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English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 20. By the Roadside. 11. I Sit and Look Out. Уолт Уитмен. Листья травы. 20. Из цикла «У дороги». 11. Я сижу и смотрю

Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 20. By the Roadside. 11. I Sit and Look Out I sit and look out upon all the sorrows of the world, and upon all oppression and shame, I hear secret convulsive sobs from young men at anguish with themselves, remorseful […]

English Poetry. Janet Hamilton. Address to Col. D. C. R. Carrick-Buchanan of Drumpellier. Джанет Гамильтон.

Janet Hamilton (Джанет Гамильтон) Address to Col. D. C. R. Carrick-Buchanan of Drumpellier Hail! noble mind, that formed the liberal plan: Hail! generous heart, that on the working man, With kindly courtesy, this day bestowed A valued boon; while thousand bosoms glow’d With grateful feeling. May thy high […]

English Poetry. Janet Hamilton. A Phase of the War in America, 1864. Джанет Гамильтон.

Janet Hamilton (Джанет Гамильтон) A Phase of the War in America, 1864 On the Road to Richmond Give me angel wing and eye, Give me arm and strength Herculean; With the speed of light I’ll fly— Not to yonder bright cerulean. Westward far my flight should […]

English Poetry. Janet Hamilton. Duleep Singh. Джанет Гамильтон.

Janet Hamilton (Джанет Гамильтон) Duleep Singh An Indian Prince now Resident in England Of late I listened to a wondrous tale From lips revered. ‘Twas not of war and glory— A moving tale of princely love and truth, Quite a new version of the “old, old story.” […]

English Poetry. Janet Hamilton. The Mourning Mother. Джанет Гамильтон.

Janet Hamilton (Джанет Гамильтон) The Mourning Mother What woe is thine, pale mother?—say What grief devours thy heart? For aye Thy looks averted shun the day, And midnight sees thee watch and pray With sighing, quivering breath. The hand of wedded love to clasp— To feel true friendship’s […]

English Poetry. Janet Hamilton. A Ballad of Memorie. Джанет Гамильтон.

Janet Hamilton (Джанет Гамильтон) A Ballad of Memorie Nae mair, alas! nae mair I’ll see Young mornin’s gowden hair Spread ower the lift—the dawnin’ sheen O’ simmer mornin’ fair! Nae mair the heathery knowe I’ll speel, An’ see the sunbeams glancin’, Like fire-flauchts ower the loch’s lane breast, […]

English Poetry. George Meredith. Angelic Love. Джордж Мередит.

George Meredith (Джордж Мередит) Angelic Love Angelic love that stoops with heavenly lips To meet its earthly mate; Heroic love that to its sphere’s eclipse Can dare to join its fate With one beloved devoted human heart, And share with it the passion and the smart, The undying […]

English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 20. By the Roadside. 17. The Runner. Уолт Уитмен.

Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 20. By the Roadside. 17. The Runner On a flat road runs the well-train’d runner, He is lean and sinewy with muscular legs, He is thinly clothed, he leans forward as he runs, With lightly closed fists and arms partially rais’d. […]

English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 20. By the Roadside. 16. A Child’s Amaze. Уолт Уитмен. Листья травы. 20. Из цикла «У дороги». 16. Изумление ребенка

Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 20. By the Roadside. 16. A Child’s Amaze Silent and amazed even when a little boy, I remember I heard the preacher every Sunday put God in his statements, As contending against some being or influence. Перевод на русский язык Листья […]

English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 24. Autumn Rivulets. 2. The Return of the Heroes. Уолт Уитмен.

Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 24. Autumn Rivulets. 2. The Return of the Heroes 1 For the lands and for these passionate days and for myself, Now I awhile retire to thee O soil of autumn fields, Reclining on thy breast, giving myself to thee, […]

English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 21. Drum-Taps. 10. Cavalry Crossing a Ford. Уолт Уитмен.

Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 21. Drum-Taps. 10. Cavalry Crossing a Ford A line in long array where they wind betwixt green islands, They take a serpentine course, their arms flash in the sun—hark to the musical clank, Behold the silvery river, in it the splashing […]

English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 21. Drum-Taps. 9. The Centenarian’s Story. Уолт Уитмен.

Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 21. Drum-Taps. 9. The Centenarian’s Story [Volunteer of 1861-2, at Washington Park, Brooklyn, assisting the Centenarian.] Give me your hand old Revolutionary, The hill-top is nigh, but a few steps, (make room gentlemen,) Up the path you have follow’d me […]

English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 20. By the Roadside. 15. A Farm Picture. Уолт Уитмен. Листья травы. 20. Из цикла «У дороги». 15. Деревенская картина

Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 20. By the Roadside. 15. A Farm Picture Through the ample open door of the peaceful country barn, A sunlit pasture field with cattle and horses feeding, And haze and vista, and the far horizon fading away. Перевод на русский язык […]

English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 20. By the Roadside. 14. Roaming in Thought [After reading Hegel]. Уолт Уитмен.

Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 20. By the Roadside. 14. Roaming in Thought [After reading Hegel] Roaming in thought over the Universe, I saw the little that is Good steadily hastening towards immortality, And the vast all that is call’d Evil I saw hastening to merge […]

English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 20. By the Roadside. 12. To Rich Givers. Уолт Уитмен. Листья травы. 20. Из цикла «У дороги». 12. Щедрым даятелям

Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 20. By the Roadside. 12. To Rich Givers What you give me I cheerfully accept, A little sustenance, a hut and garden, a little money, as I rendezvous with my poems, A traveler’s lodging and breakfast as journey through the States,— […]

English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 20. By the Roadside. 11. I Sit and Look Out. Уолт Уитмен. Листья травы. 20. Из цикла «У дороги». 11. Я сижу и смотрю

Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 20. By the Roadside. 11. I Sit and Look Out I sit and look out upon all the sorrows of the world, and upon all oppression and shame, I hear secret convulsive sobs from young men at anguish with themselves, remorseful […]

English Poetry. Henry Kendall. Early Poems (1859-70). The Old Year. Генри Кендалл.

Henry Kendall (Генри Кендалл) Early Poems (1859-70). The Old Year It passed like the breath of the night-wind away, It fled like a mist at the dawn of the day; It lasted its moment, then backward was hurled, Another increase to the age of the world. It […]

English Poetry. George Meredith. The Lark Ascending. Джордж Мередит.

George Meredith (Джордж Мередит) The Lark Ascending He rises and begins to round, He drops the silver chain of sound Of many links without a break, In chirrup, whistle, slur and shake, All intervolv’d and spreading wide, Like water-dimples down a tide Where ripple ripple overcurls And eddy […]

English Poetry. Henry Kendall. Early Poems (1859-70). Australian War Song. Генри Кендалл.

Henry Kendall (Генри Кендалл) Early Poems (1859-70). Australian War Song Men have said that ye were sleeping— Hurl, Australians, back the lie; Whet the swords you have in keeping, Forward stand to do or die! Hear ye not, across the ocean, Echoes of the distant fray, Sounds of […]

English Poetry. Henry Kendall. Leaves from Australian Forests (1869). A Spanish Love Song. Генри Кендалл.

Henry Kendall (Генри Кендалл) Leaves from Australian Forests (1869). A Spanish Love Song From Andalusian gardens I bring the rose and rue, And leaves of subtle odour, To weave a gift for you. You’ll know the reason wherefore The sad is with the sweet; My flowers may lie, […]

English Poetry. Henry Kendall. Leaves from Australian Forests (1869). To Damascus. Генри Кендалл.

Henry Kendall (Генри Кендалл) Leaves from Australian Forests (1869). To Damascus Where the sinister sun of the Syrians beat On the brittle, bright stubble, And the camels fell back from the swords of the heat, Came Saul, with a fire in the soles of his feet, And a […]

English Poetry. Henry Kendall. Leaves from Australian Forests (1869). Daphne. Генри Кендалл.

Henry Kendall (Генри Кендалл) Leaves from Australian Forests (1869). Daphne Daphne! Ladon’s daughter, Daphne! Set thyself in silver light, Take thy thoughts of fairest texture, weave them into words of white— Weave the rhyme of rose-lipped Daphne, nymph of wooded stream and shade, Flying love of bright Apollo,—fleeting […]

English Poetry. Henry Kendall. Other Poems (1871-82). John Dunmore Lang. Генри Кендалл.

Henry Kendall (Генри Кендалл) Other Poems (1871-82). John Dunmore Lang The song that is last of the many Whose music is full of thy name, Is weaker, O father! than any, Is fainter than flickering flame. But far in the folds of the mountains Whose bases are hoary […]

English Poetry. Henry Kendall. Leaves from Australian Forests (1869). Ogyges. Генри Кендалл.

