English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. An Old Song. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) An Old Song Two roadways lead from This land to That; and one is the road of Prayer; And one is the road of Old Time Songs, and every note is a stair. A shabby old man with a music machine on […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Abelard to Heloise. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Abelard to Heloise Knowing the years of our delight were past, And those seductive days no more could lure, I sought religion’s fetters to make fast The sinful heart, that purposed to be pure. In this seclusion, to conceal my shame: In this […]
English Poetry. Janet Hamilton. Lines on the Trial of Madeline Smith for the Murder of L’Angelier. Джанет Гамильтон.
Janet Hamilton (Джанет Гамильтон) Lines on the Trial of Madeline Smith for the Murder of L’Angelier Shade of the hapless stranger, lost L’Angelier, Whose life’s young light was quenched in guilt and shame, Say haunts thou still the lane, the fatal gate, Where to thy arms the fair, […]
English Poetry. Janet Hamilton. Night Phases of Drunkenness. Джанет Гамильтон.
Janet Hamilton (Джанет Гамильтон) Night Phases of Drunkenness PHASE I The midnight hour hath chimed, The night is wild and cold; I see a trembling hand Yon cottage door unfold. A pale and furrowed face Peers forth into the storm; And o’er the threshold leans A bent […]
English Poetry. Janet Hamilton. The Highlands of Scotland. Джанет Гамильтон.
Janet Hamilton (Джанет Гамильтон) The Highlands of Scotland Queen of hundred ocean Isles, Rich in scenic grandeurs; Land of forest, hill, and glen, Where the tourist wanders. Land of torrent, lake, and stream, Wild sea-cliff and corry; Land of mist and legend old, Music, song, and story. […]
English Poetry. Janet Hamilton. A Lay of the Tambour Frame. Джанет Гамильтон.
Janet Hamilton (Джанет Гамильтон) A Lay of the Tambour Frame Bending with straining eyes Over the tambour frame, Never a change in her weary routine— Slave in all but the name. Tambour, ever tambour, Tambour the wreathing lines Of ‘broidered silk, till beauty’s robe In rainbow lustre shines. […]
English Poetry. Janet Hamilton. Effie. Джанет Гамильтон.
Janet Hamilton (Джанет Гамильтон) Effie A Ballad She was wearin’ awa’! she was wearin’ awa’! Wi’ the leaves in October, we thocht she wad fa’, For her cheek was owre red, an’ her e’e was owre bricht, Whaur the saul leukit oot like an angel o’ licht. […]
English Poetry. Janet Hamilton. Address and Welcome to J. B. Gough. Джанет Гамильтон.
Janet Hamilton (Джанет Гамильтон) Address and Welcome to J. B. Gough Welcome! Oh, welcome! in thy course of fame— Through rolling clouds of smoke and lurid flame, Belched from a hundred murky piles—at last Thou com’st, and scared Intemperance stands aghast. To charm the adder deaf, we lack […]
English Poetry. George MacDonald. Love Is Strength. Джордж Макдональд.
George MacDonald (Джордж Макдональд) Love Is Strength Love alone is great in might, Makes the heavy burden light, Smooths rough ways to weary feet, Makes the bitter morsel sweet: Love alone is strength! Might that is not born of Love Is not Might born from above, Has […]
English Poetry. Janet Hamilton. A Plea for the Deric. Джанет Гамильтон.
Janet Hamilton (Джанет Гамильтон) A Plea for the Deric Forgi’e, O forgi’e me, auld Scotlan’, my mither! Like an ill-deedie bairn I’ve ta’en up wi’ anither; And aft thy dear Doric aside I hae flung, To busk oot my sang wi’ the prood Southron tongue. They say […]
English Poetry. Janet Hamilton. Address to Garibaldi in His Retirement at Caprera, 1868. Джанет Гамильтон.
Janet Hamilton (Джанет Гамильтон) Address to Garibaldi in His Retirement at Caprera, 1868 Lone dweller of the stony isle! Dost thou at fortune’s caprice smile, Soars thy great mind above thy state, Serene amid the shocks of fate? Thou art a king! thou reign’st in all The hearts […]
English Poetry. Janet Hamilton. To William Logan. Джанет Гамильтон.
Janet Hamilton (Джанет Гамильтон) To William Logan On the Death of his aged Mother Mourn not, my Christian friend:—thy late removed, Thy sainted mother, cherished and beloved, In Jesus fell asleep.—Oh sorrow not As those who have no hope! Be ne’er forgot The hand Divine, that to […]
English Poetry. Janet Hamilton. “Bothwell Brig”. Джанет Гамильтон.
