English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. Hyla Brook. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) Hyla Brook By June our brook’s run out of song and speed. Sought for much after that, it will be found Either to have gone groping underground (And taken with it all the Hyla breed That shouted in the mist a […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. Design. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) Design I found a dimpled spider, fat and white, On a white heal-all, holding up a moth Like a white piece of rigid satin cloth – Assorted characters of death and blight Mixed ready to begin the morning right, Like the […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. The Silken Tent. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) The Silken Tent She is as in a field a silken tent At midday when the sunny summer breeze Has dried the dew and all its ropes relent, So that in guys it gently sways at ease, And its supporting central […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. The Rose Family. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) The Rose Family The rose is a rose, And was always a rose. But the theory now goes That the apple’s a rose, And the pear is, and so’s The plum, I suppose. The dear only know What will next […]
English Poetry. Robert Southey. High In The Air Exposed. Роберт Саути.
Robert Southey (Роберт Саути) * * * High in the air exposed the slave is hung, To all the birds of heaven, their living food! He groans not, though awaked by that fierce sun New torturers live to drink their parent blood; He groans not, though the gorging […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. Putting in the Seed. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) Putting in the Seed You come to fetch me from my work to-night When supper’s on the table, and we’ll see If I can leave off burying the white Soft petals fallen from the apple tree (Soft petals, yes, but not […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. Two Tramps in Mud Time. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) Two Tramps in Mud Time Out of the mud two strangers came And caught me splitting wood in the yard, And one of them put me off my aim By hailing cheerily ”Hit them hard!” I knew pretty well why he had […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. Mending Wall. Роберт Ли Фрост. Починка стены
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) Mending Wall Something there is that doesn’t love a wall, That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it And spills the upper boulder in the sun, And make gaps even two can pass abreast. The work of hunters is another thing: I have come […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. Ghost House. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) Ghost House I DWELL in a lonely house I know That vanished many a summer ago, And left no trace but the cellar walls, And a cellar in which the daylight falls, And the purple-stemmed wild raspberries […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. Dust of Snow. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) Dust of Snow The way a crow Shook down on me The dust of snow From a hemlock tree Has given my heart A change of mood And saved some part Of a day I had rued. Robert Lee Frost’s other poems: […]
English Poetry. Robert Burns. Kenmure’s on and awa. Роберт Бернс. «Лорд Кенмур сбирается, Вилли…»
Robert Burns (Роберт Бернс) Kenmure’s on and awa O Kenmure’s on and awa, Willie! O Kenmure’s on and awa! And Kenmure’s lord’s the bravest lord That ever Galloway saw. Success to Kenmure’s band, Willie! Success to Kenmure’s band; There’s no a heart that fears a Whig That […]
English Poetry. Robert Burns. Song of Death. Роберт Бернс. Предсмертная песнь
Robert Burns (Роберт Бернс) Song of Death SCENE – A field of battle. Time of the day – Evening. The wounded and dying of the victorious army are supposed to join in the song. Farewell, thou fair day, thou green earth, and ye skies, Now […]
English Poetry. Robert Burns. For the Sake of Somebody. Роберт Бернс. О ком-то, кого я жду
Robert Burns (Роберт Бернс) For the Sake of Somebody My heart is sair, I dare na tell, My heart is sair for somebody; I could wake a winter night, For the sake o’ somebody! Oh-hon! for somebody! Oh-hey! for somebody! I could range the world around, For the […]
English Poetry. Robert Burns. O, for ane an’ Twenty, Tam!. Роберт Бернс. День совершеннолетья
Robert Burns (Роберт Бернс) O, for ane an’ Twenty, Tam! An’ O for ane an’ twenty, Tam! An’ hey, sweet ane an’ twenty, Tam! I’ll learn my kin a rattlin’ sang, An’ I saw ane an’ twenty, Tam. They snool me sair, and haud me down, An’ […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. An Empty Threat. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) An Empty Threat I stay; But it isn’t as if There wasn’t always Hudson’s Bay And the fur trade, A small skiff And a paddle blade. I can just see my tent pegged, And me on the floor, Cross-legged, And a […]
English Poetry. Robert Southey. Birth-Day (Ode 1). Роберт Саути.
