English Poetry. Louise Chandler Moulton. Last Year. I. Луиза Чандлер Молтон.
Louise Chandler Moulton (Луиза Чандлер Молтон) Last Year. I You thought, O Love, you loved me then, I know; For that I bless you, now when Love is cold, Remembering how warm the tale you told, While winds of autumn fitfully did blow, And, by the sea’s perpetual […]
English Poetry. Louise Chandler Moulton. Afar. Луиза Чандлер Молтон.
Louise Chandler Moulton (Луиза Чандлер Молтон) Afar Where Thou art not no day holds light for me, The brightest noontide turns to midnight deep; There no bird sings, but awesome shadows creep,– Persistent ghosts that hold my memory, And walk where Joy and Hope once walked with thee, […]
English Poetry. Louise Chandler Moulton. One Dread. Луиза Чандлер Молтон.
Louise Chandler Moulton (Луиза Чандлер Молтон) One Dread No depth, dear Love, for thee is too profound; There is no farthest height thou mayst not dare, Nor shall thy wings fail in the upper air: In funeral robe and wreath my past lies bound; No old-time voice assails […]
English Poetry. Lewis Carroll. Madrigal. Льюис Кэрролл.
Lewis Carroll (Льюис Кэрролл) Madrigal (To Miss May Forshall.) HE shouts amain, he shouts again, (Her brother, fierce, as bluff King Hal), “I tell you flat, I shall do that!” She softly whispers ” ‘May’ for ‘shall’!” He wistful sighed one eventide (Her friend, that made […]
English Poetry. Louise Chandler Moulton. The New Day. Луиза Чандлер Молтон.
Louise Chandler Moulton (Луиза Чандлер Молтон) The New Day When the great sun sets the glad East aflame, The lingering stars are swiftly put to flight; For Day, triumphant, overthrows the night, And mocks the lights that twinkled till he came. The waning moon retires in sudden shame; […]
English Poetry. Richard Watson Gilder. The New Day. Part 2. 5. And Were That Best!. Ричард Уотсон Гилдер.
Richard Watson Gilder (Ричард Уотсон Гилдер) The New Day. Part 2. 5. And Were That Best! And were that best, Love, dreamless, endless sleep! Gone all the fury of the mortal day— The daylight gone, and gone the starry ray! And were that best, Love, rest […]
English Poetry. Richard Watson Gilder. The New Day. Part 2. 4. Written on a Fly-Leaf of “Shakespeare’s Sonnets”. Ричард Уотсон Гилдер.
Richard Watson Gilder (Ричард Уотсон Гилдер) The New Day. Part 2. 4. Written on a Fly-Leaf of “Shakespeare’s Sonnets” When shall true love be love without alloy— Shine free at last from sinful circumstance! When shall the canker of unheavenly chance Eat not the bud of that […]
English Poetry. Josephine Preston Peabody. Concerning Love. Жозефина Престон Пибоди.
Josephine Preston Peabody (Жозефина Престон Пибоди) Concerning Love I wish she would not ask me if I love the Kitten more than her. Of Course I love her. But I love the Kitten, too; and It has Fur. Josephine Preston Peabody’s other poems: Polite Visitor The Mystic The […]
English Poetry. Josephine Preston Peabody. Pigeons Out Walking. Жозефина Престон Пибоди.
Josephine Preston Peabody (Жозефина Престон Пибоди) Pigeons Out Walking They never seem to hurry,–no, Even for the crowd. They dip, and coo, and move as slow, All so soft and proud! You can see the wavy specks Of bubble-color on their necks; –Little, little Cloud. Cloud that […]
English Poetry. Josephine Preston Peabody. The Journey. Жозефина Престон Пибоди.
Josephine Preston Peabody (Жозефина Престон Пибоди) The Journey I never saw the hills so far And blue, the way the pictures are; And flowers, flowers growing thick, But not a one for me to pick! The land was running from the train, All blurry through the […]
English Poetry. Thomas Stearns Eliot. Macavity: The Mystery Cat. Томас Стернз Элиот. Макавити: Таинственный Кот
Thomas Stearns Eliot (Томас Стернз Элиот) Macavity: The Mystery Cat Macavity’s a Mystery Cat: he’s called the Hidden Paw– For he’s the master criminal who can defy the Law. He’s the bafflement of Scotland Yard, the Flying Squad’s despair: For when they reach the scene of crime – […]
English Poetry. Robert Herrick. A Country Life: to His Brother, Mr Thomas Herrick. Роберт Геррик (Херрик).
Robert Herrick (Роберт Геррик (Херрик)) A Country Life: to His Brother, Mr Thomas Herrick Thrice, and above, blest, my soul’s half, art thou, In thy both last and better vow; Could’st leave the city, for exchange, to see The country’s sweet simplicity; And it to know and practise, […]
English Poetry. William Cowper. For the Poor. Уильям Купер.
William Cowper (Уильям Купер) For the Poor When Hagar found the bottle spent And wept o’er Ishmael, A message from the Lord was sent To guide her to a well. Should not Elijah’s cake and cruse Convince us at this day, A gracious God will not refuse […]
English Poetry. Robert Herrick. To Sir Clipsby Crew. Роберт Геррик (Херрик).
