English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. William Jones. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) William Jones Once in a while a curious weed unknown to me, Needing a name from my books; Once in a while a letter from Yeomans. Out of the mussel-shells gathered along the shore Sometimes a pearl with a glint like […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Jeduthan Hawley. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Jeduthan Hawley There would be a knock at the door And I would arise at midnight and go to the shop, Where belated travelers would hear me hammering Sepulchral boards and tacking satin. And often I wondered who would go with […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Mickey M’Grew. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Mickey M’Grew It was just like everything else in life: Something outside myself drew me down, My own strength never failed me. Why, there was the time I earned the money With which to go away to school, And my father […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Henry Tripp. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Henry Tripp The bank broke and I lost my savings. I was sick of the tiresome game in Spoon River And I made up my mind to run away And leave my place in life and my family; But just as […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Conrad Siever. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Conrad Siever Not in that wasted garden Where bodies are drawn into grass That feeds no flocks, and into evergreens That bear no fruit – There where along the shaded walks Vain sighs are heard, And vainer dreams are dreamed Of […]
English Poetry. Elizabeth Barrett-Browning. A Thought for a Lonely Death-Bed. Элизабет Барретт-Браунинг.
Elizabeth Barrett-Browning (Элизабет Барретт-Браунинг) A Thought for a Lonely Death-Bed IF God compel thee to this destiny, To die alone, with none beside thy bed To ruffle round with sobs thy last word said And mark with tears the pulses ebb from thee,– Pray then alone, ‘O Christ, […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Eugene Carman. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Eugene Carman Rhodes’ slave! Selling shoes and gingham, Flour and bacon, overalls, clothing, all day long For fourteen hours a day for three hundred and thirteen days For more than twenty years. Saying ”Yes’m” and ”Yes, sir”, and ”Thank you” A […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Lambert Hutchins. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Lambert Hutchins I have two monuments besides this granite obelisk: One, the house I built on the hill, With its spires, bay windows, and roof of slate; The other, the lake-front in Chicago, Where the railroad keeps a switching yard, With […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Harold Arnett. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Harold Arnett I leaned against the mantel, sick, sick, Thinking of my failure, looking into the abysm, Weak from the noon-day heat. A church bell sounded mournfully far away, I heard the cry of a baby, And the coughing of John […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Willie Metcalf. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Willie Metcalf I was Willie Metcalf. They used to call me ”Doctor Meyers” Because, they said, I looked like him. And he was my father, according to Jack McGuire. I lived in the livery stable, Sleeping on the floor Side by […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Searcy Foote. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Searcy Foote I wanted to go away to college But rich Aunt Persis wouldn’t help me. So I made gardens and raked the lawns And bought John Alden’s books with my earnings And toiled for the very means of life. I […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Henry Phipps. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Henry Phipps I was the Sunday school superintendent, The dummy president of the wagon works And the canning factory, Acting for Thomas Rhodes and the banking clique; My son the cashier of the bank, Wedded to Rhodes’ daughter, My week day […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Dorcas Gustine. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Dorcas Gustine I was not beloved of the villagers, But all because I spoke my mind, And met those who transgressed against me With plain remonstrance, hiding nor nurturing Nor secret griefs nor grudges. That act of the Spartan boy is […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Rev. Lemuel Wiley. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Rev. Lemuel Wiley I preached four thousand sermons, I conducted forty revivals, And baptized many converts. Yet no deed of mine Shines brighter in the memory of the world, And none is treasured more by me: Look how I saved the […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Henry Layton. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Henry Layton Whoever thou art who passest by Know that my father was gentle, And my mother was violent, While I was born the whole of such hostile halves, Not intermixed and fused, But each distinct, feebly soldered together. Some of […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Oscar Hummel. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Oscar Hummel I staggered on through darkness, There was a hazy sky, a few stars Which I followed as best I could. It was nine o’clock, I was trying to get home. But somehow I was lost, Though really keeping the […]
English Poetry. Elizabeth Barrett-Browning. Adequacy. Элизабет Барретт-Браунинг.
