English Poetry. Joseph Warton. The Enthusiast, or the Lover of Nature. Джозеф Уортон.
Joseph Warton (Джозеф Уортон) The Enthusiast, or the Lover of Nature Ye green-rob’d Dryads, oft’ at dusky Eve By wondering Shepherds seen, to Forests brown, To unfrequented Meads, and pathless Wilds, Lead me from Gardens deckt with Art’s vain Pomps. Can gilt Alcoves, can Marble-mimic Gods, Parterres […]
English Poetry. Joseph Warton. Ode to a Lady on the Spring. Джозеф Уортон.
Joseph Warton (Джозеф Уортон) Ode to a Lady on the Spring Lo! Spring, array’d in primrose-colour’d robe, Fresh beauties sheds on each enliven’d scene, With show’rs and sunshine cheers the smiling globe, And mantles hill and vale in glowing green. All nature feels her vital heat around, […]
English Poetry. Elinor Wylie. Little Elegy. Элинор Уайли.
Elinor Wylie (Элинор Уайли) Little Elegy Withouten you No rose can grow; No leaf be green If never seen Your sweetest face; No bird have grace Or power to sing; Or anything Be kind, or fair, And you nowhere. Elinor Wylie’s other poems: Poor Earth Quarrel The Fairy […]
English Poetry. Elinor Wylie. Full Moon. Элинор Уайли.
Elinor Wylie (Элинор Уайли) Full Moon My bands of silk and miniver Momently grew heavier; The black gauze was beggarly thin; The ermine muffled mouth and chin; I could not suck the moonlight in. Harlequin in lozenges Of love and hate, I walked in these Striped and […]
English Poetry. Elinor Wylie. Epitaph. Элинор Уайли.
Elinor Wylie (Элинор Уайли) Epitaph For this she starred her eyes with salt And scooped her temples thin, Until her face shone pure of fault From the forehead to the chin. In coldest crucibles of pain Her shrinking flesh was fired And smoothed into a finer grain […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. Verses on Games. To “An Almanack of Twelve Sports” by W. Nicholson, 1898. Редьярд Киплинг. Стихи о спортивных играх для «Альманаха двенадцати видов спорта» У. Ни-кольсона, 1898 г.
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) Verses on Games. To “An Almanack of Twelve Sports” by W. Nicholson, 1898 HERE is a horse to tame Here is a gun to handle God knows you can enter the game If you’ll only pay for the same, And the price of the […]
English Poetry. Archibald Lampman. In May. Арчибальд Лемпман.
Archibald Lampman (Арчибальд Лемпман) In May Grief was my master yesternight; To-morrow I may grieve again; But now along the windy plain The clouds have taken flight. The sowers in the furrows go; The lusty river brimmeth on; The curtains from the hills are gone; The leaves […]
English Poetry. Archibald Lampman. The Meadow. Арчибальд Лемпман.
Archibald Lampman (Арчибальд Лемпман) The Meadow Here when the cloudless April days begin, And the quaint crows flock thicker day by day, Filling the forests with a pleasant din, And the soiled snow creeps secretly away, Comes the small busy sparrow, primed with glee, First preacher in the […]
English Poetry. Archibald Lampman. Favorites of Pan. Арчибальд Лемпман.
Archibald Lampman (Арчибальд Лемпман) Favorites of Pan Once, long ago, before the gods Had left this earth, by stream and forest glade, Where the first plough upturned the clinging sods, Or the lost shepherd strayed, Often to the tired listener’s ear There came at noonday or beneath […]
English Poetry. Eva Gore-Booth. The Incarnate. Эва Гор-Бут.
Eva Gore-Booth (Эва Гор-Бут) The Incarnate Deep in the soul there throbs the secret pain Of one homesick for dear familiar things, When Spring winds rock the waves of sunlit rain And on the grass there falls the shadow of wings. How should one bend one’s dreams […]
English Poetry. Arthur William Symons. Emmy. Артур Саймонс (Симонс).
