English Poetry. Eleanor Farjeon. Fogbound. Элинор Фарджон.

Eleanor Farjeon (Элинор Фарджон) Fogbound Out of the fog-banks dank and yellow, As I groped like a soul alone, The shadow lurched of a drunken fellow, Blasphemous, ragged, and then was gone. Swift the shape of a stranger-woman– Soft-shod maidenhood? draggled quean? Only I know it was […]

English Poetry. Eleanor Farjeon. To My Mother. Элинор Фарджон.

Eleanor Farjeon (Элинор Фарджон) To My Mother Unuttered songs fly round my thoughts like birds, And aerially, above an earth of words, Imagined music on my spirit showers From azure-feathered throat and golden tongue. Most dear, of the many songs I cannot sing Yours is the bird […]

English Poetry. Thomas Heywood. Shepherd’s Song. Томас Хейвуд.

Thomas Heywood (Томас Хейвуд) Shepherd’s Song We that have known no greater state Than this we live in, praise our fate; For courtly silks in cares are spent, When country’s russet breeds content. The power of sceptres we admire, But sheep-hooks for our use desire. Simple and low […]

English Poetry. Thomas Heywood. Psyche. Томас Хейвуд.

Thomas Heywood (Томас Хейвуд) Psyche But Psyche lives, and on her breath attend Delights that far surmount all earthly joy; Music, sweet voices, and ambrosian fare; Winds, and the light-winged creatures of the air; Clear channeled rivers, springs, and flowery meads, Are proud when Psyche wantons on their […]

English Poetry. Helen Gray Cone. King Raedwald. Хелен Грей Коун.

Helen Gray Cone (Хелен Грей Коун) King Raedwald Will you hear now the speech of King Raedwald,—heathen Raedwald, the simple yet wise? He, the ruler of North-folk and South-folk, a man open-browed as the skies, Held the eyes of the eager Italians with his blue, bold, Englishman’s eyes. […]