English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. The Voortrekker. Редьярд Киплинг.
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) The Voortrekker The gull shall whistle in his wake, the blind wave break in fire. He shall fulfil God’s utmost will, unknowing His desire. And he shall see old planets change and alien stars arise, And give the gale his seaworn sail in shadow […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. The Song of the Women. Редьярд Киплинг. Песнь женщин. Фонд медицинской помощи индийским женщинам, основанный леди Дафферин
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) The Song of the Women (Lady Dufferin’s Fund for the medical aid to the Women of India) How shall she know the worship we would do her? The walls are high, and she is very far. How shall the woman’s message reach unto […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. A Song of the White Men. Редьярд Киплинг.
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) A Song of the White Men 1899 Now, this is the cup the White Men drink When they go to right a wrong, And that is the cup of the old world’s hate– Cruel and strained and strong. We have drunk that cup–and […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. Recessional. Редьярд Киплинг. Последнее песнопение. 1897
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) Recessional (A Victorian Ode) God of our fathers, known of old – Lord of our far-flung battle line – Beneath whose awful hand we hold Dominion over palm and pine – Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget — […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. A British-Roman Song. Редьярд Киплинг. Песнь британского римлянина. (406 г. н.э.)
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) A British-Roman Song “A Centurion of the Thirtieth” – Puck of Pook’s Hill My father’s father saw it not, And I, belike, shall never come To look on that so-holy spot - That very Rome - Crowned by all Time, all […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. The Settler. Редьярд Киплинг. Поселенец. Война в Южной Африке закончилась. Май 1902
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) The Settler Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, And the deep soil glistens red, I will repair the wrong that was done To the living and the dead. Here, where the senseless bullet fell, And the barren shrapnel burst, I will plant a tree, […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. Departure. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) Departure Oh, why are you shining so bright, big Sun, And why is the garden so gay? Do you know that my days of delight are done, Do you know I am going away? If you covered your face with a cloud, […]
English Poetry. Alfred Tennyson. The Kraken. Альфред Теннисон. Кракен
Alfred Tennyson (Альфред Теннисон) The Kraken Below the thunders of the upper deep, Far far beneath in the abysmal sea, His ancient, dreamless, uninvaded sleep The Kraken sleepeth: faintest sunlights flee About his shadowy sides: above him swell Huge sponges of millennial growth and height; And far away […]
English Poetry. George Gordon Byron. Epistle to Augusta. Джордж Гордон Байрон. Послание к Августе
George Gordon Byron (Джордж Гордон Байрон) Epistle to Augusta I. My sister! my sweet sister! if a name Dearer and purer were, it should be thine; Mountains and seas divide us, but I claim No tears, but tenderness to answer mine: Go where I will, to me […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. A Mile with Me. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) A Mile with Me O who will walk a mile with me Along life’s merry way? A comrade blithe and full of glee, Who dares to laugh out loud and free, And let his frolic fancy play, Like a happy child, through […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. The Message. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) The Message Waking from tender sleep, My neighbour’s little child Put out his baby hand to me, Looked in my face, and smiled. It seemed as if he came Home from a happy land, To tell me something that my heart […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. Work. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) Work Let me but do my work from day to day, In field or forest, at the desk or loom, In roaring market-place or tranquil room; Let me but find it in my heart to say, When vagrant wishes beckon me astray, […]
English Poetry. Robert William Service. Window Shopper. Роберт Уильям Сервис.
Robert William Service (Роберт Уильям Сервис) Window Shopper I stood before a candy shop Which with a Christmas radiance shone; I saw my parents pass and stop To grin at me and then go on. The sweets were heaped in gleamy rows; On each I feasted; what a […]
English Poetry. Robert William Service. Tea on the Lawn. Роберт Уильям Сервис.
Robert William Service (Роберт Уильям Сервис) Tea on the Lawn It was foretold by sybils three that in an air crash he would die. “I’ll fool their prophesy,” said he; “You won’t get me to go on high. Howe’re the need for haste and speed, I’ll never, never, […]
English Poetry. Robert William Service. I’m Scared of It All. Роберт Уильям Сервис.