Arthur William Symons (Артур Саймонс (Симонс)) Emmy Emmy’s exquisite youth and her virginal air, Eyes and teeth in the flash of a musical smile, Come to me out of the past, and I see her there As I saw her once for a while. Emmy’s laughter rings […]
English Poetry. Percy Bysshe Shelley. Stanzas. Перси Биши Шелли. Стансы
Percy Bysshe Shelley (Перси Биши Шелли) Stanzas Away! the moor is dark beneath the moon, Rapid clouds have drank the last pale beam of even: Away! the gathering winds will call the darkness soon, And profoundest midnight shroud the serene lights of heaven. Pause not! The time […]
English Poetry. Marriott Edgar. The Fair Rosamond. Мариотт Эдгар.
Marriott Edgar (Мариотт Эдгар) The Fair Rosamond You’ve heard of King Henry II And the story of how he got fond Of one of his customer’s daughters, A lass called the “Fair Rosamond.” ‘Twere a lovely romance while it lasted, The course of true love ran serene, […]
English Poetry. Marriott Edgar. Up’ards. Мариотт Эдгар.
Marriott Edgar (Мариотт Эдгар) Up’ards ‘Twere getting dusk, one winter’s night, When up the clough there came in sight, A lad who carried through the snow, A banner with this ‘ere motto… ‘Uppards’ His face was glum as he did pass, His eyes were shiny… just like […]
English Poetry. James Weldon Johnson. Down by the Carib Sea. 5. The Dancing Girl. Джеймс Уэлдон Джонсон.
James Weldon Johnson (Джеймс Уэлдон Джонсон) Down by the Carib Sea. 5. The Dancing Girl Do you know what it is to dance? Perhaps, you do know, in a fashion; But by dancing I mean, Not what’s generally seen, But dancing of fire and passion, Of fire and […]
English Poetry. James Weldon Johnson. Down by the Carib Sea. 1. Sunrise in the Tropics. Джеймс Уэлдон Джонсон.
James Weldon Johnson (Джеймс Уэлдон Джонсон) Down by the Carib Sea. 1. Sunrise in the Tropics Sol, Sol, mighty lord of the tropic zone, Here I wait with the trembling stars To see thee once more take thy throne. There the patient palm tree watching Waits to […]
English Poetry. James Weldon Johnson. The Suicide. Джеймс Уэлдон Джонсон.
James Weldon Johnson (Джеймс Уэлдон Джонсон) The Suicide For fifty years, Cruel, insatiable Old World, You have punched me over the heart Till you made me cough blood. The few paltry things I gathered You snatched out of my hands. You have knocked the cup from my thirsty […]
English Poetry. James Weldon Johnson. Girl of Fifteen. Джеймс Уэлдон Джонсон.
James Weldon Johnson (Джеймс Уэлдон Джонсон) Girl of Fifteen Girl of fifteen, I see you each morning from my window As you pass on your way to school. I do more than see, I watch you. I furtively draw the curtain aside. And my heart leaps through my […]
English Poetry. Edgar Albert Guest. Yesterday. Эдгар Альберт Гест.
Edgar Albert Guest (Эдгар Альберт Гест) Yesterday I’ve trod the links with many a man, And played him club for club; ’Tis scarce a year since I began And I am still a dub. But this I’ve noticed as we strayed Along the bunkered way, No one with […]
English Poetry. Edgar Albert Guest. Thanksgiving. Эдгар Альберт Гест.
Edgar Albert Guest (Эдгар Альберт Гест) Thanksgiving Gettin’ together to smile an’ rejoice, An’ eatin’ an’ laughin’ with folks of your choice; An’ kissin’ the girls an’ declarin’ that they Are growin’ more beautiful day after day; Chattin’ an’ braggin’ a bit with the men, Buildin’ the old […]
English Poetry. Edgar Albert Guest. On Quitting. Эдгар Альберт Гест.
