English Poetry. Edward Dyer. Love-Contradictions. Эдвард Дайер.
Edward Dyer (Эдвард Дайер) Love-Contradictions As rare to heare as seldome to be seene, It cannot be nor never yet hathe bene That fire should burne with perfecte heate and flame Without some matter for to yealde the same. A straunger case yet true by profe I […]
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. 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. 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. 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. Josephine Preston Peabody. Cakes and Ale. Жозефина Престон Пибоди.
Josephine Preston Peabody (Жозефина Престон Пибоди) Cakes and Ale I’m always glad when Andrew comes. If only I am there, He stays awhile, and talks to me, As if he did not care. He took me to some Music once, When it was all for me. And […]
English Poetry. Josephine Preston Peabody. Late. Жозефина Престон Пибоди.
Josephine Preston Peabody (Жозефина Престон Пибоди) Late My Father brought somebody up, To show us all, asleep. They came as softly up the stairs As you could creep. They whispered in the doorway there, And looked at us awhile. I had my eyes shut up; but I […]
English Poetry. Josephine Preston Peabody. Wind. Жозефина Престон Пибоди.
Josephine Preston Peabody (Жозефина Престон Пибоди) Wind I let them call it just The Wind, And tell me not to grieve. But I know all it left behind, And more than they believe. I know; about the far-off lands, Where people never sleep; They hide their faces […]
English Poetry. Josephine Preston Peabody. Sunset. Жозефина Престон Пибоди.
Josephine Preston Peabody (Жозефина Престон Пибоди) Sunset Those islands far away are mine, Beyond the cloudy strip; And something beautiful, besides:– I think it is a Ship. Josephine Preston Peabody’s other poems: The Mystic The Play’s the Thing The Masterpiece The Sorrows The Journey Poems of other poets […]
English Poetry. Robert Herrick. An Hymn to the Muses. Роберт Геррик (Херрик).
Robert Herrick (Роберт Геррик (Херрик)) An Hymn to the Muses Honour to you who sit Near to the well of wit, And drink your fill of it! Glory and worship be To you, sweet Maids, thrice three, Who still inspire me; And teach me how to […]
English Poetry. Robert Herrick. Upon His Gray Hairs. Роберт Геррик (Херрик).
Robert Herrick (Роберт Геррик (Херрик)) Upon His Gray Hairs Fly me not, though I be gray, Lady, this I know you’ll say; Better look the roses red, When with white commingled. Black your hairs are; mine are white; This begets the more delight, When things meet most opposite; […]
English Poetry. Robert Herrick. To Be Merry. Роберт Геррик (Херрик).
Robert Herrick (Роберт Геррик (Херрик)) To Be Merry Let’s now take our time, While we’re in our prime, And old, old age is afar off; For the evil, evil days Will come on apace, Before we can be aware of. Robert Herrick’s other poems: A Paranaeticall, or Advisive […]
English Poetry. William Cowper. Dependence. Уильям Купер.
William Cowper (Уильям Купер) Dependence To keep the lamp alive, With oil we fill the bowl; ‘Tis water makes the willow thrive, And grace that feeds the soul. The Lord’s unsparing hand Supplies the living stream; It is not at our own command, But still derived from […]
English Poetry. Robert Herrick. The Cheat of Cupid; or, the Ungentle Guest. Роберт Геррик (Херрик).
Robert Herrick (Роберт Геррик (Херрик)) The Cheat of Cupid; or, the Ungentle Guest One silent night of late, When every creature rested, Came one unto my gate, And knocking, me molested. Who’s that, said I, beats there, And troubles thus the sleepy? Cast off; said he, all […]
English Poetry. Robert Herrick. The Hag. Роберт Геррик (Херрик).
Robert Herrick (Роберт Геррик (Херрик)) The Hag The Hag is astride, This night for to ride, The devil and she together; Through thick and through thin, Now out, and then in, Though ne’er so foul be the weather. A thorn or a bur She takes for a […]
English Poetry. Alice Meynell. To Any Poet. Элис Мейнелл.
Alice Meynell (Элис Мейнелл) To Any Poet Thou who singest through the earth All the earth’s wild creatures fly thee; Everywhere thou marrest mirth,— Dumbly they defy thee; There is something they deny thee. Pines thy fallen nature ever For the unfallen Nature sweet. But she shuns […]
English Poetry. Alice Meynell. The Love of Narcissus. Элис Мейнелл.
