English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. Rain on the Hill. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) Rain on the Hill Now on the hill The fitful wind is so still That never a wimpling mist uplifts, Nor a trembling leaf drop-laden stirs; From the ancient firs Aroma of balsam drifts, And the silent places are filled With elusive […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. Memory Pictures. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) Memory Pictures I A wide-spring meadow in a rosy dawn Bedropt with virgin buds; an orient sky Fleeced with a dappled cloud but half withdrawn; A mad wind blowing by, O’er slopes of rippling grass and glens apart; A brackened path […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. I Feel (Verse Libre). Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) I Feel (Verse Libre) I feel Very much Like taking Its unholy perpetrators By the hair Of their heads (If they have any hair) And dragging them around A few times, And then cutting them Into small, irregular pieces And burying them […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. A Winter Day. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) A Winter Day I The air is silent save where stirs A bugling breeze among the firs; The virgin world in white array Waits for the bridegroom kiss of day; All heaven blooms rarely in the east Where skies are silvery […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. A Summer Day. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) A Summer Day I The dawn laughs out on orient hills And dances with the diamond rills; The ambrosial wind but faintly stirs The silken, beaded gossamers; In the wide valleys, lone and fair, Lyrics are piped from limpid air, And, […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. You. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) You Only a long, low-lying lane That follows to the misty sea, Across a bare and russet plain Where wild winds whistle vagrantly; I know that many a fairer path With lure of song and bloom may woo, But oh ! […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. While the Fates Sleep. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) While the Fates Sleep Come, let us to the sunways of the west, Hasten, while crystal dews the rose-cups fill, Let us dream dreams again in our blithe quest O’er whispering wold and hill. Castles of air yon wimpling valleys keep […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. Two Loves. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) Two Loves One said; ”Lo, I would walk hand-clasped with thee Adown the ways of joy and sunlit slopes Of earthly song in happiest vagrancy To pluck the blossom of a thousand hopes. Let us together drain the wide world’s […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. Twilight. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) Twilight From vales of dawn hath Day pursued the Night Who mocking fled, swift-sandalled, to the west, Nor ever lingered in her wayward flight With dusk-eyed glance to recompense his quest, But over crocus hills and meadows gray Sped fleetly on […]
English Poetry. William Cowper. A Figurative Description Of The Procedure Of Divine Love. Уильям Купер.
William Cowper (Уильям Купер) A Figurative Description Of The Procedure Of Divine Love ‘Twas my purpose, on a day, To embark, and sail away. As I climbed the vessel’s side, Love was sporting in the tide; ‘Come,’ he said, ‘ascend—make haste, Launch into the boundless waste.’ Many […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. To One Hated. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) To One Hated Had it been when I came to the valley where the paths parted asunder, Chance had led my feet to the way of love, not hate, I might have cherished you well, have been to you fond and […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. To My Enemy. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) To My Enemy Let those who will of friendship sing, And to its guerdon grateful be, But I a lyric garland bring To crown thee, O, mine enemy! Thanks, endless thanks, to thee I owe For that my lifelong […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. The Wind. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) The Wind O, wind! what saw you in the South, In lilied meadows fair and far? I saw a lover kiss his lass New-won beneath the evening star. O, wind! what saw you in the West Of passing […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. The Watchman. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) The Watchman My Claudia, it is long since we have met, So kissed, so held each other heart to heart! I thought to greet thee as a conqueror comes, Bearing the trophies of his prowess home, But […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. The Voyagers. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) The Voyagers We shall launch our shallop on waters blue from some dim primrose shore, We shall sail with the magic of dusk behind and enchanted coasts before, Over oceans that stretch to the sunset land where lost Atlantis lies, And […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. The Seeker. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) The Seeker I sought for my happiness over the world, Oh, eager and far was my quest; I sought it on mountain and desert and sea, I asked it of east and of west. I sought it in beautiful cities of […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. The Rovers. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) The Rovers Over the fields we go, through the sweets of the purple clover, That letters a message for us as for every vagrant rover; Before us the dells are abloom, and a leaping brook calls after, Feeling its kinship with […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. The Poet’s Thought. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) The Poet’s Thought It came to him in rainbow dreams, Blent with the wisdom of the sages, Of spirit and of passion born; In words as lucent as the morn He prisoned it, and now it gleams […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. The Old Man’s Grave. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) The Old Man’s Grave Make it where the winds may sweep Through the pine boughs soft and deep, And the murmur of the sea Come across the orient lea, And the falling raindrops sing Gently to […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. The Old Home Calls. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) The Old Home Calls Come back to me, little dancing feet that roam the wide world o’er, I long for the lilt of your flying steps in my silent rooms once more; Come back to me, little voices gay with laughter […]
English Poetry. William Cowper. The Nightingale and Glow-worm. Уильям Купер.
