English Poetry. William Broome. Melancholy. Уильям Брум.
William Broome (Уильям Брум) Melancholy An Ode Adieu vain Mirth, and noisy Joys! Ye gay Desires, deluding Toys! Thou thoughtful Melancholy deign To hide me in thy pensive Train! If by the Fall of murmuring Floods, Where awful Shades embrown the Woods, Or if where Winds […]
English Poetry. Fulke Greville Brooke. Caelica 83. You that seek what life is in death. Фулк Гревилль Брук.
Fulke Greville Brooke (Фулк Гревилль Брук) Caelica 83. You that seek what life is in death You that seek what life is in death, Now find it air that once was breath. New names unknown, old names gone: Till time end bodies, but souls none. Reader! then make […]
English Poetry. Fulke Greville Brooke. Caelica 12. Cupid, thou naughty boy, when thou wert loathed. Фулк Гревилль Брук.
Fulke Greville Brooke (Фулк Гревилль Брук) Caelica 12. Cupid, thou naughty boy, when thou wert loathed Cupid, thou naughty boy, when thou wert loathed, Naked and blind, for vagabonding noted, Thy nakedness I in my reason clothed, Mine eyes I gave thee, so was I devoted. Fie, […]
English Poetry. William Broome. The Oak, and the Dunghill. Уильям Брум.
William Broome (Уильям Брум) The Oak, and the Dunghill A Fable On a fair Mead a Dunghill lay, That rotting smoakt, and stunk away; To an excessive Bigness grown, By Night-men’s Labours on him thrown. Ten thousand Nettles from him sprung; Who ever came but near, was […]
English Poetry. Fulke Greville Brooke. Caelica 29. The nurse-life wheat within his green husk growing. Фулк Гревилль Брук.
Fulke Greville Brooke (Фулк Гревилль Брук) Caelica 29. The nurse-life wheat within his green husk growing The nurse-life wheat within his green husk growing, Flatters our hope, and tickles our desire, Nature’s true riches in sweet beauties showing, Which sets all hearts, with labor’s love, on fire. […]
English Poetry. Fulke Greville Brooke. Caelica 4. You little stars that live in skies. Фулк Гревилль Брук.
Fulke Greville Brooke (Фулк Гревилль Брук) Caelica 4. You little stars that live in skies You little stars that live in skies And glory in Apollo’s glory, In whose aspècts conjoinèd lies The heaven’s will and nature’s story, Joy to be likened to those eyes, Which eyes make […]
English Poetry. William Broome. A Pastoral. Уильям Брум.
William Broome (Уильям Брум) A Pastoral ASTROPHEL. How calm the Evening! See the falling Day Gilds every Mountain with a ruddy Ray! In gentle Sighs the softly whispering Breeze Salutes the Flow’r, and waves the trembling Trees. Hark! the Night-Warbler from you vocal Bows Glads every Valley with […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. A Strain of Music. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) A Strain of Music In through the open window To the chamber where I lay, There came the beat of merry feet, From the dancers over the way. And back on the wings of the music That rose on the midnight air, […]
English Poetry. Geoffrey Chaucer. A Ballad of Gentleness. Джеффри Чосер.
Geoffrey Chaucer (Джеффри Чосер) A Ballad of Gentleness The firste stock-father of gentleness, What man desireth gentle for to be, Must follow his trace, and all his wittes dress, Virtue to love, and vices for to flee; For unto virtue longeth dignity, And not the reverse, safely dare […]
English Poetry. George Gordon Byron. Hebrew Melodies 1. She Walks in Beauty. Джордж Гордон Байрон. Еврейские мелодии 1. Она идет во всей красе
George Gordon Byron (Джордж Гордон Байрон) Hebrew Melodies 1. She Walks in Beauty I. She walks in Beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that’s best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes: Thus mellowed to […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Three at the Opera. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Three at the Opera Last night the house was crowded. Were you there? You thought our box held only two, maybe– Myself and chaperon, a matron fair. There was another whom you did not see. Close, close beside me, sat a […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Presentiment. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Presentiment As unseen spheres cast shadows on the Earth Some unknown cause depresses me to-night. The house is full of laughter and sweet mirth, The day has held but pleasure and delight. Down in the parlour some one blithely sings; A […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. A Woman’s Hand. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) A Woman’s Hand All day long there has haunted me A spectre out of my lost youth-land. Because I happened last night to see A woman’s beautiful snow-white hand. Like part of a statue broken away, And carefully kept in a […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. I Wonder Why. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) I Wonder Why Do you remember that glorious June When we were lovers, you and I? Something there was in the robin’s tune, Something there was in earth and sky, That was never before, and never since then. I wonder why. […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. The Cusine. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) The Cusine The woman who looks upon man as a sinner Unsaved as to soul, and uncertain in heart, Should learn how to cook, and prepare him a dinner, And serve it with talent, refinement, and art. Full many a question is […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Content and Happiness. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Content and Happiness How is it that men pray their earthly lot May be ’content and happiness’? Dire foes Without one common trait which kinship shows I hold these two. Contentment comes when sought, While Happiness pursued was never caught. But, sudden, […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. A Fisherman’s Baby. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) A Fisherman’s Baby Oh! hush little baby, thy Papa’s at sea, The big billows rock him as Mama rocks thee. He hastes to his dear ones o’er breakers of foam. Then hush little darling till Papa comes home. Sleep little baby, hush […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Come Near. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Come Near Come near to me, I need Thy glorious presence. Through the dense darkness of this troubled hour Shine on my soul, and fill it with the essence Of Thy pervading and uplifting power. Come near, come near to me! Come […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. The Ship and the Boat. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) The Ship and the Boat In the great ship Life we speed along, With sails and pennons spread. And tethered, beside the great ship, glide The mystic boats for the dead. Over the deck of the ship of Life Our loved […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Our Petty Cares. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Our Petty Cares Our petty cares wear on us so,– More cruel than our great despairs, More rasping than a mighty woe, Our petty cares. Less need of strength hath he who bears Courageously some stinging blow, Of Fate which takes […]