Elizabeth Barrett-Browning (Элизабет Барретт-Браунинг) Adequacy NOW, by the verdure on thy thousand hills, Beloved England, doth the earth appear Quite good enough for men to overbear The will of God in, with rebellious wills ! We cannot say the morning-sun fulfils Ingloriously its course, nor that the clear […]
English Poetry. William Blake. To Autumn. Уильям Блейк. К Осени
William Blake (Уильям Блейк) To Autumn О Autumn, laden with fruit, and stained With the blood of the grape, pass not, but sit Beneath my shady roof; there thou may’st rest, And tune thy jolly voice to my fresh pipe, And all the daughters of the year shall […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Robert Southey Burke. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Robert Southey Burke I spent my money trying to elect you Mayor A. D. Blood. I lavished my admiration upon you, You were to my mind the almost perfect man. You devoured my personality, And the idealism of my youth, And […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Dow Kritt. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Dow Kritt Samuel is forever talking of his elm – But I did not need to die to learn about roots: I, who dug all the ditches about Spoon River. Look at my elm! Sprung from as good a seed as […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Hortense Robbins. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Hortense Robbins My name used to be in the papers daily As having dined somewhere, Or traveled somewhere, Or rented a house in Paris, Where I entertained the nobility. I was forever eating or traveling, Or taking the cure at Baden-Baden. […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. On a Bust. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) On a Bust A giant as we hoped, in truth, a dwarf; A barrel of slop that shines on Lethe’s wharf’, Which at first seemed a vessel with sweet wine For thirsty lips. So down the swift decline You went through […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Judge Somers. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Judge Somers How does it happen, tell me, That I who was the most erudite of lawyers, Who knew Blackstone and Coke Almost by heart, who made the greatest speech The court-house ever heard, and wrote A brief that won the […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Widow McFarlane. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Widow McFarlane I was the Widow McFarlane, Weaver of carpets for all the village. And I pity you still at the loom of life, You who are singing to the shuttle And lovingly watching the work of your hands, If you […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Lucius Atherton. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Lucius Atherton When my moustache curled, And my hair was black, And I wore tight trousers And a diamond stud, I was an excellent knave of hearts and took many a trick. But when the gray hairs began to appear– Lo! […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Jonas Keene. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Jonas Keene Why did Albert Schirding kill himself Trying to be County Superintendent of Schools, Blest as he was with the means of life And wonderful children, bringing him honor Ere he was sixty? If even one of my boys could […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. John Cabanis. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) John Cabanis Neither spite, fellow citizens, Nor forgetfulness of the shiftlessness, And the lawlessness and waste Under democracy’s rule in Spoon River Made me desert the party of law and order And lead the liberal party. Fellow citizens! I saw as […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Daniel M’Cumber. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Daniel M’Cumber When I went to the city, Mary McNeely, I meant to return for you, yes I did. But Laura, my landlady’s daughter, Stole into my life somehow, and won me away. Then after some years whom should I meet […]
English Poetry. Elizabeth Barrett-Browning. Sonnets from the Portuguese. 2. But only three in all God’s universe. Элизабет Барретт-Браунинг.
Elizabeth Barrett-Browning (Элизабет Барретт-Браунинг) Sonnets from the Portuguese. 2. But only three in all God’s universe But only three in all God’s universe Have heard this word thou hast said,—Himself, beside Thee speaking, and me listening! and replied One of us… that was God,… and laid the curse […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Felix Schmidt. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Felix Schmidt It was only a little house of two rooms – Almost like a child’s play-house – With scarce five acres of ground around it; And I had so many children to feed And school and clothe, and a wife […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Dillard Sissman. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Dillard Sissman The buzzards wheel slowly In wide circles, in a sky Faintly hazed as from dust from the road. And a wind sweeps through the pasture where I lie Beating the grass into long waves. My kite is above the […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Schroeder the Fisherman. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Schroeder the Fisherman I sat on the bank above Bernadotte And dropped crumbs in the water, Just to see the minnows bump each other, Until the strongest got the prize. Or I went to my little pasture, Where the peaceful swine […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Webster Ford. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Webster Ford Do you remember, O Delphic Apollo, The sunset hour by the river, when Mickey M’Grew Cried, ”There’s a ghost,” and I, ”It’s Delphic Apollo”; And the son of the banker derided us, saying, ”It’s light By the flags at […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Oaks Tutt. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Oaks Tutt My mother was for woman’s rights And my father was the rich miller at London Mills. I dreamed of the wrongs of the world and wanted to right them. When my father died, I set out to see peoples […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Calvin Campbell. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Calvin Campbell Ye who are kicking against Fate, Tell me how it is that on this hill-side, Running down to the river, Which fronts the sun and the south-wind, This plant draws from the air and soil Poison and becomes poison […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Aner Clute. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Aner Clute Over and over they used to ask me, While buying the wine or the beer, In Peoria first, and later in Chicago, Denver, Frisco, New York, wherever I lived, How I happened to lead the life, And what was […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Enoch Dunlap. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Enoch Dunlap How many times, during the twenty years I was your leader, friends of Spoon River, Did you neglect the convention and caucus, And leave the burden on my hands Of guarding and saving the people’s cause? – Sometimes because […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Peleg Poague. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Peleg Poague Horses and men are just alike. There was my stallion, Billy Lee, Black as a cat and trim as a deer, With an eye of fire, keen to start, And he could hit the fastest speed Of any racer […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Mrs. Benjamin Painter. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Mrs. Benjamin Painter I know that he told how I snared his soul With a snare which bled him to death. And all the men loved him, And most of the women pitied him. But suppose you are really a lady, […]
English Poetry. Elizabeth Barrett-Browning. A Curse for a Nation. Элизабет Барретт-Браунинг.
Elizabeth Barrett-Browning (Элизабет Барретт-Браунинг) A Curse for a Nation I heard an angel speak last night, And he said ‘Write! Write a Nation’s curse for me, And send it over the Western Sea.’ I faltered, taking up the word: ‘Not so, my lord! If curses must be, […]