Janet Hamilton (Джанет Гамильтон) “Bothwell Brig” O, Bonnie Clyde! a shimmering gleam Oot owre thy rippling bosom plays, Whan frae the bricht blue sky o’ June The sun leuks doun on simmer days. But ne’er did glancin’ sunbeams glint, An’ owre thy dancin’ waters play Mair bricht, […]
English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 21. Drum-Taps. 15. Vigil Strange I Kept on the Field One Night. Уолт Уитмен. Листья травы. 21. Из цикла «Барабанный бой». 15. Странную стражу я нес в поле однажды ночью
Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 21. Drum-Taps. 15. Vigil Strange I Kept on the Field One Night Vigil strange I kept on the field one night; When you my son and my comrade dropt at my side that day, One look I but gave which your […]
English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 21. Drum-Taps. 12. An Army Corps on the March. Уолт Уитмен.
Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 21. Drum-Taps. 12. An Army Corps on the March With its cloud of skirmishers in advance, With now the sound of a single shot snapping like a whip, and now an irregular volley, The swarming ranks press on and on, the […]
English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 21. Drum-Taps. 11. Bivouac on a Mountain Side. Уолт Уитмен.
Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 21. Drum-Taps. 11. Bivouac on a Mountain Side I see before me now a traveling army halting, Below a fertile valley spread, with barns and the orchards of summer, Behind, the terraced sides of a mountain, abrupt, in places rising high, […]
English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 20. By the Roadside. 29. To The States [To Identify the 16th, 17th, or 18th Presidentiad]. Уолт Уитмен. Листья травы. 20. Из цикла «У дороги». 29. Нашим Штатам (В их 16-е, 17-е и 18-е президенства).
Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 20. By the Roadside. 29. To The States [To Identify the 16th, 17th, or 18th Presidentiad] Why reclining, interrogating? why myself and all drowsing? What deepening twilight-scum floating atop of the waters, Who are they as bats and night-dogs askant in […]
English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 20. By the Roadside. 28. Offerings. Уолт Уитмен.
Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 20. By the Roadside. 28. Offerings A thousand perfect men and women appear, Around each gathers a cluster of friends, and gay children and youths, with offerings. Walt Whitman’s other poems: Leaves of Grass. 35. Good-Bye My Fancy. 10. To the […]
English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 24. Autumn Rivulets. 4. Old Ireland. Уолт Уитмен.
Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 24. Autumn Rivulets. 4. Old Ireland Far hence amid an isle of wondrous beauty, Crouching over a grave an ancient sorrowful mother, Once a queen, now lean and tatter’d seated on the ground, Her old white hair drooping dishevel’d round her […]
English Poetry. George MacDonald. Traveller’s Song. Джордж Макдональд.
George MacDonald (Джордж Макдональд) Traveller’s Song Bands of dark and bands of light Lie athwart the homeward way; Now we cross a belt of Night, Now a strip of shining Day! Now it is a month of June, Now December’s shivering hour; Now rides high loved memories’ […]
English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 20. By the Roadside. 27. Locations and Times. Уолт Уитмен.
Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 20. By the Roadside. 27. Locations and Times Locations and times—what is it in me that meets them all, whenever and wherever, and makes me at home? Forms, colors, densities, odors—what is it in me that corresponds with them? Walt Whitman’s […]
English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 20. By the Roadside. 26. To Old Age. Уолт Уитмен.
Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 20. By the Roadside. 26. To Old Age I see in you the estuary that enlarges and spreads itself grandly as it pours in the great sea. Walt Whitman’s other poems: Leaves of Grass. 35. Good-Bye My Fancy. 10. To the […]
English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 20. By the Roadside. 25. Thought (Of Equality—as if it harm’d me). Уолт Уитмен.
Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 20. By the Roadside. 25. Thought (Of Equality—as if it harm’d me) Of Equality—as if it harm’d me, giving others the same chances and rights as myself—as if it were not indispensable to my own rights that others possess the same. […]
English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 20. By the Roadside. 24. Hast Never Come to Thee an Hour. Уолт Уитмен.
Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 20. By the Roadside. 24. Hast Never Come to Thee an Hour Hast never come to thee an hour, A sudden gleam divine, precipitating, bursting all these bubbles, fashions, wealth? These eager business aims—books, politics, art, amours, To utter nothingness? Walt […]
English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 21. Drum-Taps. 13. By the Bivouac’s Fitful Flame. Уолт Уитмен.
Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 21. Drum-Taps. 13. By the Bivouac’s Fitful Flame By the bivouac’s fitful flame, A procession winding around me, solemn and sweet and slow—but first I note, The tents of the sleeping army, the fields’ and woods’ dim outline, The darkness lit […]
English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 21. Drum-Taps. 22. Long, Too Long America. Уолт Уитмен. Листья травы. 21. Из цикла «Барабанный бой». 22. Долго, слишком долго, Америка
Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 21. Drum-Taps. 22. Long, Too Long America Long, too long America, Traveling roads all even and peaceful you learn’d from joys and prosperity only, But now, ah now, to learn from crises of anguish, advancing, grappling with direst fate and recoiling […]
English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 20. By the Roadside. 23. Gliding O’er all. Уолт Уитмен.
Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 20. By the Roadside. 23. Gliding O’er all Gliding o’er all, through all, Through Nature, Time, and Space, As a ship on the waters advancing, The voyage of the soul—not life alone, Death, many deaths I’ll sing. Walt Whitman’s other poems: […]
English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 20. By the Roadside. 22. Thought (Of justice—as If could be any thing but the same ample law). Уолт Уитмен.
Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 20. By the Roadside. 22. Thought (Of justice—as If could be any thing but the same ample law) Of justice—as If could be any thing but the same ample law, expounded by natural judges and saviors, As if it might be […]
English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 21. Drum-Taps. 7. Virginia—The West. Уолт Уитмен.
Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 21. Drum-Taps. 7. Virginia—The West The noble sire fallen on evil days, I saw with hand uplifted, menacing, brandishing, (Memories of old in abeyance, love and faith in abeyance,) The insane knife toward the Mother of All. The noble son […]
English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 21. Drum-Taps. 6. Rise O Days from Your Fathomless Deeps. Уолт Уитмен. Листья травы. 21. Из цикла «Барабанный бой». 6. Поднимайтесь, о дни, из бездонных глубин
Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 21. Drum-Taps. 6. Rise O Days from Your Fathomless Deeps 1 Rise O days from your fathomless deeps, till you loftier, fiercer sweep, Long for my soul hungering gymnastic I devour’d what the earth gave me, Long I roam’d amid […]
English Poetry. George MacDonald. A Birth-Day Wish. Джордж Макдональд.
George MacDonald (Джордж Макдональд) A Birth-Day Wish Who know thee, love: thy life be such That, ere the year be o’er, Each one who loves thee now so much, Even God, may love thee more! George MacDonald’s other poems: Born of Water Mary Magdalene Blind Bartimeus A Father […]
English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 21. Drum-Taps. 4. From Paumanok Starting I Fly Like a Bird. Уолт Уитмен.
Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 21. Drum-Taps. 4. From Paumanok Starting I Fly Like a Bird From Paumanok starting I fly like a bird, Around and around to soar to sing the idea of all, To the north betaking myself to sing there arctic songs, To […]
English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 20. By the Roadside. 21. Visor’d. Уолт Уитмен.
Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 20. By the Roadside. 21. Visor’d A mask, a perpetual natural disguiser of herself, Concealing her face, concealing her form, Changes and transformations every hour, every moment, Falling upon her even when she sleeps. Walt Whitman’s other poems: Leaves of Grass. […]
English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 20. By the Roadside. 20. Thought (Of obedience, faith, adhesiveness). Уолт Уитмен. Листья травы. 20. Из цикла «У дороги». 20. Мысль
Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 20. By the Roadside. 20. Thought (Of obedience, faith, adhesiveness) Of obedience, faith, adhesiveness; As I stand aloof and look there is to me something profoundly affecting in large masses of men following the lead of those who do not believe […]
English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 20. By the Roadside. 19. Mother and Babe. Уолт Уитмен. Листья травы. 20. Из цикла «У дороги». 19. Мать и дитя
Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 20. By the Roadside. 19. Mother and Babe I see the sleeping babe nestling the breast of its mother, The sleeping mother and babe—hush’d, I study them long and long. Перевод на русский язык Листья травы. 20. Из цикла «У дороги». […]
English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 20. By the Roadside. 18. Beautiful Women. Уолт Уитмен. Листья травы. 20. Из цикла «У дороги». 18. Красивые женщины
Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 20. By the Roadside. 18. Beautiful Women Women sit or move to and fro, some old, some young, The young are beautiful—but the old are more beautiful than the young. Перевод на русский язык Листья травы. 20. Из цикла «У дороги». […]
English Poetry. Henry Kendall. Leaves from Australian Forests (1869). Cleone. Генри Кендалл.
Henry Kendall (Генри Кендалл) Leaves from Australian Forests (1869). Cleone Sing her a song of the sun: Fill it with tones of the stream,— Echoes of waters that run Glad with the gladdening gleam. Let it be sweeter than rain, Lit by a tropical moon: Light in the […]
English Poetry. Henry Kendall. Leaves from Australian Forests (1869). Moss on a Wall. Генри Кендалл.
Henry Kendall (Генри Кендалл) Leaves from Australian Forests (1869). Moss on a Wall Dim dreams it hath of singing ways, Of far-off woodland water-heads, And shining ends of April days Amongst the yellow runnel-beds. Stoop closer to the ruined wall, Whereon the wilful wilding sleeps, As if […]
English Poetry. Henry Kendall. Leaves from Australian Forests (1869). The Hut by the Black Swamp. Генри Кендалл.
Henry Kendall (Генри Кендалл) Leaves from Australian Forests (1869). The Hut by the Black Swamp Now comes the fierce north-easter, bound About with clouds and racks of rain, And dry, dead leaves go whirling round In rings of dust, and sigh like pain Across the plain. Now […]
English Poetry. Henry Kendall. Leaves from Australian Forests (1869). Prefatory Sonnets. Генри Кендалл.
Henry Kendall (Генри Кендалл) Leaves from Australian Forests (1869). Prefatory Sonnets I I purposed once to take my pen and write, Not songs, like some, tormented and awry With passion, but a cunning harmony Of words and music caught from glen and height, And lucid colours born […]