Norman Rowland Gale (Норман Гейл) A Long Grace (W.G. Grace’s XI. versus XXII. of Bath.) Nothing went right. The Champion cut And drove and glanced, and cut again, Till every bowler we possessed Deep down within his smarting breast Half wished he’d lost that early train! Dobbin […]

English Poetry. Anne Brontë. The Captive Dove. Энн Бронте.

Anne Brontë (Энн Бронте) The Captive Dove Poor restless dove, I pity thee; And when I hear thy plaintive moan, I mourn for thy captivity, And in thy woes forget mine own. To see thee stand prepared to fly, And flap those useless wings of thine, And gaze […]

English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 24. Autumn Rivulets. 22. Sparkles from the Wheel. Уолт Уитмен. Листья травы. 24. Из цикла «Осенние ручьи». 22. Искры из-под ножа

Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 24. Autumn Rivulets. 22. Sparkles from the Wheel Where the city’s ceaseless crowd moves on the livelong day, Withdrawn I join a group of children watching, I pause aside with them. By the curb toward the edge of the flagging, […]

English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 24. Autumn Rivulets. 32. The Ox-Tamer. Уолт Уитмен. Листья травы. 24. Из цикла «Осенние ручьи». 32. Укротитель быков

Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 24. Autumn Rivulets. 32. The Ox-Tamer In a far-away northern county in the placid pastoral region, Lives my farmer friend, the theme of my recitative, a famous tamer of oxen, There they bring him the three-year-olds and the four-year-olds to break […]