Robert Herrick (Роберт Геррик (Херрик)) To Sir Clipsby Crew Since to the country first I came, I have lost my former flame; And, methinks, I not inherit, As I did, my ravish’d spirit. If I write a verse or two, ‘Tis with very much ado; In regard I […]
English Poetry. Richard Watson Gilder. The New Day. Part 2. 3. “Come to Me Ye Who Suffer”. Ричард Уотсон Гилдер.
Richard Watson Gilder (Ричард Уотсон Гилдер) The New Day. Part 2. 3. “Come to Me Ye Who Suffer” Come to me ye who suffer, for to all I am a brother now! ‘T was not in vain I saw the face of Sorrow; she who slain […]
English Poetry. Robert Herrick. The Invitation. Роберт Геррик (Херрик).
Robert Herrick (Роберт Геррик (Херрик)) The Invitation To sup with thee thou didst me home invite, And mad’st a promise that mine appetite Should meet and tire, on such lautitious meat, The like not Heliogabalus did eat: And richer wine would’st give to me, thy guest, Than Roman […]
English Poetry. Richard Watson Gilder. The New Day. Part 2. 2. The Traveler. Ричард Уотсон Гилдер.
Richard Watson Gilder (Ричард Уотсон Гилдер) The New Day. Part 2. 2. The Traveler I met a traveler on the road Whose back was bent beneath a load; His face was worn with mortal care, His frame beneath its burden shook, Yet onward, restless, he did fare With […]
English Poetry. Robert Herrick. The Apparition of His, Mistress, Calling Him to Elysium. Роберт Геррик (Херрик).
Robert Herrick (Роберт Геррик (Херрик)) The Apparition of His, Mistress, Calling Him to Elysium DESUNT NONNULLA— Come then, and like two doves with silvery wings, Let our souls fly to th’ shades, wherever springs Sit smiling in the meads; where balm and oil, Roses and cassia, crown […]
English Poetry. Richard Watson Gilder. The New Day. Part 1. 5. Love Grown Bold. Ричард Уотсон Гилдер.
Richard Watson Gilder (Ричард Уотсон Гилдер) The New Day. Part 1. 5. Love Grown Bold This is her picture painted ere mine eyes Her ever holy face had looked upon. She sitteth in a silence of her own; Behind her, on the ground, a red rose lies; […]
English Poetry. Lewis Carroll. Melancholetta. Льюис Кэрролл.
Lewis Carroll (Льюис Кэрролл) Melancholetta With saddest music all day long She soothed her secret sorrow: At night she sighed “I fear ’twas wrong Such cheerful words to borrow. Dearest, a sweeter, sadder song I’ll sing to thee to-morrow.” I thanked her, but I could not say […]
English Poetry. Robert Herrick. To Live Merrily, and to Trust to Good Verses. Роберт Геррик (Херрик).
Robert Herrick (Роберт Геррик (Херрик)) To Live Merrily, and to Trust to Good Verses Now is the time for mirth; Nor cheek or tongue be dumb; For with [the] flowery earth The golden pomp is come. The golden pomp is come; For now each tree does wear, […]
English Poetry. Robert Herrick. His Content in the Country. Роберт Геррик (Херрик).
Robert Herrick (Роберт Геррик (Херрик)) His Content in the Country HERE, Here I live with what my board Can with the smallest cost afford; Though ne’er so mean the viands be, They well content my Prue and me: Or pea or bean, or wort or beet, Whatever comes, […]
English Poetry. Robert Herrick. The Coming of Good Luck. Роберт Геррик (Херрик).
Robert Herrick (Роберт Геррик (Херрик)) The Coming of Good Luck So Good-Luck came, and on my roof did light, Like noiseless snow, or as the dew of night; Not all at once, but gently,—as the trees Are by the sun-beams, tickled by degrees. Robert Herrick’s other poems: The […]
English Poetry. Alice Meynell. Unlinked. Элис Мейнелл.
Alice Meynell (Элис Мейнелл) Unlinked If I should quit thee, sacrifice, forswear, To what, my art, shall I give thee in keeping? To the long winds of heaven? Shall these come sweeping My songs forgone against my face and hair? Or shall the mountain streams my lost […]
English Poetry. Alice Meynell. Singers to Come. Элис Мейнелл.
Alice Meynell (Элис Мейнелл) Singers to Come No new delights to our desire The singers of the past can yield. I lift mine eyes to hill and field, And see in them your yet dumb lyre, Poets unborn and unrevealed. Singers to come, what thoughts will start […]
English Poetry. Alice Meynell. A Song of Derivations. Элис Мейнелл.
Alice Meynell (Элис Мейнелл) A Song of Derivations I come from nothing; but from where Come the undying thoughts I bear? Down, through long links of death and birth, From the past poets of the earth, My immortality is there. I am like the blossom of an […]
English Poetry. Alice Meynell. The Day to the Night. Элис Мейнелл.
