English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 5. Calamus. 8. The Base of All Metaphysics. Уолт Уитмен. Листья травы. 5. Из цикла «Аир благовонный». 8. Суть всей метафизики

Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 5. Calamus. 8. The Base of All Metaphysics And now gentlemen, A word I give to remain in your memories and minds, As base and finale too for all metaphysics. (So to the students the old professor, At the close […]

English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 5. Calamus. 7. Of the Terrible Doubt of Appearances. Уолт Уитмен. Листья травы. 5. Из цикла «Аир благовонный». 7. Страшное сомненье во всем

Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 5. Calamus. 7. Of the Terrible Doubt of Appearances Of the terrible doubt of appearances, Of the uncertainty after all, that we may be deluded, That may-be reliance and hope are but speculations after all, That may-be identity beyond the grave […]

English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 5. Calamus. 17. I Saw in Louisiana a Live-Oak Growing. Уолт Уитмен. Листья травы. 5. Из цикла «Аир благовонный». 17. Я видел дуб в Луизиане

Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 5. Calamus. 17. I Saw in Louisiana a Live-Oak Growing I saw in Louisiana a live-oak growing, All alone stood it and the moss hung down from the branches, Without any companion it grew there uttering joyous of dark green, And […]

English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 5. Calamus. 5. These I Singing in Spring. Уолт Уитмен. Листья травы. 5. Из цикла «Аир благовонный». 5. Эти песни пою я весной

Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 5. Calamus. 5. These I Singing in Spring These I singing in spring collect for lovers, (For who but I should understand lovers and all their sorrow and joy? And who but I should be the poet of comrades?) Collecting I […]

English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 5. Calamus. 4. For You, O Democracy. Уолт Уитмен. Листья травы. 5. Из цикла «Аир благовонный». 4. Для тебя, Демократия

Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 5. Calamus. 4. For You, O Democracy Come, I will make the continent indissoluble, I will make the most splendid race the sun ever shone upon, I will make divine magnetic lands, With the love of comrades, With the life-long love […]

English Poetry. Jones Very. The Fair Morning. Джонс Вери.

Jones Very (Джонс Вери) The Fair Morning The clear bright morning, with its scented air And gaily waving flowers, is here again; Man’s heart is lifted with the voice of prayer, And peace descends, as falls the gentle rain; The tuneful birds, that all the night have slept, […]

English Poetry. William Wordsworth. Anecdote for Fathers Shewing How the Art of Lying May Be Taugh. Уильям Вордсворт. История дня отцов, или как можно воспитать привычку ко лжи

William Wordsworth (Уильям Вордсворт) Anecdote for Fathers Shewing How the Art of Lying May Be Taugh I have a boy of five years old, His face is fair and fresh to see; His limbs are cast in beauty’s mould, And dearly he loves me. One morn we […]

English Poetry. Jones Very. Nature. Джонс Вери.

Jones Very (Джонс Вери) Nature The bubbling brook doth leap when I come by, Because my feet find measure with its call; The birds know when the friend they love is nigh, For I am known to them, both great and small. The flower that on the lonely […]

English Poetry. Jones Very. Change. Джонс Вери.

Jones Very (Джонс Вери) Change Father! there is no change to live with Thee, Save that in Christ I grow from day to day, In each new word I hear, each thing I see, I but rejoicing hasten on the way; The morning comes with blushes overspread, And […]

English Poetry. Jones Very. Faith. Джонс Вери.

Jones Very (Джонс Вери) Faith There is no faith; the mountain stands within Still unrebuked, its summit reaches heaven; And every action adds its load of sin, For every action wants the little leaven; There is no prayer; it is but empty sound, That stirs with frequent breath […]

English Poetry. Jones Very. The Poor. Джонс Вери.

Jones Very (Джонс Вери) The Poor I walk the streets and though not meanly drest, Yet none so poor as can with me compare; For none though weary call me into rest, And though I hunger, none their substance share; I ask not for my stay the broken […]

English Poetry. Jones Very. Memory. Джонс Вери.

Jones Very (Джонс Вери) Memory Soon the waves so lightly bounding All forget the tempest blast; Soon the pines so sadly sounding Cease to mourn the storm that’s past. Soon is hushed the voice of gladness Heard within the green wood’s breast; Yet come back no notes […]

English Poetry. Jones Very. Yourself. Джонс Вери.

Jones Very (Джонс Вери) Yourself ’Tis to yourself I speak; you cannot know Him whom I call in speaking such an one, For thou beneath the earth lie buried low, Which he alone as living walks upon; Thou mayst at times have heard him speak to you, And […]

English Poetry. Jones Very. The Clouded Morning. Джонс Вери.

Jones Very (Джонс Вери) The Clouded Morning The morning comes, and thickening clouds prevail, Hanging like curtains all the horizon round, Or overhead in heavy stillness sail; So still is day, it seems like night profound; Scarce by the city’s din the air is stirred, And dull and […]

English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 4. Children of Adam. 2. From Pent-Up Aching Rivers. Уолт Уитмен. Листья травы. 4. Из цикла «Дети Адама». 2. Запружены реки мои

Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 4. Children of Adam. 2. From Pent-Up Aching Rivers From pent-up aching rivers, From that of myself without which I were nothing, From what I am determin’d to make illustrious, even if I stand sole among men, From my own voice […]