English Poetry. Alexander Brome. Upon the Cavaliers departing out of London. Александр Бром.
Alexander Brome (Александр Бром) Upon the Cavaliers departing out of London 1. NOw fare thee well London, Thou next must be undone, ‘Cause thou hast undone us before; This cause and this tyrant, Had never plaid this high rant, Were’t not for thy Argent and Or. […]
English Poetry. William Barnes. Third Collection. The Little Worold. Уильям Барнс.
William Barnes (Уильям Барнс) Third Collection. The Little Worold My hwome wer on the timber’d ground O’ Duncombe, wi’ the hills a-bound: Where vew from other peärts did come, An’ vew did travel vur from hwome, An’ small the worold I did know; But then, what had it […]
English Poetry. Gilbert Keith Chesterton. The Wise Men. Гилберт Кит Честертон.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton (Гилберт Кит Честертон) The Wise Men Step softly, under snow or rain, To find the place where men can pray; The way is all so very plain That we may lose the way. Oh, we have learnt to peer and pore On tortured puzzles […]
English Poetry. William Barnes. Second Collection. The Pleäce our own ageän. Уильям Барнс.
William Barnes (Уильям Барнс) Second Collection. The Pleäce our own ageän Well! thanks to you, my faïthful Jeäne. So worksome wi’ your head an’ hand, We seäved enough to get ageän My poor vorefather’s plot o’ land. ’Twer folly lost, an’ cunnèn got, What should ha’ come to […]
English Poetry. William Barnes. Second Collection. The Bwoat. Уильям Барнс.
William Barnes (Уильям Барнс) Second Collection. The Bwoat Where cows did slowly seek the brink O’ Stour, drough zunburnt grass, to drink; Wi’ vishèn float, that there did zink An’ rise, I zot as in a dream. The dazzlèn zun did cast his light On hedge-row blossom, snowy […]
English Poetry. William Barnes. Second Collection. Out at Plough. Уильям Барнс.
William Barnes (Уильям Барнс) Second Collection. Out at Plough Though cool avore the sheenèn sky Do vail the sheädes below the copse, The timber-trees, a-reachèn high, Ha’ zunsheen on their lofty tops, Where yonder land’s a-lyèn plow’d, An’ red, below the snow-white cloud, An’ vlocks o’ pitchèn rooks […]
English Poetry. William Barnes. Second Collection. Herrènston. Уильям Барнс.
William Barnes (Уильям Барнс) Second Collection. Herrènston Zoo then the leädy an’ the squier, At Chris’mas, gather’d girt an’ small, Vor me’th, avore their roarèn vier, An’ roun’ their bwoard, ’ithin the hall; An’ there, in glitt’rèn rows, between The roun’-rimm’d pleätes, our knives did sheen, Wi’ frothy […]
English Poetry. William Barnes. Second Collection. Good Meäster Collins. Уильям Барнс.
William Barnes (Уильям Барнс) Second Collection. Good Meäster Collins Aye, Meäster Collins wer a-blest Wi’ greäce, an’ now’s a-gone to rest; An’ though his heart did beät so meek ’S a little child’s, when he did speak, The godly wisdom ov his tongue Wer dew o’ greäce to […]
English Poetry. William Barnes. Second Collection. Woone Rule. Уильям Барнс.
William Barnes (Уильям Барнс) Second Collection. Woone Rule An’ while I zot, wi’ thoughtvul mind, Up where the lwonesome Coombs do wind, An’ watch’d the little gully slide So crookèd to the river-zide; I thought how wrong the Stour did zeem To roll along his ramblèn stream, A-runnèn […]
English Poetry. William Barnes. Second Collection. Vo’k a-comèn into Church. Уильям Барнс.
William Barnes (Уильям Барнс) Second Collection. Vo’k a-comèn into Church The church do zeem a touchèn zight, When vo’k, a-comèn in at door, Do softly tread the long-aïl’d vloor Below the pillar’d arches’ height, Wi’ bells a-pealèn, Vo’k a-kneelèn, Hearts a-healèn, wi’ the love An’ peäce a-zent em […]
English Poetry. William Barnes. Second Collection. Angels by the Door. Уильям Барнс.
