English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Jenny Lind. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Jenny Lind There was a something in your song, men say No later singer voices: some strange power Like to the essence in a rare June day, Or like the subtle perfume of a flower. Awed and inspired, your listeners turned away, […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. A Curious Story. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) A Curious Story I heard such a curious story Of Santa Claus: once, so they say, He set out to see what people were kind, Before he took presents their way. ’This year I will give but to givers, To those who make […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. A Crushed Leaf. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) A Crushed Leaf An hour ago when the wind blew high At my lady’s window a red leaf beat. Then dropped at her door, where, passing by, She carelessly trod it under her feet. I have taken it out of the […]
English Poetry. Gilbert Keith Chesterton. The Modern Manichee. Гилберт Кит Честертон.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton (Гилберт Кит Честертон) The Modern Manichee He sayeth there is no sin, and all his sin Swells round him into a world made merciless; The midnight of his universe of shame Is the vast shadow of his shamelessness. He blames all that begat him, gods […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Returned Birds. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Returned Birds My heart to-day is like a southern wood, Through summer months it has been drunk with heat; And slumbered on unmindful of the beat Of life beyond it: sleep alone seemed good. Now milder Autumn’s tints are in the […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Met. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Met How odd and strange seems our meeting Like a grim rendezvous of the dead. All day I have sat here repeating The commonplace things that we said. They sounded so oddly when uttered– They sound just as odd to me now; Was […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. A Man’s Good-Bye. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) A Man’s Good-Bye Do you think, dear, as you say Such a light good-bye to-day, That this parting time may be Mayhaps less to you, than me? What a wonder of surprise Looks out from your sunny eyes. ’Just a nice acquaintance.’ […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. The Search. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) The Search The rain falls long, and the rain falls light, With a desolate drip–drop, sad to hear. But never a star shines through the night As I sit afar, from the world anear. Down in the parlour some one sings; […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Noon. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Noon As some contented bird doth coo She trilled a song of fond delight, The while she spread the cloth of white, And set the cups and plates for two. She leaned beyond the window sill, And looked along the busy […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Spirit of a Great Control. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) * * * Spirit of a Great Control, Gird me with thy strength and might, Essence of the Over-Soul– Fill me, thrill me with thy light; Though the waves of sorrow beat Madly at my very feet, Though the night and storm […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. The Law (The tide of love swells in me with such force). Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) The Law (The tide of love swells in me with such force) The tide of love swells in me with such force, It sweeps away all hate and all distrust. As eddying straws and particles of dust Are lost by some swift river […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Reverie. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Reverie The day has been wild and stormy, And full of the wind’s unrest, And I sat down alone by the window, While the sunset dyed the West; And the holy rush of twilight, As the day went over the hill, Like […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. New Year (The year like a ship in the distance). Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) New Year (The year like a ship in the distance) The year like a ship in the distance Comes over life’s mystical sea. We know not what change of existence ’Tis bringing to you or to me. But we wave out the ship […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. The Night. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) The Night Oh! give me the night, the dark, dark night, The night with never a star. When the stars are veiled and the moon has sailed Beyond the horizon’s bar. When thought grows weary of groping its way Through darkness dense […]
English Poetry. Gilbert Keith Chesterton. The Higher Unity. Гилберт Кит Честертон.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton (Гилберт Кит Честертон) The Higher Unity The Rev. Isaiah Bunter has disappeared into the interior of the Solomon Islands, and it is feared that he may have been devoured by the natives, as there has been a considerable revival of religious […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. A Dream (In the night I dreamed that you had died). Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) A Dream (In the night I dreamed that you had died) In the night I dreamed that you had died, And I thought you lay in your winding sheet; And I kneeled low by your coffin side, With my cheek on your heart […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Discontent. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Discontent Like a thorn in the flesh, like a fly in the mesh, Like a boat that is chained to shore, The wild unrest of the heart in my breast Tortures me more and more. I wot not why, it should wail […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Go Back. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Go Back When winds of March by the springtime bidden Over the great earth race and shout, Forth from my breast where it long hath hidden My same old sorrow comes creeping out. I think each winter–its life is ended, For […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. The Arrival. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) The Arrival ’What do I hear at the window? Did some one call me?’ Nay, It was only the wind, my darling, Grieving the night away. Only the wind and the casement Talking as two friends may. ’But now I hear […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Before and After. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Before and After Before I lost my love, he said to me: ’Sweetheart, I like deep azure tints on you.’ But I, perverse as any girl will be Who has too many lovers, wore not blue. He said, ’I love to see […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Estranged. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Estranged So well I knew your habits and your ways, That like a picture painted on the skies, At the sweet closing of the summer days, You stand before my eyes. I see you on the old verandah there, While slow […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Parting. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Parting Lean down, and kiss me, O my love, my own; The day is near when thy fond heart will miss me; And o’er my low green bed, with bitter moan, Thou wilt lean down, but cannot clasp or kiss me. […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Spectres. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Spectres How terrible these nights are when alone With our scarred hearts, we sit in solitude, And some old sorrow, to the world unknown, Does suddenly with silent steps intrude. After the guests departed, and the light Burned dimly in my […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. When My Sweet Lady Sings. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) When My Sweet Lady Sings When she, my lady, smiles, I feel as one who, lost in darksome wilds, Sees suddenly the sun in middle sky Shining upon him like a great glad eye. When my sweet lady smiles. When she, […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. A Man’s Reverie. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) A Man’s Reverie How cold the old porch seems. A dreary chill Creeps upward from the river at twilight, And yet, I like to linger here at night, And dream the summer tarries with us still. The summer and the summer […]
English Poetry. Gilbert Keith Chesterton. The Ballad of St. Barbara. Гилберт Кит Честертон.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton (Гилберт Кит Честертон) The Ballad of St. Barbara (St Barbara is the patron saint of gunners, and those in danger of sudden death.) When the long grey lines came flooding upon Paris in the plain, We stood and drank of the last free air […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Found. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Found Found–as I rushed through the great world’s mart, In a race for gold and a pleasure quest, A passionate, throbbing human heart Suddenly found in my breast. I had always laughed at the foolish word; I had said aloud in my […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. No Place. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) No Place When days grow long, and brain and hands grow weary, And hot the city street, Forth to the haunts, by cooling winds made cheery We fly with willing feet. We leave our cares and labours all behind us, The […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Good Night. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Good Night The day is at its golden height, No shadow falls on sea or land; And yet to thee I say Good night, As we stand here hand clasped in hand, Good night–Good night. The laughing waves are summer blue, […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. The Bridal Eve. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) The Bridal Eve I stand in the blaze of the candle rays, While my merry maidens three Arrange each tress, and loop my dress, And render me fair to see. But oh! for the eyes that never again Will smile like the […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Simple Creeds. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Simple Creeds If this were our creed it were creed enough To keep us thoughtful and make us brave; On this sad journey o’er pathways rough That lead us steadily on to the grave. Speak no evil, and cause no ache, Utter […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Circumstance. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Circumstance Talk not to me of souls that do conceive Sublime ideals, but, deterred by Fate And bound by circumstances, sit desolate, And long for heights they never can achieve. It is not so. That which we most desire, With understanding, we […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Only in Dreams. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Only in Dreams How strange are dreams. Last night I dreamed about you. All that old bitterness of loss and pain, The desolation of my lot without you, The keen regret, all, all came back again. Again I faced that terrible […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. On Rainy Days. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) On Rainy Days On rainy days old dreams arise, From graves where they have lonely lain; With wan white cheeks and mournful eyes, They press against the window pane. One dream is bolder than the rest: She enters at the door and […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Incomplete. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Incomplete The summer is just in its grandest prime, The earth is green and the skies are blue; But where is the lilt of the olden time, When life was a melody set to rhyme, And dreams were so real they all […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Love’s Burial. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Love’s Burial See him quake and see him tremble, See him gasp for breath. Nay, dear, he does not dissemble, This is really Death. He is weak, and worn, and wasted, Bear him to his bier. All there is of life he’s […]
English Poetry. Gilbert Keith Chesterton. Rotarians. Гилберт Кит Честертон.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton (Гилберт Кит Честертон) Rotarians The Symbol The speaking at the Rotary is Praise devoid of Proof The talking at the Rotary turns mostly on the oof But both require an Emblem; and a Wheel is just the thing When you argue in a circle […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Which. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Which We are both of us sad at heart, But I wonder who can say Which has the harder part, Or the bitterer grief to-day. You grieve for a love that was lost Before it had reached its prime; I sit […]
English Poetry. Alexander Brome. To his Mistress affrighted in the wars. Александр Бром.
Alexander Brome (Александр Бром) To his Mistress affrighted in the wars 1. COme sigh no more, but kiss again, These troubles shall never trouble me; Your sighs are but wind, and your sorrows vain; They’l never the sooner for us agree. Let Canons keep roaring And bullets […]
English Poetry. Alexander Brome. A Dialogue. Александр Бром.
Alexander Brome (Александр Бром) A Dialogue 1. Amoret. O For the balmy coral of a lip! Where I with kissing Chymistry may sip. Castalian quaffs of Nectar to delight me, And every kiss may to a new invite me. Oenophil. Give me a bowl wherein I’ll […]