English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. An Empty Threat. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) An Empty Threat I stay; But it isn’t as if There wasn’t always Hudson’s Bay And the fur trade, A small skiff And a paddle blade. I can just see my tent pegged, And me on the floor, Cross-legged, And a […]
English Poetry. Robert Southey. Birth-Day (Ode 1). Роберт Саути.
Robert Southey (Роберт Саути) Birth-Day (Ode 1) O my faithful Friend! O early chosen, ever found the same, And trusted and beloved! once more the verse Long destin’d, always obvious to thine ear, Attend indulgent. Robert Southey’s other poems: Поход на Москву • The March to Moscow To […]
English Poetry. William Blake. Songs of Innocence. Spring. Уильям Блейк. Песни невинности. Весна
William Blake (Уильям Блейк) Songs of Innocence. Spring Sound the flute! Now it’s mute! Birds delight, Day and night, Nightingale, In the dale, Lark in sky, - Merrily, Merrily, merrily to welcome in the year. Little boy, Full of joy; Little girl, Sweet and small; Cock does […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. The Hill Wife. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) The Hill Wife I. LONELINESS Her Word One ought not to have to care So much as you and I Care when the birds come round the house To seem to say good-bye; Or care so much when they […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. The Vanishing Red. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) The Vanishing Red He is said to have been the last Red man In Action. And the Miller is said to have laughed– If you like to call such a sound a laugh. But he gave no one else a laugher’s […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. The Valley’s Singing Day. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) The Valley’s Singing Day The sound of the closing outside door was all. You made no sound in the grass with your footfall, As far as you went from the door, which was not far; But had awakened under the morning […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. The Kitchen Chimney. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) The Kitchen Chimney Builder, in building the little house, In every way you may please yourself; But please please me in the kitchen chimney: Don’t build me a chimney upon a shelf. However far you must go for bricks, Whatever […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. The Exposed Nest. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) The Exposed Nest You were forever finding some new play. So when I saw you down on hands and knees I the meadow, busy with the new-cut hay, Trying, I thought, to set it up on end, I went to show […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. On Going Unnoticed. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) On Going Unnoticed As vain to raise a voice as a sigh In the tumult of free leaves on high. What are you in the shadow of trees Engaged up there with the light and breeze? Less than the coral-root […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. Not to Keep. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) Not to Keep They sent him back to her. The letter came Saying… And she could have him. And before She could be sure there was no hidden ill Under the formal writing, he was in her sight, Living. They gave him […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. In the Home Stretch. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) In the Home Stretch SHE stood against the kitchen sink, and looked Over the sink out through a dusty window At weeds the water from the sink made tall. She wore her cape; her hat was in her hand. Behind her […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. They Were Welcome to Their Belief. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) They Were Welcome to Their Belief Grief may have thought it was grief. Care may have thought it was care. They were welcome to their belief, The overimportant pair. No, it took all the snows that clung To the low roof […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. The Thatch. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) The Thatch Out alone in the winter rain, Intent on giving and taking pain. But never was I far out of sight Of a certain upper-window light. The light was what it was all about: I would not go in till […]
English Poetry. John Bannister Tabb. Indian Summer. Джон Банистер Табб.
John Bannister Tabb (Джон Банистер Табб) Indian Summer NO more the battle or the chase The phantom tribes pursue, But each in its accustomed place The Autumn hails anew: And still from solemn councils set On every hill and plain, The smoke of many a calumet* Ascends to […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. The Last Mowing. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) The Last Mowing There’s a place called Far-away Meadow We never shall mow in again, Or such is the talk at the farmhouse: The meadow is finished with men. Then now is the chance for the flowers That can’t stand mowers […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. The Gum-Gatherer. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) The Gum-Gatherer There overtook me and drew me in To his down-hill, early-morning stride, And set me five miles on my road Better than if he had had me ride, A man with a swinging bag for’load And half the bag […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. The Freedom of the Moon. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) The Freedom of the Moon I’ve tried the new moon tilted in the air Above a hazy tree-and-farmhouse cluster As you might try a jewel in your hair. I’ve tried it fine with little breadth of luster, Alone, or in one […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. The Black Cottage. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) The Black Cottage We chanced in passing by that afternoon To catch it in a sort of special picture Among tar-banded ancient cherry trees, Set well back from the road in rank lodged grass, The little cottage […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. Spring Pools. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) Spring Pools These pools that, though in forests, still reflect The total sky almost without defect, And like the flowers beside them, chill and shiver, Will like the flowers beside them soon be gone, And yet not out by any brook […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. Pea Brush. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) Pea Brush I WALKED down alone Sunday after church To the place where John has been cutting trees To see for myself about the birch He said I could have to bush my peas. The sun in the new-cut narrow […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. Misgiving. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) Misgiving All crying, ’We will go with you, O Wind!’ The foliage follow him, leaf and stem; But a sleep oppresses them as they go, And they end by bidding them as they go, And they end by bidding him stay […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. Locked out. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) Locked out As told to a child When we locked up the house at night, We always locked the flowers outside And cut them off from window light. The time I dreamed the door was tried And brushed with buttons […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. Evening in a Sugar Orchard. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) Evening in a Sugar Orchard From where I lingered in a lull in march outside the sugar-house one night for choice, I called the fireman with a careful voice And bade him leave the pan and stoke the arch: ’O fireman, […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. Dust in the Eyes. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) Dust in the Eyes If, as they say, some dust thrown in my eyes Will keep my talk from getting overwise, I’m not the one for putting off the proof. Let it be overwhelming, off a roof And round a corner, […]
English Poetry. Christina Georgina Rossetti. Goblin Market. Кристина Джорджина Россетти.
