English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. «Limits and Renewals». 1932. 8. The Mother’s Son. Редьярд Киплинг. «Пределы и обновления». 1932. 8. Сын Матери Моей
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) «Limits and Renewals». 1932. 8. The Mother’s Son “Fairy Kist” I have a dream — a dreadful dream – A dream that is never done. I watch a man go out of his mind, And he is My Mother’s Son. They pushed […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. «Limits and Renewals». 1932. 4. The Totem. Редьярд Киплинг. «Пределы и обновления». 1932. 4. Тотем
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) «Limits and Renewals». 1932. 4. The Totem “The Tie” Ere the mother’s milk had dried On my lips, the Brethren came– Tore me from my nurse’s side, And bestowed on me a name Infamously overtrue– Such as “Bunny,” “Stinker,” “Podge”;– But, whatever […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. «Debits and Credits». (1919-1926). 14. A Legend of Truth. Редьярд Киплинг. «Расходы и поступления». 14. Легенда о Правде
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) «Debits and Credits». (1919-1926). 14. A Legend of Truth “A Friend of the Family” Once on a time, the ancient legends tell, Truth, rising from the bottom of her well, Looked on the world, but, hearing how it lied, Returned to her seclusion […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. «Brazilian Verses». 1927. 5. «Poison of Asps». Редьярд Киплинг. «Бразильские стихи». 1927. 5. «Яд гадюки». Бразильская ферма-змеепитомник
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) «Brazilian Verses». 1927. 5. «Poison of Asps» A Brazilian Snake-Farm “POISON of asps is under our lips”? Why do you seek us, then? Breaking our knotted fellowships With your noisy-footed men? Time and time over we let them […]
English Poetry. Edward Rowland Sill. Truth at Last. Эдвард Роулэнд Силл.
Edward Rowland Sill (Эдвард Роулэнд Силл) Truth at Last DOES a man ever give up hope, I wonder, – Face the grim fact, seeing it clear as day? When Bennen saw the snow slip, heard its thunder Low, louder, roaring round him, felt the speed Grow swifter as […]
English Poetry. Edward Rowland Sill. To Child Sara. Эдвард Роулэнд Силл.
Edward Rowland Sill (Эдвард Роулэнд Силл) To Child Sara I LOOKED in a dew-drop’s heart to-day As it clung on a leaf of clover, Holding a sparkle of starry light, Like a liquid drop of opal bright With diamond dusted over. In that least globe of quivering […]
English Poetry. Edward Rowland Sill. The Tree of My Life. Эдвард Роулэнд Силл.
Edward Rowland Sill (Эдвард Роулэнд Силл) The Tree of My Life WHEN I was yet but a child, the gardener gave me a tree, A little slim elm, to be set wherever seemed good to me What a wonderful thing it seemed! with its lace-edged leaves uncurled, And […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. «A History of England». 1911. 20. The Secret of the Machines. Редьярд Киплинг.
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) «A History of England». 1911. 20. The Secret of the Machines Modern Machinery We were taken from the ore-bed and the mine, We were melted in the furnace and the pit– We were cast and wrought and hammered to design, We were cut […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. The Jester. Редьярд Киплинг.
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) The Jester There are three degrees of bliss At the foot of Allah’s Throne, And the highest place is his Who saves a brother’s soul At peril of his own. There is the Power made known! There are three degrees of bliss In […]
English Poetry. Oscar Wilde. The True Knowledge. Оскар Уайльд.
Oscar Wilde (Оскар Уайльд) The True Knowledge Thou knowest all; I seek in vain What lands to till or sow with seed - The land is black with briar and weed, Nor cares for falling tears or rain. Thou knowest all; I sit and wait With blinded […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. «A History of England». 1911. 10. The King’s Job. Редьярд Киплинг.
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) «A History of England». 1911. 10. The King’s Job The Tudor Monarchy Once on a time was a King anxious to understand What was the wisest thing a man could do for his land. Most of his population hurried to answer the question, […]
English Poetry. Mary Sidney. Psalm 84. Мэри Сидни.
Mary Sidney (Мэри Сидни) Psalm 84 How lovely is thy dwelling, Great god, to whom all greatness is belonging! To view thy courts far, far from any telling My soul doth long and pine with longing Unto the God that liveth, The God that all life giveth, My […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. «A History of England». 1911. 21. The Bells and Queen Victoria. Редьярд Киплинг.
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) «A History of England». 1911. 21. The Bells and Queen Victoria 1911 “Gay go up and gay go down To ring the Bells of London Town.” When London Town’s asleep in bed You’ll hear the Bells ring overhead. In excelsis gloria! Ringing for […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. «A History of England». 1911. 17. The American Rebellion. Редьярд Киплинг.