Alice Meynell (Элис Мейнелл) The Love of Narcissus Like him who met his own eyes in the river, The poet trembles at his own long gaze That meets him through the changing nights and days From out great Nature; all her waters quiver With his fair image facing […]
English Poetry. Alice Meynell. Advent Meditation. Элис Мейнелл.
Alice Meynell (Элис Мейнелл) Advent Meditation Rorate coeli desuper, et nubes pluant Justum Aperiatur terra, et germinet Salvatorem. No sudden thing of glory and fear Was the Lord’s coming; but the dear Slow Nature’s days followed each other To form the Saviour from his Mother —One of […]
English Poetry. Alice Meynell. Song of the Night at Daybreak. Элис Мейнелл.
Alice Meynell (Элис Мейнелл) Song of the Night at Daybreak All my stars forsake me. And the dawn-winds shake me, Where shall I betake me? Whither shall I run Till the set of sun, Till the day be done? To the mountain-mine, To the boughs o’ […]
English Poetry. Henry Timrod. A Common Thought. Генри Тимрод.
Henry Timrod (Генри Тимрод) A Common Thought Somewhere on this earthly planet In the dust of flowers to be, In the dewdrop, in the sunshine, Sleeps a solemn day for me. At this wakeful hour of midnight I behold it dawn in mist, And I hear a […]
English Poetry. Henry Timrod. Storm and Calm. Генри Тимрод.
Henry Timrod (Генри Тимрод) Storm and Calm Sweet are these kisses of the South, As dropped from woman’s rosiest mouth, And tenderer are those azure skies Than this world’s tenderest pair of eyes! But ah! beneath such influence Thought is too often lost in Sense; And Action, […]
English Poetry. Henry Timrod. To Whom?. Генри Тимрод.
Henry Timrod (Генри Тимрод) To Whom? Awake upon a couch of pain, I see a star betwixt the trees; Across yon darkening field of cane, Comes slow and soft the evening breeze. My curtain’s folds are faintly stirred; And moving lightly in her rest, I hear the chirrup […]
English Poetry. Henry Timrod. Lines to R. L.. Генри Тимрод.
Henry Timrod (Генри Тимрод) Lines to R. L. That which we are and shall be is made up Of what we have been. On the autumn leaf The crimson stains bear witness of its spring; And, on its perfect nodes, the ocean shell Notches the slow, strange changes […]
English Poetry. William Cowper. Aspirations Of The Soul After God. Уильям Купер.
William Cowper (Уильям Купер) Aspirations Of The Soul After God My Spouse! in whose presence I live, Sole object of all my desires, Who know’st what a flame I conceive, And canst easily double its fires! How pleasant is all that I meet! From fear of adversity free, […]
English Poetry. Henry Timrod. Hymn Sung at a Sacred Concert at Columbia, S.C.. Генри Тимрод.
Henry Timrod (Генри Тимрод) Hymn Sung at a Sacred Concert at Columbia, S.C. I Faint falls the gentle voice of prayer In the wild sounds that fill the air, Yet, Lord, we know that voice is heard, Not less than if Thy throne it stirred. II […]
English Poetry. John Byrom. Epigram on Handel and Bononcini. Джон Байром. Эпиграмма на Генделя и Бонончини
John Byrom (Джон Байром) Epigram on Handel and Bononcini Some say, compar’d to Bononcini That Mynheer Handel’s, but a Ninny; Others aver, that he to Handel Is scarcely fit to hold a Candle. Strange all this Difference should be ’Twixt Tweedle-dum and Tweedle-dee! Перевод на […]
English Poetry. John Byrom. Extempore Verses Intended to Allay the Violence of Party-Spirit. Джон Байром. Экспромт, призванный умерить ярость партийного духа
John Byrom (Джон Байром) Extempore Verses Intended to Allay the Violence of Party-Spirit God bless the King — I mean the Faith’s Defender! God bless — no harm in blessing — the Pretender! But who Pretender is, or who is King — God bless us all — that’s […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Victory-1918. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Victory-1918 Stupendous was the hour and way That glorious Victory came: God’s finger left upon that day An aureole of flame. For though brave banners were unfurled Along her conquering course, Yet Victory’s message to the world Was one of moral force. […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Waiting. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Waiting The days flow on, and on, And never one comes back. Another year has vanished and gone, As the waves of the sea wash out the track On the shining sands o’ th’ shore. And patience waneth, and hope is spent, As […]
English Poetry. William Cowper. An Attempt At The Manner Of Waller. Уильям Купер.