Henry Kendall (Генри Кендалл) Leaves from Australian Forests (1869). Ogyges Stand out, swift-footed leaders of the horns, And draw strong breath, and fill the hollowy cliff With shocks of clamour,—let the chasm take The noise of many trumpets, lest the hunt Should die across the dim Aonian hills, […]

English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. A Glass of Wine. Элла Уилкокс.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) A Glass of Wine “What’s in a glass of wine?” There, set the glass where I can look within. Now listen to me, friend, while I begin And tell you what I see– What I behold with my far-reaching eyes, And what I […]

English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Relics. Элла Уилкокс.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Relics This is her crochet-work, just as she left it, The spool, with the needle caught into its side, And the edging wound up in a neat little bundle; She had been knitting, the day that she died. This is her dress, […]

English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. It Matters Only. Элла Уилкокс.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) It Matters Only Carthage has gone, and Nineveh and Tyre! Yea, thrice has Carthage in the dust been laid. Of other, older, cities, Time has made Dry kindling, for Ambition’s funeral pyre. This is the certain end of all desire. Our work must […]

English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Knowledge. Элла Уилкокс.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Knowledge Would you believe in Presences Unseen– In life beyond this earthly life? BE STILL: Be stiller yet; and listen. Set the screen Of silence at the portal of your will. Relax, and let the world go by unheard. And seal your lips […]

English Poetry. George Meredith. A Certain People. Джордж Мередит.

George Meredith (Джордж Мередит) A Certain People As Puritans they prominently wax, And none more kindly gives and takes hard knocks. Strong psalmic chanting, like to nasal cocks, They join to thunderings of their hearty thwacks. But naughtiness, with hoggery, not lacks When Peace another door in them […]

English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. December. Элла Уилкокс.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) December Upon December’s windy portico The Old Year stood, and looked out where the sun Went wading down the West, through drifting clouds. ‘I, too, shall sink full soon to rest,’ he sighed, ‘And follow where my children’s feet have trod; Brave January, […]

English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Woman and War. Элла Уилкокс.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Woman and War We women teach our little sons how wrong And how ignoble blows are; school and church Support our precepts, and inoculate The growing minds with thoughts of love and peace. “Let dogs delight to bark and bite,” we say; But […]

Ленинград I

Ленинград Помнишь, ад памяти, маленький гад… Ты вела меня по темным коридорам, По углам и закуткам, пахло сыростью И плесенью, старой тряпичной проводкой Душимой туберкулёзной мольбою о мире Тушимой ушедшими в небытие соседями Кислой капустой, куриным кошерным супом Темно, здесь даже летом нет серого неба А коммунальные призраки шепчут разговорами И охтинским кладбищем веет, и […]

Карикатура из прошлого как плакат для сегодняшнего дня

Карикатура из прошлого как плакат для сегодняшнего дня — Война и мир (dailynews.monster) Оригинал По нашим кошерным временам – ядерная карикатура. Просто сейчас невообразимая из-за цензуры и засилья избранного того самого. Но, как плакат, один из многих, прекрасная калька, прототип, для плаката на злобу дня. Всё на 100% в точку.  Вояку на танке переделать на […]

English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. What I Have Seen. Элла Уилкокс.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) What I Have Seen NUMBER I. I saw a mother give wine to her boy– The rain-drops fall and fall: The pride of his parents, a household joy, A mother’s blessing, her all. I saw the cheek of the youth grow […]

English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Warned. Элла Уилкокс.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Warned They stood at the garden gate. By the lifting of a lid She might have read her fate In a little thing he did. He plucked a beautiful flower, Tore it away from its place On the side of the blooming […]

English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. The Voice of the Crutch. Элла Уилкокс.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) The Voice of the Crutch I am the voice of the crutch, And over the whole world’s noise The new world rising from the blood-stained dust And ashes, and smouldering ember– Over earth’s pæan of hopes and joys, And its reborn faith and […]

English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. The New Commandment. Элла Уилкокс.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) The New Commandment ‘Let Go the Cross’ – Gertrude Runshon I heard a strange voice in the distance calling As from a star an echo might be falling. It spoke four syllables, concise and brief, Charged with a God-sent message of […]

English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Never. Элла Уилкокс.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Never I said, last winter, “When the grasses grow, And there are flowers abloom in every place, And soft south winds have melted all the snow, Then I shall meet my darling face to face; And I shall clasp, and hold her hand […]

English Poetry. Henry Kendall. Poems and Songs (1862). Morning in the Bush. Генри Кендалл.

Henry Kendall (Генри Кендалл) Poems and Songs (1862). Morning in the Bush (A Juvenile Fragment) Above the skirts of yellow clouds, The god-like Sun, arrayed In blinding splendour, swiftly rose, And looked athwart the glade; The sleepy dingo watched him break The bonds that curbed his flight; […]

English Poetry. Henry Kendall. Other Poems (1871-82). To the Spirit of Music. Генри Кендалл.

Henry Kendall (Генри Кендалл) Other Poems (1871-82). To the Spirit of Music I The cool grass blowing in a breeze Of April valleys sooms and sways; On slopes that dip to quiet seas Through far, faint drifts of yellowing haze. I lie like one who, in a […]