William Cowper (Уильям Купер) The Nightingale and Glow-worm A Nightingale that all day long Had cheered the village with his song, Nor yet at eve his note suspended, Nor yet when eventide was ended, Began to feel, as well he might, The keen demands of appetite; When looking […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. The Farewell. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) The Farewell He rides away with sword and spur, Garbed in his warlike blazonry, With gallant glance and smile for her Upon the dim-lit balcony. Her kiss upon his lips is warm, Upon his breast he wears her rose, From her […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. The Difference. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) The Difference When we were together, heart of my heart, on that unforgotten quest, With your tender arm about me thrown and your head upon my breast, There came a grief that was bitter and deep and straitly dwell with me, […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. The Christmas Night. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) The Christmas Night Wrapped was the world in slumber deep, By seaward valley and cedarn steep, And bright and blest were the dreams of its sleep; All the hours of that wonderful night-tide through The stars outblossomed […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. Song of the Sea-Wind. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) Song of the Sea-Wind When the sun sets over the long blue wave I spring from my couch of rest, And I hurtle and boom over leagues of foam That toss in the weltering west, I pipe a hymn to […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. Shore Twilight. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) Shore Twilight Lo, find we here when the ripe day is o’er A kingdom of enchantment by the shore! Behold the sky with early stars ashine, A jewelled flagon brimmed with purple wine. Like a dumb poet’s […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. Realization. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) Realization I smiled with skeptic mocking where they told me you were dead, You of the airy laughter and lightly twinkling feet; ”They tell a dream that haunted a chill gray dawn,” I said, ”Death could not touch or claim a […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. Rain along Shore. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) Rain along Shore Wan white mists upon the sea, East wind harping mournfully All the sunken reefs along, Wail and heart-break in its song, But adown the placid bay Fisher-folk keep holiday. All the deeps beyond the bar Call and murmur […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. One of the Shepherds. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) One of the Shepherds We were out on the hills that night To watch our sheep; Drowsily by the fire we lay Where the waning flame did flicker and leap, And some were weary and half asleep, […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. On the Hills. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) On the Hills Through the pungent hours of the afternoon, On the autumn slopes we have lightly wandered Where the sunshine lay in a golden swoon And the lingering year all its sweetness squandered. Oh, it was blithesome to […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. Off to the Fishing Ground. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) Off to the Fishing Ground There’s a piping wind from a sunrise shore Blowing over a silver sea, There’s a joyous voice in the lapsing tide That calls enticingly; The mist of dawn has taken flight To the dim horizon’s bound, […]
English Poetry. William Cowper. By Callimachus. Уильям Купер.
William Cowper (Уильям Купер) By Callimachus At morn we placed on his funeral bier Young Melanippus; and, at eventide, Unable to sustain a loss so dear, By her own hand his blooming sister died. Thus Aristippus mourn’d his noble race, Annihilated by a double blow, Nor son could […]
English Poetry. William Blake. Songs of Innocence. The Lamb. Уильям Блейк. Песни невинности. Ягненок
William Blake (Уильям Блейк) Songs of Innocence. The Lamb Little Lamb, who made thee? Dost thou know who made thee? Gave thee life, and bid thee feed, By the stream and o’er the mead; Gave thee clothing of delight, Softest clothing, woolly, bright; Gave thee such a tender […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. Gethsemane. Редьярд Киплинг. Гефсиманский сад
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) Gethsemane 1914-18 The Garden called Gethsemane In Picardy it was, And there the people came to see The English soldiers pass. We used to pass — we used to pass Or halt, as it might be, And ship our masks in case of […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. November Evening. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) November Evening Come, for the dusk is our own; let us fare forth together, With a quiet delight in our hearts for the ripe, still, autumn weather, Through the rustling valley and wood and over the crisping meadow, Under a high-sprung […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. Night. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) Night A pale enchanted moon is sinking low Behind the dunes that fringe the shadowy lea, And there is haunted starlight on the flow Of immemorial sea. I am alone and need no more pretend Laughter or smile to […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. My Longshore Lass. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) My Longshore Lass Far in the mellow western sky, Above the restless harbor bar, A beacon on the coast of night, Shines out a calm, white evening star; But your deep eyes, my ’longshore lass, Are brighter, clearer far. […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. My Legacy. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) My Legacy My friend has gone away from me From shadow into perfect light, But leaving a sweet legacy. My heart shall hold it long in fee A grand ideal, calm and bright, A song of hope […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. Morning along Shore. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) Morning along Shore Hark, oh hark the elfin laughter All the little waves along, As if echoes speeding after Mocked a merry merman’s song! All the gulls are out, delighting In a wild, uncharted quest See the first red […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. Midnight in Camp. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) Midnight in Camp Night in the unslumbering forest! From the free, Vast pinelands by the foot of man untrod, Blows the wild wind, roaming rejoicingly This wilderness of God; And the tall firs that all day long have flung Balsamic odors […]