William Cowper (Уильям Купер) An Attempt At The Manner Of Waller Did not thy reason, and thy sense, With most persuasive eloquence, Convince me that obedience due None may so justly claim as you, By right of beauty you would be Mistress o’er my heart and me. […]
English Poetry. Richard Watson Gilder. The New Day. Part 1. 4. Hesitation. Ричард Уотсон Гилдер.
Richard Watson Gilder (Ричард Уотсон Гилдер) The New Day. Part 1. 4. Hesitation (A PORTRAIT) To-day I saw the picture of a man Who, issuing from a wood, doth thrust apart Strong-matted, thorny branches, whose keen smart He heeds in nowise, if he only can Win […]
English Poetry. Richard Watson Gilder. The New Day. Part 1. 3. “A Barren Stretch That Slants to the Salt Sea’s Gray”. Ричард Уотсон Гилдер.
Richard Watson Gilder (Ричард Уотсон Гилдер) The New Day. Part 1. 3. “A Barren Stretch That Slants to the Salt Sea’s Gray” A barren stretch that slants to the salt sea’s gray,— Rock-strewn, and scarred by fire, and rough with stubble,— With here and there a bold, bright […]
English Poetry. Richard Watson Gilder. The New Day. Part 1. 1. Sonnet (I know not if I love her overmuch). Ричард Уотсон Гилдер.
Richard Watson Gilder (Ричард Уотсон Гилдер) The New Day. Part 1. 1. Sonnet (I know not if I love her overmuch) (AFTER THE ITALIAN) I know not if I love her overmuch; But this I know, that when unto her face She lifts her hand, […]
English Poetry. Robert Herrick. The Beggar to Mab, the Fairy Queen. Роберт Геррик (Херрик).
Robert Herrick (Роберт Геррик (Херрик)) The Beggar to Mab, the Fairy Queen Please your Grace, from out your store Give an alms to one that’s poor, That your mickle may have more. Black I’m grown for want of meat, Give me then an ant to eat, Or the […]
English Poetry. Robert Herrick. The Fairy Temple; or, Oberon’s Chapel. Роберт Геррик (Херрик).
Robert Herrick (Роберт Геррик (Херрик)) The Fairy Temple; or, Oberon’s Chapel DEDICATED TO MR JOHN MERRIFIELD, COUNSELLOR AT LAW RARE TEMPLES THOU HAST SEEN, I KNOW, AND RICH FOR IN AND OUTWARD SHOW; SURVEY THIS CHAPEL BUILT, ALONE, WITHOUT OR LIME, OR WOOD, OR STONE. THEN SAY, […]
English Poetry. Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Metrical Feet. Сэмюэл Тэйлор Кольридж.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Сэмюэл Тэйлор Кольридж) Metrical Feet Trochee trips from long to short; From long to long in solemn sort Slow Spondee stalks, strong foot!, yet ill able Ever to come up with Dactyl’s trisyllable. Iambics march from short to long. With a leap and a bound […]
English Poetry. William Blake. Songs of Innocence. On Another’s Sorrow. Уильям Блейк. Песни невинности. О скорби ближнего
William Blake (Уильям Блейк) Songs of Innocence. On Another’s Sorrow Can I see another’s woe, And not be in sorrow too? Can I see another’s grief, And not seek for kind relief? Can I see a falling tear, And not feel my sorrow’s share? Can a father […]
English Poetry. Robert Herrick. To the Willow-Tree. Роберт Геррик (Херрик).
Robert Herrick (Роберт Геррик (Херрик)) To the Willow-Tree Thou art to all lost love the best, The only true plant found, Wherewith young men and maids distrest And left of love, are crown’d. When once the lover’s rose is dead Or laid aside forlorn, Then willow-garlands, ’bout […]
English Poetry. Robert Herrick. A Pastoral Sung to the King. Роберт Геррик (Херрик).
Robert Herrick (Роберт Геррик (Херрик)) A Pastoral Sung to the King MONTANO, SILVIO, AND MIRTILLO, SHEPHERDS MON. Bad are the times. SIL. And worse than they are we. MON. Troth, bad are both; worse fruit, and ill the tree: The feast of shepherds fail. SIL. None crowns […]
English Poetry. William Cowper. An Attempt At The Manner Of Waller. Уильям Купер.
William Cowper (Уильям Купер) An Attempt At The Manner Of Waller Did not thy reason, and thy sense, With most persuasive eloquence, Convince me that obedience due None may so justly claim as you, By right of beauty you would be Mistress o’er my heart and me. […]