English Poetry. Lloyd Mifflin. Sesostris. Ллойд Миффлин.

Lloyd Mifflin (Ллойд Миффлин) Sesostris Sole Lord of Lords and very King of Kings, He sits within the desert, carved in stone; Inscrutable, colossal, and alone, And ancienter than memory of things. Graved on his front the sacred beetle clings; Disdain sits on his lips; and in a […]

English Poetry. Eleanor Farjeon. Never-Known. Элинор Фарджон.

Eleanor Farjeon (Элинор Фарджон) Never-Known O Never-Known, it may be Never-to-Know, You are the murmur of colour in the East When upon twilit clouds faint ghosts of sunset Sigh from the Western rose-gardens. Or the thin rippled tune Of imperceptible Æolian harps Swept by a wind out […]

English Poetry. Eleanor Farjeon. Wild Hyacinth. Элинор Фарджон.

Eleanor Farjeon (Элинор Фарджон) Wild Hyacinth Delicate tangle of beauty that flows from the bowl of the May-green wood Leading the lingering heart out of love in a transport to tremulous tears, When the West wind runs a luminous wave through your bells and your sensitive spears It […]

English Poetry. Alexander Pope. Summer. Александр Поуп.

Alexander Pope (Александр Поуп) Summer See what delights in sylvan scenes appear! Descending Gods have found Elysium here. In woods bright Venus with Adonis stray’d, And chaste Diana haunts the forest shade. Come lovely nymph, and bless the silent hours, When swains from shearing seek their nightly bow’rs; […]