Edgar Albert Guest (Эдгар Альберт Гест) On Quitting How much grit do you think you’ve got? Can you quit a thing that you like a lot? You may talk of pluck; it’s an easy word, And where’er you go it is often heard; But can you tell to […]
English Poetry. Edgar Albert Guest. The Lay for the Troubled Golfer. Эдгар Альберт Гест.
Edgar Albert Guest (Эдгар Альберт Гест) The Lay for the Troubled Golfer His eye was wild and his face was taut with anger and hate and rage, And the things he muttered were much too strong for the ink of the printed page. I found him there when […]
English Poetry. James Elroy Flecker. Stillness. Джеймс Элрой Флеккер.
James Elroy Flecker (Джеймс Элрой Флеккер) Stillness When the words rustle no more, And the last work’s done, When the bolt lies deep in the door, And Fire, our Sun, Falls on the dark-laned meadows of the floor; When from the clock’s last time to the next […]
English Poetry. Edgar Albert Guest. Home (It takes a heap o’ livin’ in a house t’ make it home). Эдгар Альберт Гест.
Edgar Albert Guest (Эдгар Альберт Гест) Home (It takes a heap o’ livin’ in a house t’ make it home) It takes a heap o’ livin’ in a house t’ make it home, A heap o’ sun an’ shadder, an’ ye sometimes have t’ roam Afore ye really […]
English Poetry. Walter Savage Landor. Proud Word You Never Spoke, But You Will Speak. Уолтер Сэвидж Лэндор.
Walter Savage Landor (Уолтер Сэвидж Лэндор) * * * Proud word you never spoke, but you will speak Four not exempt from pride some future day. Resting on one white hand a warm wet cheek Over my open volume you will say, ‘This man loved me!’ then rise […]
English Poetry. Lloyd Mifflin. On the Twilight Headland–Theseus and Ariadne. Ллойд Миффлин.
Lloyd Mifflin (Ллойд Миффлин) On the Twilight Headland–Theseus and Ariadne Dear Love, lean nearer–let your finger-tips Reach till they touch the rose within my palm. Through the hushed dusk I feel the fragrant balm Of your faint breathing as the tired breast dips And rises, drowsful as a […]
English Poetry. Adam Lindsay Gordon. The Last Leap. Адам Линдсей Гордон.
Adam Lindsay Gordon (Адам Линдсей Гордон) The Last Leap All is over! fleet career, Dash of greyhound slipping thongs, Flight of falcon, bound of deer, Mad hoof-thunder in our rear, Cold air rushing up our lungs, Din of many tongues. Once again, one struggle good, One vain […]
English Poetry. Adam Lindsay Gordon. Ars Longa. Адам Линдсей Гордон.
Adam Lindsay Gordon (Адам Линдсей Гордон) Ars Longa [A Song of Pilgrimage] Our hopes are wild imaginings, Our schemes are airy castles, Yet these, on earth, are lords and kings, And we their slaves and vassals; Your dream, forsooth, of buoyant youth, Most ready to deceive is; […]
English Poetry. Adam Lindsay Gordon. Wormwood and Nightshade. Адам Линдсей Гордон.
Adam Lindsay Gordon (Адам Линдсей Гордон) Wormwood and Nightshade The troubles of life are many, The pleasures of life are few; When we sat in the sunlight, Annie, I dreamt that the skies were blue— When we sat in the sunlight, Annie, I dreamt that the earth was […]
English Poetry. Adam Lindsay Gordon. Delilah. Адам Линдсей Гордон.
Adam Lindsay Gordon (Адам Линдсей Гордон) Delilah [From a Picture] The sun has gone down, spreading wide on The sky-line one ray of red fire; Prepare the soft cushions of Sidon, Make ready the rich loom of Tyre. The day, with its toil and its sorrow, Its […]
English Poetry. Isabella Valancy Crawford. Said the Wind. Изабелла Валанси Кроуфорд.