Alice Meynell (Элис Мейнелл) The Day to the Night The Poet sings to his Poet From dawn to dusk, and from dusk to dawn, We two are sundered always, Sweet. A few stars shake o’er the rocky lawn And the cold sea-shore when we meet. The twilight […]
English Poetry. Alice Meynell. The Spring to the Summer. Элис Мейнелл.
Alice Meynell (Элис Мейнелл) The Spring to the Summer The Poet sings to her Poet O poet of the time to be, My conqueror, I began for thee. Enter into thy poet’s pain, And take the riches of the rain, And make the perfect year for me. […]
English Poetry. Alice Meynell. The Moon to the Sun. Элис Мейнелл.
Alice Meynell (Элис Мейнелл) The Moon to the Sun The Poet sings to her Poet As the full moon shining there To the sun that lighteth her Am I unto thee for ever, O my secret glory-giver! O my light, I am dark but fair, Black but […]
English Poetry. Alice Meynell. To One Poem in a Silent Time. Элис Мейнелл.
Alice Meynell (Элис Мейнелл) To One Poem in a Silent Time Who looked for thee, thou little song of mine? This winter of a silent poet’s heart Is suddenly sweet with thee. But what thou art, Mid-winter flower, I would I could divine. Art thou a last […]
English Poetry. Lewis Carroll. Punctuality. Льюис Кэрролл.
Lewis Carroll (Льюис Кэрролл) Punctuality Man Naturally loves delay, And to procrastinate; Business put off from day to day Is always done to late. Let ever hour be in its place Firm fixed, nor loosely shift, And well enjoy the vacant space, As though a birthday gift. […]
English Poetry. Henry Timrod. The Unknown Dead. Генри Тимрод.
Henry Timrod (Генри Тимрод) The Unknown Dead The rain is plashing on my sill, But all the winds of Heaven are still; And so it falls with that dull sound Which thrills us in the church-yard ground, When the first spadeful drops like lead Upon the coffin of […]
English Poetry. Henry Timrod. Carmen Triumphale. Генри Тимрод.
Henry Timrod (Генри Тимрод) Carmen Triumphale Go forth and bid the land rejoice, Yet not too gladly, O my song! Breathe softly, as if mirth would wrong The solemn rapture of thy voice. Be nothing lightly done or said This happy day! Our joy should flow Accordant […]
English Poetry. Henry Timrod. Ethnogenesis. Генри Тимрод.
Henry Timrod (Генри Тимрод) Ethnogenesis Written During the Meeting of the First Southern Congress, at Montgomery, February, 1861 I Hath not the morning dawned with added light? And shall not evening call another star Out of the infinite regions of the night, To mark this day […]
English Poetry. Henry Timrod. Ripley. Генри Тимрод.
Henry Timrod (Генри Тимрод) Ripley Rich in red honors, that upon him lie As lightly as the Summer dews Fall where he won his fame beneath the sky Of tropic Vera Cruz; Bold scorner of the cant that has its birth In feeble or in failing powers; […]
English Poetry. Henry Timrod. A Cry to Arms. Генри Тимрод.
Henry Timrod (Генри Тимрод) A Cry to Arms Ho! woodsmen of the mountain side! Ho! dwellers in the vales! Ho! ye who by the chafing tide Have roughened in the gales! Leave barn and byre, leave kin and cot, Lay by the bloodless spade; Let desk, and case, […]
English Poetry. Thomas Stearns Eliot. Macavity: The Mystery Cat. Томас Стернз Элиот. Макавити: Таинственный Кот
Thomas Stearns Eliot (Томас Стернз Элиот) Macavity: The Mystery Cat Macavity’s a Mystery Cat: he’s called the Hidden Paw– For he’s the master criminal who can defy the Law. He’s the bafflement of Scotland Yard, the Flying Squad’s despair: For when they reach the scene of crime – […]
English Poetry. Abel Evans. On Sir John Vanbrugh. Эйбел Эванз. На сэра Джона Ванбру́, драматурга и архитектора
Abel Evans (Эйбел Эванз) On Sir John Vanbrugh An Epigrammatical Epithaph Under this stone, Reader, survey Dead Sir John Vanbrugh’s house of clay. Lie heavy on him, Earth! for he Laid many heavy loads on thee! Перевод на русский язык На сэра Джона Ванбру́, драматурга и архитектора […]
English Poetry. John Dyer. Grongar Hill. Джон Дайер. Гронгар Хилл
John Dyer (Джон Дайер) Grongar Hill Silent Nymph, with curious Eye! Who the purple Ev’ning lie On the Mountain’s lonely Van, Beyond the Noise of busy Man, Painting fair the form of Things, While the yellow Linnet sings; Or the tuneful Nightingale Charms the Forest with her […]
English Poetry. Edward Dyer. The Man of Woe. Эдвард Дайер.
Edward Dyer (Эдвард Дайер) The Man of Woe The mann whose thoughtes agaynste him do conspyre, One whom Mishapp her storye dothe depaynt, The mann of woe, the matter of desier, Free of the dead, that lives in endles plaint, His spirit am I, whiche in this deserte […]