Robert William Service (Роберт Уильям Сервис) * * * I’m scared of it all, God’s truth! so I am; It’s too big and brutal for me. My nerve’s on the raw and I don’t give a damn For all the “hoorah” that I see. I’m pinned between subway […]
English Poetry. Robert William Service. A Song of Success. Роберт Уильям Сервис.
Robert William Service (Роберт Уильям Сервис) A Song of Success Ho! we were strong, we were swift, we were brave. Youth was a challenge, and Life was a fight. All that was best in us gladly we gave, Sprang from the rally, and leapt for the height. Smiling […]
English Poetry. Robert William Service. A Pot of Tea. Роберт Уильям Сервис.
Robert William Service (Роберт Уильям Сервис) A Pot of Tea You make it in your mess-tin by the brazier’s rosy gleam; You watch it cloud, then settle amber clear; You lift it with your bay’nit, and you sniff the fragrant steam; The very breath of it is ripe […]
English Poetry. Phoebe Cary. The Prairie on Fire. Фиб Кэри.
Phoebe Cary (Фиб Кэри) The Prairie on Fire The long grass burned brown In the summer’s fierce heat, Snaps brittle and dry ‘Neath the traveller’s feet, As over the prairie, Through all the long day, His white, tent-like wagon Moves slow on its way. Safe and dnug […]
English Poetry. Phoebe Cary. Shakesperian Readings. Фиб Кэри.
Phoebe Cary (Фиб Кэри) Shakesperian Readings Oh, but to fade, and live we know not where, To be a cold obstruction and to groan! This sensible, warm woman to become A prudish clod; and the delighted spirit To live and die alone, or to reside With married sisters, […]
English Poetry. Alfred Tennyson. Break, Break, Break. Альфред Теннисон.
Alfred Tennyson (Альфред Теннисон) * * * Break, break, break, On thy cold gray stones, O Sea! And I would that my tongue could utter The thoughts that arise in me. O, well for the fisherman’s boy, That he shouts with his sister at play! O, well […]
English Poetry. Christopher Pearse Cranch. The Photograph. Кристофер Пирс Крэнч.
Christopher Pearse Cranch (Кристофер Пирс Крэнч) The Photograph PHOEBUS Apollo, from Olympus driven, Lived at Admetus, tending herds and flocks: And strolling o’er the pastures and the rocks He found his life much duller than in Heaven. For he had left his bow, his songs, his lyre, His […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. When Tulips Bloom. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) When Tulips Bloom I WHEN tulips bloom in Union Aquare, And timid breaths of vernal air Go wandering down the dusty town, Like children lost in Vanity Fair; When every long, unlovely row Of westward houses stands aglow, And […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. America for Me. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) America for Me ‘TIS fine to see the Old World and travel up and down Among the famous palaces and cities of renown, To admire the crumblyh castles and the statues and kings But now I think I’ve had enough of antiquated […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. Life. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) Life LET me but live my life from year to year, With forward face and unreluctant soul; Not hurrying to, nor turning from the goal; Not mourning for the things that disappear In the dim past, nor holding back in […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. Things and the Man. Редьярд Киплинг.
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) Things and the Man (In Memoriam, Joseph Chamberlain) 1904 “And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren and they hated him yet the more.” — Genesis XXXVII. 5. Oh ye who hold the written clue To all […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. «Debits and Credits». (1919-1926). 17. Untimely. Редьярд Киплинг.
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) «Debits and Credits». (1919-1926). 17. Untimely “The Eye of Allah” Nothing in life has been made by man for man’s using But it was shown long since to man in ages Lost as the name of the maker of it, Who received oppression […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. «Debits and Credits». (1919-1926). 4. To the Companions. Редьярд Киплинг.
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) «Debits and Credits». (1919-1926). 4. To the Companions Horace, BK. V. Ode 17. “The United Idolaters” How comes it that, at even-tide, When level beams should show most truth, Man, failing, takes unfailing pride In memories of his frolic youth? Venus and […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. Seal Lullaby. Редьярд Киплинг.
