English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. A Star in a Stoneboat. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) A Star in a Stoneboat For Lincoln MacVeagh Never tell me that not one star of all That slip from heaven at night and softly fall Has been picked up with stones to build a wall. Some laborer found […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. A Hillside Thaw. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) A Hillside Thaw To think to know the country and now know The hillside on the day the sun lets go Ten million silver lizards out of snow! As often as I’ve seen it done before I can’t pretend to tell […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. The Trial by Existence. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) The Trial by Existence Even the bravest that are slain Shall not dissemble their surprise On waking to find valor reign, Even as on earth, in paradise; And where they sought without the sword Wide fields of asphodel fore’er, To find […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. The Line-Gang. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) The Line-Gang Here come the line-gang pioneering by, They throw a forest down less cut than broken. They plant dead trees for living, and the dead They string together with a living thread. They string an instrument against the sky Wherein […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. The Housekeeper. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) The Housekeeper I let myself in at the kitchen door. ”It’s you,” she said. ”I can’t get up. Forgive me Not answering your knock. I can no more Let people in than I can keep them out. I’m […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. The Egg and the Machine. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) The Egg and the Machine He gave the solid rail a hateful kick. From far away there came an answering tick And then another tick. He knew the code: His hate had roused an engine up the road. He wished when […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. Storm Fear. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) Storm Fear WHEN the wind works against us in the dark, And pelts with snow The lowest chamber window on the east, And whispers with a sort of stifled bark, The beast, ‘Come out! Come out!’– It costs no inward struggle […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. On Looking up by Chance at the Constellations. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) On Looking up by Chance at the Constellations You’ll wait a long, long time for anything much To happen in heaven beyond the floats of cloud And the Northern Lights that run like tingling nerves. The sun and moon get crossed, but […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. My Butterfly. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) My Butterfly Thine emulous fond flowers are dead, too, And the daft sun-assaulter, he That frightened thee so oft, is fled or dead: Saave only me (Nor is it sad to thee!) Save only me There is none left to mourn […]
English Poetry. Christina Georgina Rossetti. The Skylark. Кристина Джорджина Россетти.
Christina Georgina Rossetti (Кристина Джорджина Россетти) The Skylark The earth was green, the sky was blue: I saw and heard one sunny morn, A skylark hang between the two, A singing speck above the corn; A stage below, in gay accord, White butterflies danced on the […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. Blueberries. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) Blueberries ”You ought to have seen what I saw on my way To the village, through Mortenson’s pasture to-day: Blueberries as big as the end of your thumb, Real sky-blue, and heavy, and ready to drum In […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. Blue-Butterfly Day. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) Blue-Butterfly Day It is blue-butterfly day here in spring, And with these sky-flakes down in flurry on flurry There is more unmixed color on the wing Than flowers will show for days unless they hurry. But these are flowers that […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. Atmosphere. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) Atmosphere Inscription for a Garden Wall Winds blow the open grassy places bleak; But where this old wall burns a sunny cheek, They eddy over it too toppling weak To blow the earth or anything self-clear; Moisture and color and […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. A Servant to Servants. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) A Servant to Servants I didn’t make you know how glad I was To have you come and camp here on our land. I promised myself to get down some day And see the way you lived, but […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. Wild Grapes. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) Wild Grapes What tree may not the fig be gathered from? The grape may not be gathered from the birch? It’s all you know the grape, or know the birch. As a girl gathered from the birch myself Equally with […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. The Flood. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) The Flood Blood has been harder to dam back than water. Just when we think we have it impounded safe Behind new barrier walls (and let it chafe!), It breaks away in some new kind of slaughter. We choose to […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. For Once, Then, Something. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) For Once, Then, Something Others taught me with having knelt at well-curbs Always wrong to the light, so never seeing Deeper down in the well than where the water Gives me back in a shining surface picture Me myself in the […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. Devotion. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) Devotion The heart can think of no devotion Greater than being shore to the ocean– Holding the curve of one position, Counting an endless repetition. Robert Lee Frost’s other poems: Looking for a Sunset Bird in Winter The Investment Reluctance Pan […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. Canis Major. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) Canis Major The great Overdog That heavenly beast With a star in one eye Gives a leap in the east. He dances upright All the way to the west And never once drops On his forefeet to rest. I’m a poor […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. Reluctance. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) Reluctance Out through the fields and the woods And over the walls I have wended; I have climbed the hills of view And looked at the world, and descended; I have come by the highway home, And lo, it is ended. […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. A Patch of Old Snow. