English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. The Red Flower. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) The Red Flower In the pleasant time of Pentecost, By the little river Kyll, I followed the angler’s winding path Or waded the stream at will, And the friendly fertile German land Lay round me green and still. But […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. The Oxford Thrushes. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) The Oxford Thrushes FEBRUARY, 1917 I never thought again to hear The Oxford thrushes singing clear, Amid the February rain, Their sweet, indomitable strain. A wintry vapor lightly spreads Among the trees, and round the beds Where […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. The Name of France. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) The Name of France Give us a name to fill the mind With the shining thoughts that lead mankind, The glory of learning, the joy of art, — A name that tells of a splendid part In […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. The Mocking-Bird. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) The Mocking-Bird In mirth he mocks the other birds at noon, Catching the lilt of every easy tune; But when the day departs he sings of love,– His own wild song beneath the listening moon. Henry Van Dyke’s other poems: The […]
English Poetry. Isaac Watts. Against Quarreling and Fighting. Исаак Уоттс. Cтихи против тех, кто ссорится и дерётся
Isaac Watts (Исаак Уоттс) Against Quarreling and Fighting Let dogs delight to bark and bite, For God hath made them so: Let bears and lions growl and fight, For ’tis their nature, too. But, children, you should never let Such angry passions rise: Your little hands were […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. The Hermit Thrush. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) The Hermit Thrush O wonderful! How liquid clear The molten gold of that ethereal tone, Floating and falling through the wood alone, A hermit-hymn poured out for God to hear! 0 holy, holy, holy! Hyaline, Long light, low light, glory […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. The Heavenly Hills of Holland. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) * * * The heavenly hills of Holland,– How wondrously they rise Above the smooth green pastures Into the azure skies! With blue and purple hollows, With peaks of dazzling snow, Along the far horizon The clouds are marching […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. The Glory of Ships. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) The Glory of Ships The glory of ships is an old, old song, since the days when the sea-rovers ran In their open boats through the roaring surf, and the spread of the world began; The glory of ships […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. The Foolish Fir-Tree. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) The Foolish Fir-Tree A tale that the poet R”uckert told To German children, in days of old; Disguised in a random, rollicking rhyme Like a merry mummer of ancient time, And sent, in its English dress, to please The little folk […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. The Bells of Malines. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) The Bells of Malines AUGUST 17, 1914 The gabled roofs of old Malines Are russet red and gray and green, And o’er them in the sunset hour Looms, dark and huge, St. Rombold’s tower. High in that rugged nest […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. The Ancestral Dwelling. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) The Ancestral Dwelling Dear to my heart are the ancestral dwellings of America, Dearer than if they were haunted by ghosts of royal splendour; These are the homes that were built by the brave beginners of a nation, They are simple […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. Stars and the Soul. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) Stars and the Soul To Charles A. Young, Astronomer ”Two things,” the wise man said, ”fill me with awe: The starry heavens and the moral law.” Nay, add another wonder to thy roll, – The living marvel of the human […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. Spring in the South. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) Spring in the South Now in the oak the sap of life is welling, Tho’ to the bough the rusty leafage clings; Now on the elm the misty buds are swelling, See how the pine-wood grows alive with wings; Blue-jays fluttering, […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. Sea-Gulls of Manhattan. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) Sea-Gulls of Manhattan Children of the elemental mother, Born upon some lonely island shore Where the wrinkled ripples run and whisper, Where the crested billows plunge and roar; Long-winged, tireless roamers and adventurers, Fearless breasters of the wind […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. Reliance. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) Reliance Not to the swift, the race: Not to the strong, the fight: Not to the righteous, perfect grace: Not to the wise, the light. But often faltering feet Come surest to the goal; And […]
English Poetry. Oscar Wilde. Greece. Оскар Уайльд.
