English Poetry. Joyce Kilmer. Memorial Day. Джойс Килмер.

Joyce Kilmer (Джойс Килмер) Memorial Day ”Dulce et decorum est” The bugle echoes shrill and sweet, But not of war it sings to-day. The road is rhythmic with the feet Of men-at-arms who come to pray. The roses blossom white and red On tombs where weary soldiers […]

English Poetry. Joyce Kilmer. Mount Houvenkopf. Джойс Килмер.

Joyce Kilmer (Джойс Килмер) Mount Houvenkopf Serene he stands, with mist serenely crowned, And draws a cloak of trees about his breast. The thunder roars but cannot break his rest And from his rugged face the tempests bound. He does not heed the angry lightning’s wound, The […]

English Poetry. Joyce Kilmer. Madness. Джойс Килмер.

Joyce Kilmer (Джойс Килмер) Madness (For Sara Teasdale) The lonely farm, the crowded street, The palace and the slum, Give welcome to my silent feet As, bearing gifts, I come. Last night a beggar crouched alone, A ragged helpless thing; I set him on a moonbeam throne […]

English Poetry. Joyce Kilmer. Kings. Джойс Килмер.

Joyce Kilmer (Джойс Килмер) Kings (For the Rev. James B. Dollard) The Kings of the earth are men of might, And cities are burned for their delight, And the skies rain death in the silent night, And the hills belch death all day! But the King of […]

English Poetry. Joyce Kilmer. Pennies. Джойс Килмер.

Joyce Kilmer (Джойс Килмер) Pennies A few long-hoarded pennies in his hand Behold him stand; A kilted Hedonist, perplexed and sad. The joy that once he had, The first delight of ownership is fled. He bows his little head. Ah, cruel Time, to kill That splendid thrill! […]

English Poetry. Joyce Kilmer. The Thorn. Джойс Килмер.

Joyce Kilmer (Джойс Килмер) The Thorn (For the Rev. Charles L. O’Donnell, C. S. C.) The garden of God is a radiant place, And every flower has a holy face: Our Lady like a lily bends above the cloudy sod, But Saint Michael is the thorn on […]

English Poetry. Joyce Kilmer. Thanksgiving. Джойс Килмер.

Joyce Kilmer (Джойс Килмер) Thanksgiving (For John Bunker) The roar of the world is in my ears. Thank God for the roar of the world! Thank God for the mighty tide of fears Against me always hurled! Thank God for the bitter and ceaseless strife, And the […]

English Poetry. Joyce Kilmer. Roofs. Джойс Килмер.

Joyce Kilmer (Джойс Килмер) Roofs (For Amelia Josephine Burr) The road is wide and the stars are out and the breath of the night is sweet, And this is the time when wanderlust should seize upon my feet. But I’m glad to turn from the open road […]

English Poetry. Joyce Kilmer. Wealth. Джойс Килмер.

Joyce Kilmer (Джойс Килмер) Wealth (For Aline) From what old ballad, or from what rich frame Did you descend to glorify the earth? Was it from Chaucer’s singing book you came? Or did Watteau’s small brushes give you birth? Nothing so exquisite as that slight hand Could […]

English Poetry. Joyce Kilmer. Stars. Джойс Килмер.

Joyce Kilmer (Джойс Килмер) Stars (For the Rev. James J. Daly, S. J.) Bright stars, yellow stars, flashing through the air, Are you errant strands of Lady Mary’s hair? As she slits the cloudy veil and bends down through, Do you fall across her cheeks and over […]

English Poetry. Joyce Kilmer. Roses. Джойс Килмер.

Joyce Kilmer (Джойс Килмер) Roses (For Katherine Bregy) I went to gather roses and twine them in a ring, For I would make a posy, a posy for the King. I got an hundred roses, the loveliest there be, From the white rose vine and the pink […]

English Poetry. Robert Burns. Lines Supposed to Have Been Written by Burns, and Forwarded to John Rankine, Ayrshire, Immediately after the Poet’s Decease. Роберт Бернс. Строки, написанные предположительно Робертом Бернсом, и переданные Джону Рэнкину из Эйшира сразу после того, как Поэт заболел

Robert Burns (Роберт Бернс) Lines Supposed to Have Been Written by Burns, and Forwarded to John Rankine, Ayrshire, Immediately after the Poet’s Decease He who of Rankine sang, lies stiff and dead, And a green grassy hillock hides his head; Alas! alas! a devilish change indeed! Перевод на […]

English Poetry. Robert Burns. Verses Addressed to J. Rankine. Роберт Бернс. Стихи, адресованные Джону Рэнкину, который написал Бернсу, что в той части Шотландии, где побывал Поэт, некая девица родила от него ребёнка

Robert Burns (Роберт Бернс) Verses Addressed to J. Rankine I am a keeper of the law In some sma’ points, altho’ not a’; Some people tell me gin I fa’, Ae way or ither, The breaking of ae point, tho’ sma’, Breaks a’ thegither. I hae been […]