Robert Southey (Роберт Саути) Birth-Day (Ode 1) O my faithful Friend! O early chosen, ever found the same, And trusted and beloved! once more the verse Long destin’d, always obvious to thine ear, Attend indulgent. Robert Southey’s other poems: Поход на Москву • The March to Moscow To […]
English Poetry. William Blake. Songs of Innocence. Spring. Уильям Блейк. Песни невинности. Весна
William Blake (Уильям Блейк) Songs of Innocence. Spring Sound the flute! Now it’s mute! Birds delight, Day and night, Nightingale, In the dale, Lark in sky, - Merrily, Merrily, merrily to welcome in the year. Little boy, Full of joy; Little girl, Sweet and small; Cock does […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. The Hill Wife. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) The Hill Wife I. LONELINESS Her Word One ought not to have to care So much as you and I Care when the birds come round the house To seem to say good-bye; Or care so much when they […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. The Vanishing Red. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) The Vanishing Red He is said to have been the last Red man In Action. And the Miller is said to have laughed– If you like to call such a sound a laugh. But he gave no one else a laugher’s […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. The Valley’s Singing Day. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) The Valley’s Singing Day The sound of the closing outside door was all. You made no sound in the grass with your footfall, As far as you went from the door, which was not far; But had awakened under the morning […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. The Kitchen Chimney. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) The Kitchen Chimney Builder, in building the little house, In every way you may please yourself; But please please me in the kitchen chimney: Don’t build me a chimney upon a shelf. However far you must go for bricks, Whatever […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. The Exposed Nest. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) The Exposed Nest You were forever finding some new play. So when I saw you down on hands and knees I the meadow, busy with the new-cut hay, Trying, I thought, to set it up on end, I went to show […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. On Going Unnoticed. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) On Going Unnoticed As vain to raise a voice as a sigh In the tumult of free leaves on high. What are you in the shadow of trees Engaged up there with the light and breeze? Less than the coral-root […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. Not to Keep. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) Not to Keep They sent him back to her. The letter came Saying… And she could have him. And before She could be sure there was no hidden ill Under the formal writing, he was in her sight, Living. They gave him […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. In the Home Stretch. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) In the Home Stretch SHE stood against the kitchen sink, and looked Over the sink out through a dusty window At weeds the water from the sink made tall. She wore her cape; her hat was in her hand. Behind her […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. They Were Welcome to Their Belief. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) They Were Welcome to Their Belief Grief may have thought it was grief. Care may have thought it was care. They were welcome to their belief, The overimportant pair. No, it took all the snows that clung To the low roof […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. The Thatch. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) The Thatch Out alone in the winter rain, Intent on giving and taking pain. But never was I far out of sight Of a certain upper-window light. The light was what it was all about: I would not go in till […]
English Poetry. John Bannister Tabb. Indian Summer. Джон Банистер Табб.
John Bannister Tabb (Джон Банистер Табб) Indian Summer NO more the battle or the chase The phantom tribes pursue, But each in its accustomed place The Autumn hails anew: And still from solemn councils set On every hill and plain, The smoke of many a calumet* Ascends to […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. The Last Mowing. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) The Last Mowing There’s a place called Far-away Meadow We never shall mow in again, Or such is the talk at the farmhouse: The meadow is finished with men. Then now is the chance for the flowers That can’t stand mowers […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. The Gum-Gatherer. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) The Gum-Gatherer There overtook me and drew me in To his down-hill, early-morning stride, And set me five miles on my road Better than if he had had me ride, A man with a swinging bag for’load And half the bag […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. The Freedom of the Moon. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) The Freedom of the Moon I’ve tried the new moon tilted in the air Above a hazy tree-and-farmhouse cluster As you might try a jewel in your hair. I’ve tried it fine with little breadth of luster, Alone, or in one […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. The Black Cottage. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) The Black Cottage We chanced in passing by that afternoon To catch it in a sort of special picture Among tar-banded ancient cherry trees, Set well back from the road in rank lodged grass, The little cottage […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. Spring Pools. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) Spring Pools These pools that, though in forests, still reflect The total sky almost without defect, And like the flowers beside them, chill and shiver, Will like the flowers beside them soon be gone, And yet not out by any brook […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. Pea Brush. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) Pea Brush I WALKED down alone Sunday after church To the place where John has been cutting trees To see for myself about the birch He said I could have to bush my peas. The sun in the new-cut narrow […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. Misgiving. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) Misgiving All crying, ’We will go with you, O Wind!’ The foliage follow him, leaf and stem; But a sleep oppresses them as they go, And they end by bidding them as they go, And they end by bidding him stay […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. Locked out. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) Locked out As told to a child When we locked up the house at night, We always locked the flowers outside And cut them off from window light. The time I dreamed the door was tried And brushed with buttons […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. Evening in a Sugar Orchard. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) Evening in a Sugar Orchard From where I lingered in a lull in march outside the sugar-house one night for choice, I called the fireman with a careful voice And bade him leave the pan and stoke the arch: ’O fireman, […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. Dust in the Eyes. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) Dust in the Eyes If, as they say, some dust thrown in my eyes Will keep my talk from getting overwise, I’m not the one for putting off the proof. Let it be overwhelming, off a roof And round a corner, […]
English Poetry. Christina Georgina Rossetti. Goblin Market. Кристина Джорджина Россетти.
Christina Georgina Rossetti (Кристина Джорджина Россетти) Goblin Market MORNING and evening Maids heard the goblins cry: “Come buy our orchard fruits, Come buy, come buy: Apples and quinces, Lemons and oranges, Plump unpecked cherries- Melons and raspberries, Bloom-down-cheeked peaches, Swart-headed mulberries, Wild free-born cranberries, Crab-apples, dewberries, Pine-apples, blackberries, […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. Brown’s Descent. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) Brown’s Descent Brown lived at such a lofty farm That everyone for miles could see His lantern when he did his chores In winter after half-past three. And many must have seen him make His wild descent from there one […]