Christina Georgina Rossetti (Кристина Джорджина Россетти) Goblin Market MORNING and evening Maids heard the goblins cry: “Come buy our orchard fruits, Come buy, come buy: Apples and quinces, Lemons and oranges, Plump unpecked cherries- Melons and raspberries, Bloom-down-cheeked peaches, Swart-headed mulberries, Wild free-born cranberries, Crab-apples, dewberries, Pine-apples, blackberries, […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. Brown’s Descent. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) Brown’s Descent Brown lived at such a lofty farm That everyone for miles could see His lantern when he did his chores In winter after half-past three. And many must have seen him make His wild descent from there one […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. A Star in a Stoneboat. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) A Star in a Stoneboat For Lincoln MacVeagh Never tell me that not one star of all That slip from heaven at night and softly fall Has been picked up with stones to build a wall. Some laborer found […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. A Hillside Thaw. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) A Hillside Thaw To think to know the country and now know The hillside on the day the sun lets go Ten million silver lizards out of snow! As often as I’ve seen it done before I can’t pretend to tell […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. The Trial by Existence. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) The Trial by Existence Even the bravest that are slain Shall not dissemble their surprise On waking to find valor reign, Even as on earth, in paradise; And where they sought without the sword Wide fields of asphodel fore’er, To find […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. The Line-Gang. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) The Line-Gang Here come the line-gang pioneering by, They throw a forest down less cut than broken. They plant dead trees for living, and the dead They string together with a living thread. They string an instrument against the sky Wherein […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. The Housekeeper. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) The Housekeeper I let myself in at the kitchen door. ”It’s you,” she said. ”I can’t get up. Forgive me Not answering your knock. I can no more Let people in than I can keep them out. I’m […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. The Egg and the Machine. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) The Egg and the Machine He gave the solid rail a hateful kick. From far away there came an answering tick And then another tick. He knew the code: His hate had roused an engine up the road. He wished when […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. Storm Fear. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) Storm Fear WHEN the wind works against us in the dark, And pelts with snow The lowest chamber window on the east, And whispers with a sort of stifled bark, The beast, ‘Come out! Come out!’– It costs no inward struggle […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. On Looking up by Chance at the Constellations. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) On Looking up by Chance at the Constellations You’ll wait a long, long time for anything much To happen in heaven beyond the floats of cloud And the Northern Lights that run like tingling nerves. The sun and moon get crossed, but […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. My Butterfly. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) My Butterfly Thine emulous fond flowers are dead, too, And the daft sun-assaulter, he That frightened thee so oft, is fled or dead: Saave only me (Nor is it sad to thee!) Save only me There is none left to mourn […]
English Poetry. Christina Georgina Rossetti. The Skylark. Кристина Джорджина Россетти.
Christina Georgina Rossetti (Кристина Джорджина Россетти) The Skylark The earth was green, the sky was blue: I saw and heard one sunny morn, A skylark hang between the two, A singing speck above the corn; A stage below, in gay accord, White butterflies danced on the […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. Blueberries. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) Blueberries ”You ought to have seen what I saw on my way To the village, through Mortenson’s pasture to-day: Blueberries as big as the end of your thumb, Real sky-blue, and heavy, and ready to drum In […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. Blue-Butterfly Day. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) Blue-Butterfly Day It is blue-butterfly day here in spring, And with these sky-flakes down in flurry on flurry There is more unmixed color on the wing Than flowers will show for days unless they hurry. But these are flowers that […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. Atmosphere. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) Atmosphere Inscription for a Garden Wall Winds blow the open grassy places bleak; But where this old wall burns a sunny cheek, They eddy over it too toppling weak To blow the earth or anything self-clear; Moisture and color and […]
English Poetry. Robert Lee Frost. A Servant to Servants. Роберт Ли Фрост.
Robert Lee Frost (Роберт Ли Фрост) A Servant to Servants I didn’t make you know how glad I was To have you come and camp here on our land. I promised myself to get down some day And see the way you lived, but […]