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) «A History of England». 1911. 17. The American Rebellion 1776 Before Twas not while England’s sword unsheathed Put half a world to flight, Nor while their new-built cities breathed Secure behind her might; Not while she poured from Pole to Line Treasure and […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. «A History of England». 1911. 12. «Together». Редьярд Киплинг.
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) «A History of England». 1911. 12. «Together» England at War Where Horse and Rider each can trust the other everywhere, It takes a fence and more than a fence to pound that happy pair; For the one will do what the other […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. «A History of England». 1911. 8. My Father’s Chair. Редьярд Киплинг. «История Англии». 1911. 8. Отцовский Трон. Парламенты Генриха III, 1265 г.
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) «A History of England». 1911. 8. My Father’s Chair Parliaments of Henry III., 1265 There are four good legs to my Father’s Chair– Priests and People and Lords and Crown. I sits on all of ’em fair and square, And that is reason […]
English Poetry. Thomas Hardy. The Wanderer. Томас Гарди (Харди).
Thomas Hardy (Томас Гарди (Харди)) The Wanderer There is nobody on the road But I, And no beseeming abode I can try For shelter, so abroad I must lie. The stars feel not far up, And to be The lights by which I sup Glimmeringly, Set out […]
English Poetry. Thomas Hardy. The Fallow Deer at the Lonely House. Томас Гарди (Харди).
Thomas Hardy (Томас Гарди (Харди)) The Fallow Deer at the Lonely House One without looks in to-night Through the curtain-chink From the sheet of glistening white; One without looks in to-night As we sit and think By the fender-brink. We do not discern those eyes Watching in […]
English Poetry. Thomas Hardy. On Stinsford Hill at Midnight. Томас Гарди (Харди).
Thomas Hardy (Томас Гарди (Харди)) On Stinsford Hill at Midnight I glimpsed a woman’s muslined form Sing-songing airily Against the moon; and still she sang, And took no heed of me. Another trice, and I beheld What first I had not scanned, That now and then she […]
English Poetry. Thomas Hardy. If It’s Ever Spring Again. Томас Гарди (Харди).
Thomas Hardy (Томас Гарди (Харди)) If It’s Ever Spring Again (Song) If it’s ever spring again, Spring again, I shall go where went I when Down the moor-cock splashed, and hen, Seeing me not, amid their flounder, Standing with my arm around her; If it’s ever spring […]
English Poetry. Oscar Wilde. Symphony in Yellow. Оскар Уайльд.
Oscar Wilde (Оскар Уайльд) Symphony in Yellow An omnibus across the bridge Crawls like a yellow butterfly, And, here and therem a passer-by Shows like a little restless midge. Big barges full of yellow hay Are moored against the shadowy wharf, And, like a yellow silken scarf, […]
English Poetry. Thomas Hardy. «And There Was a Great Calm». Томас Гарди (Харди).
Thomas Hardy (Томас Гарди (Харди)) «And There Was a Great Calm» (On the Signing of the Armistice, 11 Nov. 1918) I There had been years of Passion – scorching, cold, And much Despair, and Anger heaving high, Care whitely watching, Sorrows manifold, Among the young, among […]
English Poetry. Thomas Hardy. Where Three Roads Joined. Томас Гарди (Харди).
Thomas Hardy (Томас Гарди (Харди)) * * * Where three roads joined it was green and fair, And over a gate was the sun-glazed sea, And life laughed sweet when I halted there; Yet there I never again would be. I am sure those branchways are brooding […]
English Poetry. Thomas Hardy. A Duettist to Her Pianoforte. Томас Гарди (Харди).
Thomas Hardy (Томас Гарди (Харди)) A Duettist to Her Pianoforte Song of Silence (E.L.H.–H.C.H.) Since every sound moves memories, How can I play you Just as I might if you raised no scene, By your ivory rows, of a form between My vision and your time-worn […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. «A History of England». 1911. 22. The Glory of the Garden. Редьярд Киплинг. «История Англии». 1911. 22. Слава Сада
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) «A History of England». 1911. 22. The Glory of the Garden Our England is a garden that is full of stately views, Of borders, beds and shrubberies and lawns and avenues, With statues on the terraces and peacocks strutting by; But the Glory of […]
English Poetry. Mary Sidney. Psalm 150. Мэри Сидни.
Mary Sidney (Мэри Сидни) Psalm 150 Oh, laud the Lord, the God of hosts commend, Exalt his pow’r, advance his holiness: With all your might lift his almightiness; Your greatest praise upon his greatness spend. Make trumpet’s noise in shrillest notes ascend; Make lute and lyre his […]
English Poetry. Mary Sidney. Psalm 55. Мэри Сидни.
Mary Sidney (Мэри Сидни) Psalm 55 My God, most glad to look, most prone to hear, An open ear, oh, let my prayer find, And from my plaint turn not thy face away. Behold my gestures, hearken what I say, While uttering moans with most tormented mind, My […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. «A History of England». 1911. 3. The Pirates in England. Редьярд Киплинг. «История Англии». 1911. 3. Пираты в Англии. Англосаксонское вторжение, 400-600 гг. н.э.