Oscar Wilde (Оскар Уайльд) Greece The sea was sapphire coloured, and the sky Burned like a heated opal through the air; We hoisted sail; the wind was blowing fair For the blue lands that to the eastward lie. From the steep prow I marked with quickening eye Zakynthos, […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. Pan Learns Music. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) Pan Learns Music Limber-limbed, lazy god, stretched on the rock, Where is sweet Echo, and where is your flock? What are you making here? ”Listen,” said Pan, – ”Out of a river-reed music for man!” Henry Van Dyke’s other poems: […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. One World. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) One World ”The worlds in which we live are two The world ’I am’ and the world ’I do.’” The worlds in which we live at heart are one, The world ”I am,” the fruit of ”I have done”; And […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. Nepenthe. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) Nepenthe Yes, it was like you to forget, And cancel in the welcome of your smile My deep arrears of debt, And with the putting forth of both your hands To sweep away the bars my folly set […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. National Monuments. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) National Monuments Count not the cost of honour to the dead! The tribute that a mighty nation pays To those who loved her well in former days Means more than gratitude for glories fled; For every noble man […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. Mother Earth. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) Mother Earth Mother of all the high-strung poets and singers departed, Mother of all the grass that weaves over their graves the glory of the field, Mother of all the manifold forms of life, deep-bosomed, patient, impassive, Silent brooder and nurse […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. Master of Music. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) Master of Music Glory of architect, glory of painter, and sculptor, and bard, Living forever in temple and picture and statue and song, – Look how the world with the lights that they lit is illumined and starred, Brief was the […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. Mare Liberum. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) Mare Liberum You dare to say with perjured lips, ”We fight to make the ocean free”? You, whose black trail of butchered ships Bestrews the bed of every sea Where German submarines have wrought Their horrors! […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. Love in a Look. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) Love in a Look Let me but feel thy look’s embrace, Transparent, pure, and warm, And I’ll not ask to touch thy face, Or fold thee with mine arm. For in thine eyes a girl doth rise, Arrayed in […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. Love. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) Love Let me but love my love without disguise, Nor wear a mask of fashion old or new, Nor wait to speak till I can hear a clue, Nor play a part to shine in others’ eyes, Nor bow my knees […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. Lights Out. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) Lights Out ”Lights out” along the land, ”Lights out” upon the sea. The night must put her hiding hand O’er peaceful towns where children sleep, And peaceful ships that darkly creep Across the waves, as if they were not free. […]
English Poetry. Oscar Wilde. Le Panneau. Оскар Уайльд.
Oscar Wilde (Оскар Уайльд) Le Panneau Under the rose-tree’s dancing shade There stands a little ivory girl, Pulling the leaves of pink and pearl With pale green nails of polished jade. The red leaves fall upon the mould, The white leaves flutter, one by one, Down to […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. Light Between the Trees. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) Light Between the Trees Long, long, long the trail Through the brooding forest-gloom, Down the shadowy, lonely vale Into silence, like a room Where the light of life has fled, And the jealous curtains close Round the passionless repose Of the […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. Keats. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) Keats The melancholy gift Aurora gained From Jove, that her sad lover should not see The face of death, no goddess asked for thee, My Keats! But when the crimson blood-drop stained Thy pillow, thou didst read the fate ordained, […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee Joyful, joyful we adore Thee, God of glory, Lord of love, Hearts unfold like flowers before Thee, hail Thee as the sun above. Melt the clouds of sin and sadness, drive the dark of […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. Jeanne d’Arc Returns. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) Jeanne d’Arc Returns 1914-1916 What hast thou done, O womanhood of France, Mother and daughter, sister, sweetheart, wife, What hast thou done, amid this fateful strife, To prove the pride of thine inheritance In this fair land of freedom […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. Jeanne d’Arc. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) Jeanne d’Arc The land was broken in despair, The princes quarrelled in the dark, When clear and tranquil, through the troubled air Of selfish minds and wills that did not dare, Your star arose, Jeanne d’Arc. O virgin breast with […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. Hymn of Joy. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) Hymn of Joy To the music of Beethoven’s ninth symphony Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee, God of glory, Lord of love; Hearts unfold like flowers before Thee, Praising Thee their sun above. Melt the clouds […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. Hide and Seek. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) Hide and Seek All the trees are sleeping, all the winds are still, All the flocks of fleecy clouds have wandered past the hill; Through the noonday silence, down the woods of June, Hark, a little hunter’s voice comes running with […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. Hesper. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) Hesper Her eyes are like the evening air, Her voice is like a rose, Her lips are like a lovely song, That ripples as it flows, And she herself is sweeter than The sweetest thing she knows. A slender, […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. Gratitude. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) Gratitude ”Do you give thanks for this? — or that?” No, God be thanked I am not grateful In that cold, calculating way, with blessing ranked As one, two, three, and four, — that would be hateful. I […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. Fire-Fly City. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) Fire-Fly City Like a long arrow through the dark the train is darting, Bearing me far away, after a perfect day of love’s delight: Wakeful with all the sad-sweet memories of parting, I lift the narrow window-shade and look out on […]
English Poetry. Oscar Wilde. Madonna Mia. Оскар Уайльд.
Oscar Wilde (Оскар Уайльд) Madonna Mia A LILY-GIRL, not made for this world’s pain, With brown, soft hair close braided by her ears, And longing eyes half veiled by slumberous tears Like bluest water seen through mists of rain: Pale cheeks whereon no love hath left its stain, […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. Edmund Clarence Stedman. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) Edmund Clarence Stedman Oh, quick to feel the lightest touch Of beauty or of truth, Rich in the thoughtfulness of age, The hopefulness of youth, The courage of the gentle heart, The wisdom of the pure, The strength of finely […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. Christ of Everywhere. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) Christ of Everywhere ”Christ of the Andes,” Christ of Everywhere, Great lover of the hills, the open air, And patient lover of impatient men Who blindly strive and sin and strive again, — Thou Living Word, larger […]