English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Impatience. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Impatience How can I wait until you come to me? The once fleet mornings linger by the way; Their sunny smiles touched with malicious glee At my unrest, they seem to pause, and play Like truant children, while I sigh […]
English Poetry. William Butler Yeats. A Cradle Song. Уильям Батлер Йейтс.
William Butler Yeats (Уильям Батлер Йейтс) A Cradle Song THE angels are stooping Above your bed; They weary of trooping With the whimpering dead. God’s laughing in Heaven To see you so good; The Sailing Seven Are gay with His mood. I sigh that kiss you, For I […]
English Poetry. William Blake. Leave, O Leave Me To My Sorrows. Уильям Блейк. Предоставь меня печали!
William Blake (Уильям Блейк) * * * Leave, O leave me to my sorrows; Here I’ll sit and fade away, Till I’m nothing but a spirit, And I lose this form of clay. Then if chance along this forest Any walk in pathless way, Thro’ the gloom […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Love Song. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Love Song Once in the world’s first prime, When nothing lived or stirred, Nothing but new-born Time, Nor was there even a bird – The Silence spoke to a Star, But do not dare repeat What it said […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Contentment. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Contentment If any line that I ever penned, Or any word I have spoken, Has comforted heart of foe or friend - In any way, why my life, I’ll say, Has reaped the reward of labour, If aught […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Love Thyself Last. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Love Thyself Last Love thyself last. Look near, behold thy duty To those who walk beside thee down life’s road; Make glad their days by little acts of beauty, And help them bear the burden of earth’s load. Love […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Christ Crucified. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Christ Crucified Now ere I slept, my prayer had been that I might see my way To do the will of Christ, our Lord and Master, day by day; And with this prayer upon my lips, I knew not that I […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Answered. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Answered Good-bye – Yes, I am going, Sudden? Well, you are right. But a startling truth came home to me With sudden force last night. What is it? shall I tell you? – Nay, that is why I go. I am running […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Independence Ode. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Independence Ode Columbia, fair queen in your glory! Columbia, the pride of the earth! We crown you with song- wreath and story; We honour the day of your birth! The wrath of a king and his minions […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Love’s Language. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Love’s Language How does Love speak? In the faint flush upon the tell-tale cheek, And in the pallor that succeeds it; by The quivering lid of an averted eye – The smile that proves the parent to a sigh – […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. An Empty Crib. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) An Empty Crib Beside a crib that holds a baby’s stocking, A tattered picture book, a broken toy, A sleeping mother dreams that she is rocking Her fair-haired cherub boy. Upon the cradle’s side her light touch keeping, She gently rocks […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Morning Prayer. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Morning Prayer Let me to-day do something that shall take A little sadness from the world’s vast store, And may I be so favoured as to make Of joy’s too scanty sum a little more. Let me not hurt, by any […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Art and Love. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Art and Love For many long uninterrupted years She was the friend and confidant of Art; They walked together, heart communed with heart In that sweet comradeship that so endears. Her fondest hope, her sorrows and her fears She told her mate; who […]
English Poetry. William Butler Yeats. A Faery Song. Уильям Батлер Йейтс.
William Butler Yeats (Уильям Батлер Йейтс) A Faery Song Sung by the people of Faery over Diarmuid and Grania, in their bridal sleep under a Cromlech. WE who are old, old and gay, O so old! Thousands of years, thousands of years, If all were told: Give […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Only Dreams. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Only Dreams A maiden sat in teh sunset glow Of the shadowy, beautiful Long Ago, That we see through a mist of tears. She sat and dreamed, with lips apart, With thoughtful eyes and a beating heart, Of the […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. In Faith. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) In Faith When the soft sweet wind o’ the south went by, I dwelt in the light of a dark brown eye; And out where the robin sang his song, We lived and loved, while the days were long. […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Christmas Fancies. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Christmas Fancies When Christmas bells are swinging above the fields of snow, We hear sweet voices ringing from lands of long ago. And etched on vacant places, Are half forgotten faces Of friends we used to cherish, and loves we […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Communism. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Communism When my blood flows calm as a purling river, When my heart is asleep and my brain has sway, It is then that I vow we must part for ever, That I will forget you, and put you […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Momus, God of Laughter. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Momus, God of Laughter Though with gods the world is cumbered, Gods unnamed, and gods unnumbered, Never god was known to be Who had not his devotee. So I dedicate to mine, Here in verse, my temple-shrine. ‘Tis not […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Life (All in the dark we grope along). Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Life (All in the dark we grope along) All in the dark we grope along, And if we go amiss We learn at least which path is wrong, And there is gain in this. We do not always win […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Ambition’s Trail. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Ambition’s Trail If all the end of this continuous striving Were simply to attain, How poor would seem the planning and contriving The endless urging and the hurried driving Of body, heart and brain! But ever in the wake of true […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Moon and Sea. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Moon and Sea You are the moon, dear love, and I the sea: The tide of hope swells high within my breast, And hides the rough dark rocks of life’s unrest When your fond eyes smile near in perigee. But when […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Answered Prayers. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Answered Prayers I prayed for riches, and achieved success; All that I touched turned into gold. Alas! My cares were greater and my peace was less, When that wish came to pass. I prayed for glory, and I heard my name […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. A March Snow. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) A March Snow Let the old snow be covered with the new: The trampled snow, so soiled, and stained, and sodden. Let it be hidden wholly from our view By pure white flakes, all trackless and untrodden. When Winter dies, low at […]
English Poetry. William Butler Yeats. A Bronze Head. Уильям Батлер Йейтс.