William Barnes (Уильям Барнс) Second Collection. Angels by the Door Oh! there be angels evermwore, A-passèn onward by the door, A-zent to teäke our jaÿs, or come To bring us zome—O Meärianne. Though doors be shut, an’ bars be stout, Noo bolted door can keep em out; But […]
English Poetry. William Barnes. Second Collection. The Thorns in the Geäte. Уильям Барнс.
William Barnes (Уильям Барнс) Second Collection. The Thorns in the Geäte Ah! Meäster Collins overtook Our knot o’ vo’k a-stannèn still, Last Zunday, up on Ivy Hill, To zee how strong the corn did look. An’ he staÿ’d back awhile an’ spoke A vew kind words to all […]
English Poetry. Rupert Chawner Brooke. The Funeral of Youth: Threnody. Руперт Брук.
Rupert Chawner Brooke (Руперт Брук) The Funeral of Youth: Threnody The day that Youth had died, There came to his grave-side, In decent mourning, from the county’s ends, Those scatter’d friends Who had lived the boon companions of his prime, And laughed with him and sung with him […]
English Poetry. Gilbert Keith Chesterton. The Song of Quoodle. Гилберт Кит Честертон.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton (Гилберт Кит Честертон) The Song of Quoodle They haven’t got no noses, The fallen sons of Eve; Even the smell of roses Is not what they supposes; But more than mind discloses And more than men believe. They haven’t got no noses, They cannot […]
English Poetry. Rupert Chawner Brooke. The Way That Lovers Use. Руперт Брук.
Rupert Chawner Brooke (Руперт Брук) * * * The way that lovers use is this; They bow, catch hands, with never a word, And their lips meet, and they do kiss, –So I have heard. They queerly find some healing so, And strange attainment in the touch; […]
English Poetry. Rupert Chawner Brooke. Song (All suddenly the wind comes soft). Руперт Брук.
Rupert Chawner Brooke (Руперт Брук) Song (All suddenly the wind comes soft) All suddenly the wind comes soft, And Spring is here again; And the hawthorn quickens with buds of green, And my heart with buds of pain. My heart all Winter lay so numb, The earth […]
English Poetry. Rupert Chawner Brooke. Sonnet. Руперт Брук.
Rupert Chawner Brooke (Руперт Брук) Sonnet Suggested by some of the Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research Not with vain tears, when we’re beyond the sun, We’ll beat on the substantial doors, nor tread Those dusty high-roads of the aimless dead Plaintive for Earth; but […]
English Poetry. Rupert Chawner Brooke. A Memory. Руперт Брук.
Rupert Chawner Brooke (Руперт Брук) A Memory From a sonnet-sequence Somewhile before the dawn I rose, and stept Softly along the dim way to your room, And found you sleeping in the quiet gloom, And holiness about you as you slept. I knelt there; till your waking […]
English Poetry. Rupert Chawner Brooke. There’s Wisdom in Women. Руперт Брук.
Rupert Chawner Brooke (Руперт Брук) There’s Wisdom in Women “Oh love is fair, and love is rare;” my dear one she said, “But love goes lightly over.” I bowed her foolish head, And kissed her hair and laughed at her. Such a child was she; So new to […]
English Poetry. Rupert Chawner Brooke. The Great Lover. Руперт Брук.
Rupert Chawner Brooke (Руперт Брук) The Great Lover I have been so great a lover: filled my days So proudly with the splendour of Love’s praise, The pain, the calm, and the astonishment, Desire illimitable, and still content, And all dear names men use, to cheat despair, For […]
English Poetry. Rupert Chawner Brooke. The Dead (These hearts were woven of human joys and cares). Руперт Брук.
