English Poetry. Stephen Vincent Benet. Lee. Стивен Винсент Бене.
Stephen Vincent Benet (Стивен Винсент Бене) Lee The night had fallen on the narrow tent. –Deep night of Virginia summer when the stars Are burning wax in the near, languid sky And the soft flowers hardly close all night But bathe in darkness, as a woman bathes In […]
English Poetry. Stephen Vincent Benet. 1936. Стивен Винсент Бене.
Stephen Vincent Benet (Стивен Винсент Бене) 1936 All night they marched, the infantrymen under pack, But the hands gripping the rifles were naked bone And the hollow pits of the eyes stared, vacant and black, When the moonlight shone. The gas mask lay like a blot on […]
English Poetry. Stephen Vincent Benet. The Mountain Whippoorwill. Стивен Винсент Бене.
Stephen Vincent Benet (Стивен Винсент Бене) The Mountain Whippoorwill Or, How Hill-Billy Jim Won The Great Fiddler’s Prize (A Georgia Romance) Up in the mountains, it’s lonesome all the time, (Sof win’ slewin’ thu’ the sweet-potato vine). Up in the mountains, it’s lonesome for a […]
English Poetry. Stephen Vincent Benet. The Congressmen Came out to See Bull Run. Стивен Винсент Бене.
Stephen Vincent Benet (Стивен Винсент Бене) * * * The congressmen came out to see Bull Run, The congressmen who like free shows and spectacles. They brought their wives and carriages along, They brought their speeches and their picnic-lunch, Their black constituent-hats and their devotion: Some even brought […]
English Poetry. Stephen Vincent Benet. Difference. Стивен Винсент Бене.
Stephen Vincent Benet (Стивен Винсент Бене) Difference My mind’s a map. A mad sea-captain drew it Under a flowing moon until he knew it; Winds with brass trumpets, puffy-cheeked as jugs, And states bright-patterned like Arabian rugs. “Here there be tygers.” “Here we buried Jim.” […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. With Tears They Buried You Today. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) With Tears They Buried You Today With tears they buried you to-day, But well I knew no turf could hold Your gladness long beneath the mould, Or cramp your laughter in the clay; I smiled while others wept for you Because […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. When the Fishing Boats Go Out. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) When the Fishing Boats Go Out When the lucent skies of morning flush with dawning rose once more, And waves of golden glory break adown the sunrise shore, And o’er the arch of heaven pied films of vapor float. There’s joyance […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. When the Dark Comes Down. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) When the Dark Comes Down When the dark comes down, oh, the wind is on the sea With lisping laugh and whimper to the red reef’s threnody, The boats are sailing homeward now across the harbor bar With many a jest […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. The Wood Pool. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) The Wood Pool Here is a voice that soundeth low and far And lyricvoice of wind among the pines, Where the untroubled, glimmering waters are, And sunlight seldom shines. Elusive shadows linger shyly here, And wood-flowers blow, like pale, […]
English Poetry. Samuel Taylor Coleridge. A Mathematical Problem. Сэмюэл Тэйлор Кольридж.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Сэмюэл Тэйлор Кольридж) A Mathematical Problem This is now–this was erst, Proposition the first–and Problem the first. I. On a given finite Line Which must no way incline; To describe an equi– –lateral Tri– –A, N, G, L, E. Now let A. B. […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. The Truce of Night. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) The Truce of Night Lo, it is dark, Save for the crystal spark Of a virgin star o’er the purpling lea, Or the fine, keen, silvery grace of a young Moon that is hung O’er the priest-like firs by the sea; […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. The Three Songs. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) The Three Songs The poet sang of a battle-field Where doughty deeds were done, Where stout blows rang on helm and shield And a kingdom’s fate was spun With the scarlet thread of victory, And honor from death’s grim revelry Like […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. The Sea to the Shore. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) The Sea to the Shore Lo, I have loved thee long, long have I yearned and entreated! Tell me how I may win thee, tell me how I must woo. Shall I creep to thy white feet, in guise of a […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. The Sea Spirit. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) The Sea Spirit I smile o’er the wrinkled blue Lo! the sea is fair, Smooth as the flow of a maiden’s hair; And the welkin’s light shines through Into mid-sea caverns of beryl hue, And the little waves laugh and the […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. The Prisoner. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) The Prisoner I lash and writhe against my prison bars, And watch with sullen eyes the gaping crowd . . Give me my freedom and the burning stars, The hollow sky, and crags of moonlit cloud! Once I […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. The Hill Maples. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) The Hill Maples Here on a hill of the occident stand we shoulder to shoulder, Comrades tried and true through a mighty swath of the years! Spring harps glad laughter through us, and ministrant rains of the autumn Sing us again […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. The Garden in Winter. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) The Garden in Winter Frosty-white and cold it lies Underneath the fretful skies; Snowflakes flutter where the red Banners of the poppies spread, And the drifts are wide and deep Where the lilies fell asleep. […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. The Forest Path. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) The Forest Path Oh, the charm of idle dreaming Where the dappled shadows dance, All the leafy aisles are teeming With the lure of old romance! Down into the forest dipping, Deep and deeper as we go, One might […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. The Exile. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) The Exile We told her that her far off shore was bleak and dour to view, And that her sky was dull and mirk while ours was smiling blue. She only sighed in answer, ”It is even as ye say, But […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. The Choice. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) The Choice Life, come to me in no pale guise and ashen, I care not for thee in such placid fashion! I would share widely, Life, In all thy joy and strife, Would sound thy deeps and […]