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) «A History of England». 1911. 3. The Pirates in England Saxon Invasion, A.D. 400-600 When Rome was rotten-ripe to her fall, And the sceptre passed from her hand, The pestilent Picts leaped over the wall To harry the English land. The little […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. «A History of England». 1911. 18. The French Wars. Редьярд Киплинг. «История Англии». 1911. 18. Англия и Франция в морской войне
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) «A History of England». 1911. 18. The French Wars Napoleonic The boats of Newhaven and Folkestone and Dover To Dieppe and Boulogne and to Calais cross over; And in each of those runs there is not a square yard Where the English and […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. «A History of England». 1911. 13. James I. Редьярд Киплинг. «История Англии». 1911. 13. Иаков I. 1603-1625
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) «A History of England». 1911. 13. James I 1603-25 The child of Mary Queen of Scots, A shifty mother’s shiftless son, Bred up among intrigues and plots, Learned in all things, wise in none. Ungainly, babbling, wasteful, weak, Shrewd, clever, cowardly, pedantic, The […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. «A History of England». 1911. 6. Norman and Saxon. Редьярд Киплинг. «История Англии». 1911. 6. Норманн и Сакс. 1100 г. н.э.
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) «A History of England». 1911. 6. Norman and Saxon A.D. 1100 “My son,” said the Norman Baron, “I am dying, and you will be heir To all the broad acres in England that William gave me for share When he conquered the Saxon […]
English Poetry. Oscar Wilde. Ballade De Marguerite. Оскар Уайльд.
Oscar Wilde (Оскар Уайльд) Ballade De Marguerite (NORMANDE.) I AM weary of lying within the chase When the knights are meeting in market-place. Nay, go not thou to the red-roofed town Lest the hooves of the war-horse tread thee down. But I would not go […]
English Poetry. George Gordon Byron. So We’ll Go No More a Roving. Джордж Гордон Байрон. Не бродить нам вечер целый
George Gordon Byron (Джордж Гордон Байрон) * * * So, we’ll go no more a roving So late into the night, Though the heart be still as loving, And the moon be still as bright. For the sword outwears its sheath, And the soul wears out the […]
English Poetry. William Wordsworth. Written in March. Уильям Вордсворт. Март
William Wordsworth (Уильям Вордсворт) Written in March The cock is crowing, The stream is flowing, The small birds twitter, The lake doth glitter The green field sleeps in the sun; The oldest and youngest Are at work with the strongest; The cattle are grazing, Their heads never raising; […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. «A History of England». 1911. 2. The Roman Centurion’s Song. Редьярд Киплинг. «История Англии». 1911. 2. Песнь римского центуриона. Римская оккупация Британии. 300 г. н.э.
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) «A History of England». 1911. 2. The Roman Centurion’s Song (Roman Occupation of Britain, A.D. 300) LEGATE, I had the news last night – my cohort ordered home By ships to Portus Itius and thence by road to Rome. I’ve marched the companies […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. The Only Son. Редьярд Киплинг. Единственный сын
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) The Only Son She dropped the bar, she shot the bolt, she fed the fire anew For she heard a whimper under the sill and a great grey paw came through. The fresh flame comforted the hut and shone on the roof-beam, And the […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. Evarra and His Gods. Редьярд Киплинг. Еварра и его боги
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) Evarra and His Gods Read here: This is the story of Evarra — man – Maker of Gods in lands beyond the sea. Because the city gave him of her gold, Because the caravans brought turquoises, Because his life was sheltered by the King, […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. «A History of England». 1911. 1. The River’s Tale. Prehistoric. Редьярд Киплинг. «История Англии». 1911. 1. Рассказ Реки. Доисторический период
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) «A History of England». 1911. 1. The River’s Tale. Prehistoric Twenty bridges from Tower to Kew– (Twenty bridges or twenty-two)– Wanted to know what the River knew, For they were young, and the Thames was old And this is the tale that River […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. A Preface. Редьярд Киплинг. Сборник рассказов «На суше и на море». 1919-1922. 1. Предисловие. «Желаю здравья всякому…»
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) A Preface From “Land and Sea Tales”(1919-23) To all to whom this little book may come– Health for yourselves and those you hold most dear! Content abroad, and happiness at home, And–one grand Secret in your private ear: – Nations have passed away […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. A Counting-Out Song. Редьярд Киплинг. Сборник рассказов «На суше и на море». 1919-1922. 8. Песня-считалка
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) A Counting-Out Song “An English School” From “Land and Sea Tales” (1919-1923) What is the song the children sing, When doorway lilacs bloom in Spring, And the Schools are loosed, and the games are played That were deadly earnest when Earth was made? […]