English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 1. Inscriptions. 24. Thou Reader. Уолт Уитмен. Листья травы. 1. Из цикла «Посвящения». 24. В тебе, читатель
Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 1. Inscriptions. 24. Thou Reader Thou reader throbbest life and pride and love the same as I, Therefore for thee the following chants. Перевод на русский язык Листья травы. 1. Из цикла «Посвящения». 24. В тебе, читатель В тебе, читатель, трепещет […]
English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 1. Inscriptions. 23. To You. Уолт Уитмен. Листья травы. 1. Из цикла «Посвящения». 23. Тебе
Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 1. Inscriptions. 23. To You Stranger, if you passing meet me and desire to speak to me, why should you not speak to me? And why should I not speak to you? Перевод на русский язык Листья травы. 1. Из цикла […]
English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 1. Inscriptions. 22. Poets to Come. Уолт Уитмен. Листья травы. 1. Из цикла «Посвящения». 22. Поэтам, которые будут
Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 1. Inscriptions. 22. Poets to Come Poets to come! orators, singers, musicians to come! Not to-day is to justify me and answer what I am for, But you, a new brood, native, athletic, continental, greater than before known, Arouse! for you […]
English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 1. Inscriptions. 21. Shut Not Your Doors. Уолт Уитмен. Листья травы. 1. Из цикла «Посвящения». 21. Не закрывайте дверей
Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 1. Inscriptions. 21. Shut Not Your Doors Shut not your doors to me proud libraries, For that which was lacking on all your well-fill’d shelves, yet needed most, I bring, Forth from the war emerging, a book I have made, The […]
English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 17. Birds of Passage. 5. Myself and Mine. Уолт Уитмен.
Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 17. Birds of Passage. 5. Myself and Mine Myself and mine gymnastic ever, To stand the cold or heat, to take good aim with a gun, to sail a boat, to manage horses, to beget superb children, To speak readily and […]
English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 5. Calamus. 26. No Labor-Saving Machine. Уолт Уитмен. Листья травы. 5. Из цикла «Аир благовонный». 26. Нет на моем счету
Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 5. Calamus. 26. No Labor-Saving Machine No labor-saving machine, Nor discovery have I made, Nor will I be able to leave behind me any wealthy bequest to found hospital or library, Nor reminiscence of any deed of courage for America, Nor […]
English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 1. Inscriptions. 20. Still Though the One I Sing. Уолт Уитмен. Листья травы. 1. Из цикла «Посвящения». 20. Пусть безмятежен тот, кого я пою
Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 1. Inscriptions. 20. Still Though the One I Sing Still though the one I sing, (One, yet of contradictions made,) I dedicate to Nationality, I leave in him revolt, (O latent right of insurrection! O quenchless, indispensable fire!). Перевод на русский […]
English Poetry. Coventry Patmore. The Toys. Ковентри Патмор (Пэтмор).
Coventry Patmore (Ковентри Патмор (Пэтмор)) The Toys My little Son, who look’d from thoughtful eyes And moved and spoke in quiet grown-up wise, Having my law the seventh time disobey’d, I struck him, and dismiss’d With hard words and unkiss’d, —His Mother, who was patient, being dead. Then, […]
English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 1. Inscriptions. 19. What Place Is Besieged?. Уолт Уитмен. Листья травы. 1. Из цикла «Посвящения». 19. Где осажденная крепость?
Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 1. Inscriptions. 19. What Place Is Besieged? What place is besieged, and vainly tries to raise the siege? Lo, I send to that place a commander, swift, brave, immortal, And with him horse and foot, and parks of artillery, And artillery-men, […]
English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 1. Inscriptions. 17. The Ship Starting. Уолт Уитмен.
Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 1. Inscriptions. 17. The Ship Starting Lo, the unbounded sea, On its breast a ship starting, spreading all sails, carrying even her moonsails. The pennant is flying aloft as she speeds she speeds so stately— below emulous waves press forward, They […]
English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 1. Inscriptions. 16. Savantism. Уолт Уитмен.
Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 1. Inscriptions. 16. Savantism Thither as I look I see each result and glory retracing itself and nestling close, always obligated, Thither hours, months, years—thither trades, compacts, establishments, even the most minute, Thither every-day life, speech, utensils, politics, persons, estates; Thither […]
English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 1. Inscriptions. 14. To a Certain Cantatrice. Уолт Уитмен. Листья травы. 1. Из цикла «Посвящения». 14. Некоей певице
Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 1. Inscriptions. 14. To a Certain Cantatrice Here, take this gift, I was reserving it for some hero, speaker, or general, One who should serve the good old cause, the great idea, the progress and freedom of the race, Some brave […]
English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 1. Inscriptions. 11. Beginners. Уолт Уитмен.
Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 1. Inscriptions. 11. Beginners How they are provided for upon the earth, (appearing at intervals,) How dear and dreadful they are to the earth, How they inure to themselves as much as to any—what a paradox appears their age, How people […]
English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 1. Inscriptions. 13. On Journeys Through the States. Уолт Уитмен.
Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 1. Inscriptions. 13. On Journeys Through the States On journeys through the States we start, (Ay through the world, urged by these songs, Sailing henceforth to every land, to every sea,) We willing learners of all, teachers of all, and lovers […]
English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 1. Inscriptions. 12. To the States. Уолт Уитмен. Листья травы. 1. Из цикла «Посвящения». 12. Штатам
Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 1. Inscriptions. 12. To the States To the States or any one of them, or any city of the States, Resist much, obey little, Once unquestioning obedience, once fully enslaved, Once fully enslaved, no nation, state, city of this earth, ever […]
English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 1. Inscriptions. 10. Beginning My Studies. Уолт Уитмен.
Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 1. Inscriptions. 10. Beginning My Studies Beginning my studies the first step pleas’d me so much, The mere fact consciousness, these forms, the power of motion, The least insect or animal, the senses, eyesight, love, The first step I say awed […]
English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 1. Inscriptions. 8. For Him I Sing. Уолт Уитмен.
Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 1. Inscriptions. 8. For Him I Sing For him I sing, I raise the present on the past, (As some perennial tree out of its roots, the present on the past,) With time and space I him dilate and fuse the […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Repetition. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Repetition Over and over and over These truths I will weave in song— That God’s great plan needs you and me, That will is greater than destiny, And that love moves the world along. However mankind may doubt it, It shall listen […]
English Poetry. Philip Sidney. Leave Me, O Love, Which Reachest But to Dust. Филип Сидни.
Philip Sidney (Филип Сидни) * * * Leave me, O Love, which reachest but to dust, And thou my mind aspire to higher things: Grow rich in that which never taketh rust: Whatever fades, but fading pleasure brings. Draw in thy beams, and humble all thy might, […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Fate and I. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Fate and I Wise men tell me thou, O Fate, Art invincible and great. Well, I own thy prowess; still Dare I flout thee with my will Thou canst shatter in a span All the earthly pride of man. […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Words. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Words Words are great forces in the realm of life: Be careful of their use. Who talks of hate, Of poverty, of sickness, but sets rife These very elements to mar his fate. When love, health, happiness, and plenty hear Their names […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Mission. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Mission If you are sighing for a lofty work, If great ambitions dominate your mind, Just watch yourself and see you do not shirk The common little ways of being kind. If you are dreaming of a future goal, When, crowned […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. You and To-Day. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) You and To-Day With every rising of the sun Think of your life as just begun. The past has shrived and buried deep All yesterdays-there let them sleep, Nor seek to summon back one ghost Of that innumerable host. […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Now. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Now I leave with God to-morrow’s where and how, And do concern myself but with the Now, That little word, though half the future’s length, Well used, holds twice its meaning and its strength. Like one blindfolded groping out his way, […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. The Earth. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) The Earth The earth is yours and mine, Our God’s bequest. That testament divine Who dare contest? Usurpers of the earth, We claim our share. We are of royal birth. Beware! beware! Unloose the hand of greed From God’s fair […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. The Traveller. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) The Traveller Reply to Rudyard Kipling’s “He travels the fastest who travels alone.” Who travels alone with his eyes on the heights, Though he laughs in the day time oft weeps in the nights; For courage goes down at the […]
English Poetry. Henry Kendall. Early Poems (1859-70). Kiama Revisited. Генри Кендалл.
Henry Kendall (Генри Кендалл) Early Poems (1859-70). Kiama Revisited We stood by the window and hearkened To the voice of the runnels sea-driven, While, northward, the mountain-heads darkened, Girt round with the clamours of heaven. One peak with the storm at his portal Loomed out to the left […]
English Poetry. Henry Kendall. Leaves from Australian Forests (1869). At Dusk. Генри Кендалл.
Henry Kendall (Генри Кендалл) Leaves from Australian Forests (1869). At Dusk At dusk, like flowers that shun the day, Shy thoughts from dim recesses break, And plead for words I dare not say For your sweet sake. My early love! my first, my last! Mistakes have been […]
English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 1. Inscriptions. 7. Eidolons. Уолт Уитмен.
Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 1. Inscriptions. 7. Eidolons I met a seer, Passing the hues and objects of the world, The fields of art and learning, pleasure, sense, To glean eidolons. Put in thy chants said he, No more the puzzling hour nor day, […]
English Poetry. Philip Sidney. Sonnet 84. Highway, since You my Chief Parnassus be. Филип Сидни. Сонет 84. Уж если ты – дорога, мой Парнас
Philip Sidney (Филип Сидни) Sonnet 84. Highway, since You my Chief Parnassus be Highway, since you my chief Parnassus be, And that my Muse, to some ears not unsweet, Tempers her words to trampling horses’ feet More oft than to a chamber-melody,– Now blessed you bear onward blessèd […]
English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 1. Inscriptions. 6. To Thee Old Cause. Уолт Уитмен. Листья травы. 1. Из цикла «Посвящения». 6. Тебе, старинное дело борьбы за свободу
Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 1. Inscriptions. 6. To Thee Old Cause To thee old cause! Thou peerless, passionate, good cause, Thou stern, remorseless, sweet idea, Deathless throughout the ages, races, lands, After a strange sad war, great war for thee, (I think all war through […]
English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 1. Inscriptions. 5. To a Historian. Уолт Уитмен. Листья травы. 1. Из цикла «Посвящения». 5. Историку
Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 1. Inscriptions. 5. To a Historian You who celebrate bygones, Who have explored the outward, the surfaces of the races, the life that has exhibited itself, Who have treated of man as the creature of politics, aggregates, rulers and priests, I, […]
English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 1. Inscriptions. 4. To Foreign Lands. Уолт Уитмен.
Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 1. Inscriptions. 4. To Foreign Lands I heard that you ask’d for something to prove this puzzle the New World, And to define America, her athletic Democracy, Therefore I send you my poems that you behold in them what you wanted. […]
English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 1. Inscriptions. 3. In Cabin’d Ships at Sea. Уолт Уитмен. Листья травы. 1. Из цикла «Посвящения». 3. На кораблях в океане
Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 1. Inscriptions. 3. In Cabin’d Ships at Sea In cabin’d ships at sea, The boundless blue on every side expanding, With whistling winds and music of the waves, the large imperious waves, Or some lone bark buoy’d on the dense marine, […]
English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 1. Inscriptions. 2. As I Ponder’d in Silence. Уолт Уитмен. Листья травы. 1. Из цикла «Посвящения». 2. Когда я размышлял в тиши
Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 1. Inscriptions. 2. As I Ponder’d in Silence As I ponder’d in silence, Returning upon my poems, considering, lingering long, A Phantom arose before me with distrustful aspect, Terrible in beauty, age, and power, The genius of poets of old lands, […]
English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 4. Children of Adam. 11. I Am He That Aches with Love. Уолт Уитмен.
Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 4. Children of Adam. 11. I Am He That Aches with Love I am he that aches with amorous love; Does the earth gravitate? does not all matter, aching, attract all matter? So the body of me to all I meet […]
English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 4. Children of Adam. 4. A Woman Waits for Me. Уолт Уитмен.
Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 4. Children of Adam. 4. A Woman Waits for Me A woman waits for me, she contains all, nothing is lacking, Yet all were lacking if sex were lacking, or if the moisture of the right man were lacking. Sex […]
English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 1. Inscriptions. 15. Me Imperturbe. Уолт Уитмен. Листья травы. 1. Из цикла «Посвящения». 15. Я не доступен тревогам
Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 1. Inscriptions. 15. Me Imperturbe Me imperturbe, standing at ease in Nature, Master of all or mistress of all, aplomb in the midst of irrational things, Imbued as they, passive, receptive, silent as they, Finding my occupation, poverty, notoriety, foibles, crimes, […]
English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 1. Inscriptions. 1. One’s-Self I Sing. Уолт Уитмен. Листья травы. 1. Из цикла «Посвящения». 1. Одного я пою
Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 1. Inscriptions. 1. One’s-Self I Sing One’s-self I sing, a simple separate person, Yet utter the word Democratic, the word En-Masse. Of physiology from top to toe I sing, Not physiognomy alone nor brain alone is worthy for the Muse, […]
English Poetry. Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 34. Sands at Seventy. 6. The Bravest Soldiers. Уолт Уитмен. Листья травы. 34. Из цикла «Дни семидесятилетия». 6. Самые бравые солдаты
Walt Whitman (Уолт Уитмен) Leaves of Grass. 34. Sands at Seventy. 6. The Bravest Soldiers Brave, brave were the soldiers (high named to-day) who lived through the fight; But the bravest press’d to the front and fell, unnamed, unknown. Перевод на русский язык Листья травы. 34. Из цикла […]