English Poetry. Gilbert Keith Chesterton. To the Unknown Warrior. Гилберт Кит Честертон.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton (Гилберт Кит Честертон) To the Unknown Warrior You whom the kings saluted; who refused not The one great pleasure of ignoble days, Fame without name and glory without gossip, Whom no biographer befouls with praise. Who said of you “Defeated”? In the darkness The […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. After (After the end that is drawing near). Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) After (After the end that is drawing near) After the end that is drawing near Comes, and I no more see your face Worn with suffering, lying here, What shall I do with the empty place? You are so weary, that if […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. What the Rain Saw. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) What the Rain Saw Winds of the summer time what are you saying, What are ye seeking, and what do you miss? Locks like the thistledown floating and straying, Cheeks like the budding rose, tinted to kiss. See ye yon mist […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Cheating Time. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Cheating Time Kiss me, sweetheart. One by one Swift and sure the moments run. Soon, too soon, for you and me Gone for aye the day will be. Do not let time cheat us then, Kiss me often and again. […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. An East Wind. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) An East Wind The glitter of wheels far down the street (Ah me, and alack a day.) And I heard the thud of his horse’s feet Beating a roundelay. And I felt a little song coming, coming Over my lips as humming, […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. The New Love. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) The New Love I thought my heart was death chilled, I thought its fires were cold; But the new love, the new love, It warmeth like the old. I thought its rooms were shadowed With the gloom of endless night; But […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Thy Love Is Like the Harbour, Safe and Still. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Thy Love Is Like the Harbour, Safe and Still Into whose calm that ship may glide at will, Under the slope of God’s Eternal Will. So near the perfect peace that knows no word; Yet with an empty, white emotion stirred, It […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Not Anchored. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Not Anchored My heart is like a ship that finds no rest, Tossed here and there upon the stormy breast Of loves of many hearts too oft conferred. Ella Wheeler Wilcox’s other poems: The Phantom Ball The Giddy Girl The Awakening (I […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. A Dirge. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) A Dirge Death and a dirge at midnight; Yet never a soul in the house Heard anything more than the throb and beat Of a beautiful waltz of Strauss. Dead, dead, dead, and staring, With a ghastly smile on its face; […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Reminders. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Reminders When in the early dawn I hear the thrushes, And like a flood of waters o’er my heart The memory of another summer rushes, How can I rise up, and perform my part? When in the languid eve I hear […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Only a Glove. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Only a Glove Only a glove that has touched her fingers, But it seems to me something half divine. A delicate fragrance about it lingers, And it stirs my blood like wine– Yes, thrills and warms me like wine. So well […]
English Poetry. Gilbert Keith Chesterton. Wine and Water. Гилберт Кит Честертон.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton (Гилберт Кит Честертон) Wine and Water Old Noah he had an ostrich farm and fowls on the largest scale, He ate his egg with a ladle in a egg-cup big as a pail, And the soup he took was Elephant Soup and fish he took […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Burned Out. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Burned Out Blow out the light: there is no oil to feed it: That dim blue light unworthy of the name. Better to sit with folded hands, I say, And wait for night to pass, and bring the day, Than to depend […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Un Rencontre. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Un Rencontre Now ought we to laugh or to weep– Was it comical, or was it grave? When we who had waded breast deep In passion’s most turbulent wave Met out on an isle in Time’s ocean, With never one thrill of […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Deceitful Calm. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Deceitful Calm The winds are still; the sea lies all untroubled Beneath a cloudless sky; the morn is bright, Yet, Lord, I feel my need of Thee is doubled; Come nearer to me in this blaze of light; The night must fall,–the […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. New Year (Know this! there is nothing can harm you). Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) New Year (Know this! there is nothing can harm you) Know this! there is nothing can harm you If you are at peace with your soul. Know this, and the knowledge shall arm you With courage and strength to the goal. Your spirit […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Bridge of Prayer. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Bridge of Prayer The bridge of prayer from heavenly heights suspended Unites the earth with spirit-realms in Space. The interests of those separate worlds are blended For those whose feet turn often toward that place. In troubled nights of sorrow and […]
English Poetry. Alexander Brome. Practick Love. Александр Бром.
Alexander Brome (Александр Бром) Practick Love 1. PRithee Caelia tell me, why Thou fool’st away thy precious hours, Beauty fades, and youth doth fly, There’s no trust to futurity. Time present’s only in our powers. She that her present joys doth deser, Would love at the last, […]
English Poetry. Alexander Brome. To a Lady that turned her Cheek. Александр Бром.
Alexander Brome (Александр Бром) To a Lady that turned her Cheek 1. ANd why this coyness, Lady mine? What needs all this adoe? ‘Tis but a swap, my lips for thine, A gentle touch, and goe. Nay let such kisses still be kept, Let him that is […]
English Poetry. Alexander Brome. The Attempt. Александр Бром.
Alexander Brome (Александр Бром) The Attempt 1. WHy should I blush or be dismay’d, To tell you I adore you? Since Love’s a pow’r, that can’t be staid, But must by all be once obey’d, And you as well as those before you. Your beauty hath enchain’d […]