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) Seal Lullaby Oh! hush thee, my baby, the night is behind us And black are the waters that sparkled so green. The moon, O’er the combers, looks downward to find us At rest in the hollows that rustle between. Where billow meets billow, there […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. «Debits and Credits». (1919-1926). 7. Rahere. Редьярд Киплинг.
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) «Debits and Credits». (1919-1926). 7. Rahere “The Wish House” Rahere, King Henry’s Jester, feared by all the Norman Lords For his eye that pierced their bosoms, for his tongue that shamed their swords; Feed and flattered by the Churchmen – well they knew […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. Pan in Vermont. Редьярд Киплинг. Пан в Вермонте. 1893
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) Pan in Vermont 1893 About the 15th of this month you may expect our Mr. — , with the usual Spring Seed, etc., Catalogues. – Florist’s Announcement. It’s forty in the shade to-day, the spouting eaves declare; The boulders nose above […]
English Poetry. Robert Louis Stevenson. A Child’s Garden of Verses. 18. My Shadow. Роберт Льюис Стивенсон. Детский сад стихов. 18. Моя тень
Robert Louis Stevenson (Роберт Льюис Стивенсон) A Child’s Garden of Verses. 18. My Shadow From Child’s Garden of Verses I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me, And what can be the use of him is more than I can see. He is […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. The Good Teacher. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) The Good Teacher THE Lord is my teacher, I shall not lose the way. He leadeth me in the lowly path of learning, He prepareth a lesson for me every day; He bringeth me to the clear fountain of instruction, Little […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. Four Things. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) Four Things FOUR things a man must learn to do If he would make his record true: To think without confusion clearly; To love his fellow man sincerely; To act from honest motives purely; To trust in God and Heaven securely. Henry […]
English Poetry. Robert William Service. The Sum-Up. Роберт Уильям Сервис.
Robert William Service (Роберт Уильям Сервис) The Sum-Up It is not power and fame That make success; It is not rank or name Rate happiness. It is not honour due Nor pile of pelf: The pay-off is: Did you Enjoy yourself? A pal of days gone by […]
English Poetry. Robert William Service. Sacrifice. Роберт Уильям Сервис.
Robert William Service (Роберт Уильям Сервис) Sacrifice I gave an eye to save from night A babe born blind; And now with eager semi-sight Vast joy I find To think a child can share with me Earth ecstasy! Delight of dawn with dewy gleam On damask rose; […]
English Poetry. Robert William Service. I Shall Not Burn. Роберт Уильям Сервис.
Robert William Service (Роберт Уильям Сервис) I Shall Not Burn I have done with love and lust, I reck not for gold or fame; I await familiar dust These frail fingers to reclaim: Not for me the tiger flame. Not for me the furnace glow, Rage of […]
English Poetry. Robert William Service. Roulette. Роберт Уильям Сервис.
Robert William Service (Роберт Уильям Сервис) Roulette I’ll wait until my money’s gone Before I take the sleeping pills; Then when they find me in the dawn, Remote from earthly ails and ills They’ll say: “She’s broke, the foreign bitch!” And dump me in the common ditch. […]
English Poetry. Robert William Service. Grumpy Grandpa. Роберт Уильям Сервис.
Robert William Service (Роберт Уильям Сервис) Grumpy Grandpa Grand-daughter of the Painted Nails, As if they had been dipped in gore, I’d like to set you lugging pails And make you scrub the kitchen floor. I’m old and crotchety of course, And on this point my patience fails; […]
English Poetry. Robert William Service. Priscilla. Роберт Уильям Сервис.
Robert William Service (Роберт Уильям Сервис) Priscilla Jerry MacMullen, the millionaire, Driving a red-meat bus out there – How did he win his Croix de Guerre? Bless you, that’s all old stuff: Beast of a night on the Verdun road, Jerry stuck with a woeful load, Stalled in […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. A General Summary. Редьярд Киплинг. Общие итоги
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) A General Summary We are very slightly changed From the semi-apes who ranged India’s Prehistoric clay; He that drew the longest bow Ran his brother down, you know, As we run men down to-tday. “Dowb,” the first of all his race, Met the […]