English Poetry. Samuel Taylor Coleridge. A Child’s Evening Prayer. Сэмюэл Тэйлор Кольридж.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Сэмюэл Тэйлор Кольридж) A Child’s Evening Prayer Ere on my bed my limbs I lay, God grant me grace my prayers to say: O God! preserve my mother dear In strength and health for many a year; And, O! preserve my father too, And may […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. The Call of the Winds. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) The Call of the Winds Ho, come out with the wind of spring, And step it blithely in woodlands waking; Friend am I of each growing thing From the gray sod into sunshine breaking; Mine is the magic of […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. The Bridal. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) The Bridal Last night a pale young Moon was wed Unto the amorous, eager Sea; Her maiden veil of mist she wore His kingly purple vesture, he. With her a bridal train of stars Walked sisterly through shadows dim, […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. Sunrise Along Shore. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) Sunrise Along Shore Athwart the harbor lingers yet The ashen gleam of breaking day, And where the guardian cliffs are set The noiseless shadows steal away; But all the winnowed eastern sky Is flushed with many a tender hue, And spears […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. Spring Song. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) Spring Song Hark, I hear a robin calling! List, the wind is from the south! And the orchard-bloom is falling Sweet as kisses on the mouth. In the dreamy vale of beeches Fair and faint is woven mist, […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. September. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) September Lo! a ripe sheaf of many golden days Gleaned by the year in autumn’s harvest ways, With here and there, blood-tinted as an ember, Some crimson poppy of a late delight Atoning in its splendor for […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. Sea Sunset. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) Sea Sunset A gallant city has been builded far In the pied heaven, Bannered with crimson, sentinelled by star Of crystal even; Around a harbor of the twilight glowing, With jubilant waves about its gateways flowing A city […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. Out o’Doors. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) Out o’Doors There’s a gypsy wind across the harvest land, Let us fare forth with it lightly hand in hand; Where cloud shadows blow across the sunwarm waste, And the first red leaves are falling let us haste, For the waning […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. On the Bay. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) On the Bay When the salt wave laps on the long, dim shore, And frets the reef with its windy sallies, And the dawn’s white light is threading once more The purple firs in the landward valleys, While yet the […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. In the Days of the Golden Rod. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) In the Days of the Golden Rod Across the meadow in brooding shadow I walk to drink of the autumn’s wine The charm of story, the artist’s glory, To-day on these silvering hills is mine; On height, in hollow, where’er I […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. In Memory of Maggie. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) In Memory of Maggie A pussy-cat who was the household pet for seventeen years. Naught but a little cat, you say; Yet we remember her, A creature loving, loyal, kind, With merry, mellow purr; The […]
English Poetry. John Clare. The Flitting. Джон Клэр.
John Clare (Джон Клэр) The Flitting I’ve left my own old home of homes, Green fields and every pleasant place; The summer like a stranger comes, I pause and hardly know her face. I miss the hazel’s happy green, The blue bell’s quiet hanging blooms, Where envy’s sneer […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. In Lovers’ Lane. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) In Lovers’ Lane I know a place for loitering feet Deep in the valley where the breeze Makes melody in lichened boughs, And murmurs low love-litanies. There slender harebells nod and dream, And pale wild roses offer up The […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. In an Old Town Garden. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) In an Old Town Garden Shut from the clamor of the street By an old wall with lichen grown, It holds apart from jar and fret A peace and beauty all its own. The freshness of the springtime rains […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. Harbor Moonrise. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) Harbor Moonrise There is never a wind to sing o’er the sea On its dimpled bosom that holdeth in fee Wealth of silver and magicry; And the harbor is like to an ebon cup With mother-o’-pearl to […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. Harbor Dawn. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) Harbor Dawn There’s a hush and stillness calm and deep, For the waves have wooed all the winds to sleep In the shadow of headlands bold and steep; But some gracious spirit has taken the cup Of the crystal sky and […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. Gratitude. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) Gratitude I thank thee, friend, for the beautiful thought That in words well chosen thou gavest to me, Deep in the life of my soul it has wrought With its own rare essence to ever imbue me, To gleam like […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. Genius. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) Genius A hundred generations have gone into its making, With all their love and tenderness, with all their dreams and tears; Their vanished joy and pleasure, their pain and their heart-breaking, Have colored this rare blossom of the long-unfruitful years. […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. For Little Things. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) For Little Things Last night I looked across the hills And through an arch of darkling pine Low-swung against a limpid west I saw a young moon shine. And as I gazed there blew a wind, Loosed where the […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. Before Storm. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) Before Storm There’s a grayness over the harbor like fear on the face of a woman, The sob of the waves has a sound akin to a woman’s cry, And the deeps beyond the bar are moaning with evil presage Of […]