William Butler Yeats (Уильям Батлер Йейтс) A Bronze Head HERE at right of the entrance this bronze head, Human, superhuman, a bird’s round eye, Everything else withered and mummy-dead. What great tomb-haunter sweeps the distant sky (Something may linger there though all else die;) And finds there nothing […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. As You Go Through Life. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) As You Go Through Life Don’t look for the flaws as you go through life; And even when you find them, It is wise and kind to be somewhat blind And look for the virtue behind them. For the cloudiest night has […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. All That Love Asks. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) All That Love Asks All that I ask, ’says Love, ’is just to stand And gaze, unchided, deep in thy dear eyes; For in their depths lies largest Paradise. Yet, if perchance one pressure of thy hand Be granted me, then joy […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Are You Loving Enough?. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Are You Loving Enough? Are you loving enough? There is some one dear, Some one you hold as the dearest of all In the holiest shrine of your heart. Are you making it known? Is the truth of it clear To the one […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Attraction. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Attraction The meadow and the mountain with desire Gazed on each other, till a fierce unrest Surged ‘neath the meadow’s seemingly calm breast, And all the mountain’s fissures ran with fire. A mighty river rolled between them there. What could the […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Reunited. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Reunited Let us begin, dear love, where we left off; Tie up the broken threads of that old dream; And go on happy as before; and seem Lovers again, though all the world may scoff. Let us forget the […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. One of Us Two. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) One of Us Two The day will dawn when one of us shall hearken In vain to hear a voice that has grown dumb. And morns will fade, noons pale, and shadows darken, While sad eyes watch for feet that never come. […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. A Maiden’s Secret. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) A Maiden’s Secret I have written this day down in my heart As the sweetest day in the season; From all of the others I’ve set it apart— But I will not tell you the reason, That is my secret—I must not […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Preaching vs. Practice. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Preaching vs. Practice It is easy to sit in the sunshine And talk to the man in the shade; It is easy to float in a well-trimmed boat, And point out the places to wade. But once we pass into […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. After the Engagement. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) After the Engagement Well, Mabel, ’tis over and ended— The ball I wrote was to be; And oh! it was perfectly splendid— If you could have been here to see. I’ve a thousand things to write you That I know you are […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. A Woman’s Love. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) A Woman’s Love So vast the tide of Love within me surging, It overflows like some stupendous sea, The confines of the Present and To-be; And ’gainst the Past’s high wall I feel it urging, As it would cry ”Thou too shalt […]
English Poetry. William Butler Yeats. A Dialogue of Self and Soul. Уильям Батлер Йейтс.
William Butler Yeats (Уильям Батлер Йейтс) A Dialogue of Self and Soul I My Soul. I summon to the winding ancient stair; Set all your mind upon the steep ascent, Upon the broken, crumbling battlement, Upon the breathless starlit air, “Upon the star that marks the hidden […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. I’m Sorry. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) I’m Sorry There is much that makes me sorry as I journey down earth’s way, And I seem to see more pathos in poor human lives each day. I’m sorry for the strong, brave men who shield the weak from harm, But who […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Searching. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Searching These quiet Autumn days, My soul, like Noah’s dove, on airy wings Goes out and searches for the hidden things Beyond the hills of haze. With mournful, pleading cries, Above the waters of the voiceless sea That laps […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Friendship after Love. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Friendship after Love After the fierce midsummer all ablaze Has burned itself to ashes, and expires In the intensity of its own fires, There come the mellow, mild, St. Martin days Crowned with the calm of peace, but sad with haze. So […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. A Fallen Leaf. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) A Fallen Leaf A trusting little leaf of green, A bold audacious frost; A rendezvous, a kiss or two, And youth for ever lost. Ah, me! The bitter, bitter cost. A flaunting patch of vivid red, That quivers in the sun; […]