Rupert Chawner Brooke (Руперт Брук) The Dead (These hearts were woven of human joys and cares) These hearts were woven of human joys and cares, Washed marvellously with sorrow, swift to mirth. The years had given them kindness. Dawn was theirs, And sunset, and the colours of the […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Jenny Lind. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Jenny Lind There was a something in your song, men say No later singer voices: some strange power Like to the essence in a rare June day, Or like the subtle perfume of a flower. Awed and inspired, your listeners turned away, […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. A Curious Story. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) A Curious Story I heard such a curious story Of Santa Claus: once, so they say, He set out to see what people were kind, Before he took presents their way. ’This year I will give but to givers, To those who make […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. A Crushed Leaf. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) A Crushed Leaf An hour ago when the wind blew high At my lady’s window a red leaf beat. Then dropped at her door, where, passing by, She carelessly trod it under her feet. I have taken it out of the […]
English Poetry. Gilbert Keith Chesterton. The Modern Manichee. Гилберт Кит Честертон.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton (Гилберт Кит Честертон) The Modern Manichee He sayeth there is no sin, and all his sin Swells round him into a world made merciless; The midnight of his universe of shame Is the vast shadow of his shamelessness. He blames all that begat him, gods […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Returned Birds. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Returned Birds My heart to-day is like a southern wood, Through summer months it has been drunk with heat; And slumbered on unmindful of the beat Of life beyond it: sleep alone seemed good. Now milder Autumn’s tints are in the […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Met. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Met How odd and strange seems our meeting Like a grim rendezvous of the dead. All day I have sat here repeating The commonplace things that we said. They sounded so oddly when uttered– They sound just as odd to me now; Was […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. A Man’s Good-Bye. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) A Man’s Good-Bye Do you think, dear, as you say Such a light good-bye to-day, That this parting time may be Mayhaps less to you, than me? What a wonder of surprise Looks out from your sunny eyes. ’Just a nice acquaintance.’ […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. The Search. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) The Search The rain falls long, and the rain falls light, With a desolate drip–drop, sad to hear. But never a star shines through the night As I sit afar, from the world anear. Down in the parlour some one sings; […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Noon. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Noon As some contented bird doth coo She trilled a song of fond delight, The while she spread the cloth of white, And set the cups and plates for two. She leaned beyond the window sill, And looked along the busy […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Spirit of a Great Control. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) * * * Spirit of a Great Control, Gird me with thy strength and might, Essence of the Over-Soul– Fill me, thrill me with thy light; Though the waves of sorrow beat Madly at my very feet, Though the night and storm […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. The Law (The tide of love swells in me with such force). Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) The Law (The tide of love swells in me with such force) The tide of love swells in me with such force, It sweeps away all hate and all distrust. As eddying straws and particles of dust Are lost by some swift river […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Reverie. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Reverie The day has been wild and stormy, And full of the wind’s unrest, And I sat down alone by the window, While the sunset dyed the West; And the holy rush of twilight, As the day went over the hill, Like […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. New Year (The year like a ship in the distance). Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) New Year (The year like a ship in the distance) The year like a ship in the distance Comes over life’s mystical sea. We know not what change of existence ’Tis bringing to you or to me. But we wave out the ship […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. The Night. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) The Night Oh! give me the night, the dark, dark night, The night with never a star. When the stars are veiled and the moon has sailed Beyond the horizon’s bar. When thought grows weary of groping its way Through darkness dense […]
English Poetry. Gilbert Keith Chesterton. The Higher Unity. Гилберт Кит Честертон.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton (Гилберт Кит Честертон) The Higher Unity The Rev. Isaiah Bunter has disappeared into the interior of the Solomon Islands, and it is feared that he may have been devoured by the natives, as there has been a considerable revival of religious […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. A Dream (In the night I dreamed that you had died). Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) A Dream (In the night I dreamed that you had died) In the night I dreamed that you had died, And I thought you lay in your winding sheet; And I kneeled low by your coffin side, With my cheek on your heart […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Discontent. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Discontent Like a thorn in the flesh, like a fly in the mesh, Like a boat that is chained to shore, The wild unrest of the heart in my breast Tortures me more and more. I wot not why, it should wail […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Go Back. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Go Back When winds of March by the springtime bidden Over the great earth race and shout, Forth from my breast where it long hath hidden My same old sorrow comes creeping out. I think each winter–its life is ended, For […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. The Arrival. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) The Arrival ’What do I hear at the window? Did some one call me?’ Nay, It was only the wind, my darling, Grieving the night away. Only the wind and the casement Talking as two friends may. ’But now I hear […]