Isabella Valancy Crawford (Изабелла Валанси Кроуфорд) Said the Wind “Come with me,” said the Wind To the ship within the dock “Or dost thou fear the shock Of the ocean-hidden rock, When tempests strike thee full and leave thee blind; And low the inky clouds, Blackly tangle in […]
English Poetry. Isabella Valancy Crawford. “The Earth Waxeth Old”. Изабелла Валанси Кроуфорд.
Isabella Valancy Crawford (Изабелла Валанси Кроуфорд) “The Earth Waxeth Old” When yellow-lock’d and crystal ey’d I dream’d green woods among; Where tall trees wav’d from side to side, And in their green breasts deep and wide, I saw the building blue jay hide, O, then the earth was […]
English Poetry. Isabella Valancy Crawford. “In Exchange for His Soul!”. Изабелла Валанси Кроуфорд.
Isabella Valancy Crawford (Изабелла Валанси Кроуфорд) “In Exchange for His Soul!” Long time one whisper’d in his ear– “Give me my strong, pure soul; behold ‘Tis mine to give what men hold dear– The treasure of red gold.” “I bribe thee not with crown and throne, Pale […]
English Poetry. Isabella Valancy Crawford. La Bouquetiere. Изабелла Валанси Кроуфорд.
Isabella Valancy Crawford (Изабелла Валанси Кроуфорд) La Bouquetiere Buy my roses, citizens,– Here are roses golden white, Like the stars that lovers watch On a purple summer night. Here are roses ruddy red, Here are roses Cupid’s pink; Here are roses like his cheeks– Deeper–like his lips, I […]
English Poetry. Isabella Valancy Crawford. The Camp of Souls. Изабелла Валанси Кроуфорд.
Isabella Valancy Crawford (Изабелла Валанси Кроуфорд) The Camp of Souls My white canoe, like the silvery air O’er the River of Death that darkly rolls When the moons of the world are round and fair, I paddle back from the “Camp of Souls.” When the wishton-wish in the […]
English Poetry. Arthur William Symons. Amends to Nature. Артур Саймонс (Симонс).
Arthur William Symons (Артур Саймонс (Симонс)) Amends to Nature I have loved colours, and not flowers; Their motion, not the swallows wings; And wasted more than half my hours Without the comradeship of things. How is it, now, that I can see, With love and wonder and […]
English Poetry. Joseph Warton. The Enthusiast, or the Lover of Nature. Джозеф Уортон.
Joseph Warton (Джозеф Уортон) The Enthusiast, or the Lover of Nature Ye green-rob’d Dryads, oft’ at dusky Eve By wondering Shepherds seen, to Forests brown, To unfrequented Meads, and pathless Wilds, Lead me from Gardens deckt with Art’s vain Pomps. Can gilt Alcoves, can Marble-mimic Gods, Parterres […]
English Poetry. Joseph Warton. Ode to a Lady on the Spring. Джозеф Уортон.
Joseph Warton (Джозеф Уортон) Ode to a Lady on the Spring Lo! Spring, array’d in primrose-colour’d robe, Fresh beauties sheds on each enliven’d scene, With show’rs and sunshine cheers the smiling globe, And mantles hill and vale in glowing green. All nature feels her vital heat around, […]
English Poetry. Elinor Wylie. Little Elegy. Элинор Уайли.
Elinor Wylie (Элинор Уайли) Little Elegy Withouten you No rose can grow; No leaf be green If never seen Your sweetest face; No bird have grace Or power to sing; Or anything Be kind, or fair, And you nowhere. Elinor Wylie’s other poems: Poor Earth Quarrel The Fairy […]
English Poetry. Elinor Wylie. Full Moon. Элинор Уайли.
Elinor Wylie (Элинор Уайли) Full Moon My bands of silk and miniver Momently grew heavier; The black gauze was beggarly thin; The ermine muffled mouth and chin; I could not suck the moonlight in. Harlequin in lozenges Of love and hate, I walked in these Striped and […]