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) A Patch of Old Snow There’s a patch of old snow in a corner That I should have guessed Was a blow-away paper the rain Had brought to rest. It is speckled with grime as if Small print overspread it, […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. The Runaway. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) The Runaway Once when the snow of the year was beginning to fall, We stopped by a mountain pasture to say ’Whose colt?’ A little Morgan had one forefoot on the wall, The other curled at his breast. He dipped his […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. Provide, Provide. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) Provide, Provide The witch that came (the withered hag) To wash the steps with pail and rag, Was once the beauty Abishag, The picture pride of Hollywood. Too many fall from great and good For you to doubt the likelihood. […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. Gathering Leaves. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) Gathering Leaves Spades take up leaves No better than spoons, And bags full of leaves Are light as balloons. I make a great noise Of rustling all day Like rabbit and deer Running away. But the mountains I raise […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. A Minor Bird. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) A Minor Bird I have wished a bird would fly away, And not sing by my house all day; Have clapped my hands at him from the door When it seemed as if I could bear no more. The […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. Neither out Far Nor in Deep. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) Neither out Far Nor in Deep The people along the sand All turn and look one way. They turn their back on the land. They look at the sea all day. As long as it takes to pass A ship keeps […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. In Hardwood Groves. Роберт Ли Фрост. В лиственном лесу
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) In Hardwood Groves The same leaves over and over again! They fall from giving shade above To make one texture of faded brown And fit the earth like a leather glove. Before the leaves can mount again To fill the trees […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. A Prayer in Spring. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) A Prayer in Spring OH, give us pleasure in the flowers today; And give us not to think so far away As the uncertain harvest; keep us here All simply in the springing of the year. Oh, give us pleasure […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. A Passing Glimpse. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) A Passing Glimpse To Ridgely Torrence On Last Looking into His ’Hesperides’ I often see flowers from a passing car That are gone before I can tell what they are. I want to get out of the […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. In a Disused Graveyard. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) In a Disused Graveyard The living come with grassy tread To read the gravestones on the hill; The graveyard draws the living still, But never anymore the dead. The verses in it say and say: ”The ones who living come today […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. The Need of Being Versed in Country Things. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) The Need of Being Versed in Country Things The house had gone to bring again To the midnight sky a sunset glow. Now the chimney was all of the house that stood, Like a pistil after the petals go. The barn […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. Stars. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) Stars How countlessly they congregate O’er our tumultuous snow, Which flows in shapes as tall as trees When wintry winds do blow!– As if with keeness for our fate, Our faltering few steps on To white rest, and a place […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. A Time to Talk. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) A Time to Talk When a friend calls to me from the road And slows his horse to a meaning walk, I don’t stand still and look around On all the hills I haven’t hoed, And shout from where I am, […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. A Question. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) A Question A voice said, Look me in the stars And tell me truly, men of earth, If all the soul-and-body scars Were not too much to pay for birth. Robert Lee Frost’s other poems: Looking for a Sunset Bird in […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. The Sound of the Trees. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) The Sound of the Trees I wonder about the trees. Why do we wish to bear Forever the noise of these More than another noise So close to our dwelling place? We suffer them by the day Till we lose all […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. The Cow in Apple-Time. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) The Cow in Apple-Time Something inspires the only cow of late To make no more of a wall than an open gate, And think no more of wall-builders than fools. Her face is flecked with pomace and she drools A cider syrup. […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. October. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) October O hushed October morning mild, Thy leaves have ripened to the fall; Tomorrow’s wind, if it be wild, Should waste them all. The crows above the forest call; Tomorrow they may form and go. O hushed October morning mild, Begin […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. My November Guest. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) My November Guest My Sorrow, when she’s here with me, Thinks these dark days of autumn rain Are beautiful as days can be; She loves the bare, the withered tree; She walks the sodden pasture lane. Her pleasure will not […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. Once by the Pacific. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) Once by the Pacific The shattered water made a misty din. Great waves looked over others coming in, And thought of doing something to the shore That water never did to land before. The clouds were low and hairy in the skies, […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. After Apple-Picking. Роберт Ли Фрост. После сбора яблок
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) After Apple-Picking My long two-pointed ladder’s sticking through a tree Toward heaven still, And there’s a barrel that I didn’t fill Beside it, and there may be two or three Apples I didn’t pick upon some bough. But I am done with […]