English Poetry. Amy Levy. A Prayer. Эми Леви.
Amy Levy (Эми Леви) A Prayer Since that I may not have Love on this side the grave, Let me imagine Love. Since not mine is the bliss Of ’claspt hands and lips that kiss,’ Let me in dreams it prove. What tho’ as the years roll […]
English Poetry. Robert Louis Stevenson. A Child’s Garden of Verses. The Child Alone. 6. Block City. Роберт Льюис Стивенсон. Детский сад стихов. Ребёнок, играющий один. 6. Город из деревяшек
Robert Louis Stevenson (Роберт Льюис Стивенсон) A Child’s Garden of Verses. The Child Alone. 6. Block City What are you able to build with your blocks? Castles and palaces, temples and docks. Rain may keep raining, and others go roam, But I can be happy and building at […]
English Poetry. William Blake. To The Muses. Уильям Блейк. К музам
William Blake (Уильям Блейк) To The Muses Whether on Ida’s shady brow, Or in the chambers of the East, The chambers of the sun, that now From ancient melody have ceas’d; Whether in Heaven ye wander fair, Or the green corners of the earth, Or the blue […]
English Poetry. Amy Levy. A London Plane-Tree. Эми Леви.
Amy Levy (Эми Леви) A London Plane-Tree Green is the plane-tree in the square, The other trees are brown; They droop and pine for country air; The plane-tree loves the town. Here from my garret-pane, I mark The plane-tree bud and blow, Shed her recuperative bark, […]
English Poetry. Amy Levy. A June-Tide Echo. Эми Леви.
Amy Levy (Эми Леви) A June-Tide Echo (After a Richter Concert.) In the long, sad time, when the sky was grey, And the keen blast blew through the city drear, When delight had fled from the night and the day, My chill heart whispered, ” […]
English Poetry. Amy Levy. A Greek Girl. Эми Леви.
Amy Levy (Эми Леви) A Greek Girl I may not weep, not weep, and he is dead. A weary, weary weight of tears unshed Through the long day in my sad heart I bear; The horrid sun with all unpitying glare Shines down into the dreary weaving-room, […]
English Poetry. Amy Levy. A Farewell. Эми Леви.
Amy Levy (Эми Леви) A Farewell (After Heine.) The sad rain falls from Heaven, A sad bird pipes and sings ; I am sitting here at my window And watching the spires of ”King’s.” O fairest of all fair places, Sweetest of all sweet […]
English Poetry. Amy Levy. A Dirge. Эми Леви.
Amy Levy (Эми Леви) A Dirge ”Mein Herz, mein Herz ist traurig Doch lustig leuchtet der Mai” There’s May amid the meadows, There’s May amid the trees; Her May-time note the cuckoo Sends forth upon the breeze. Above the rippling river May swallows skim and […]
English Poetry. Robert Burns. To*** («Sir, Yours this moment I unseal…»). Роберт Бернс. К— («Сэр, получил от вас я весть…»)
Robert Burns (Роберт Бернс) To*** («Sir, Yours this moment I unseal…») Sir, Yours this moment I unseal, And, faith! I am gay and hearty! To tell the truth an’ shame the Deil, I am as fu’ as Bartie: But Foorsday, Sir, my promise leal, Expect me […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Yee Bow. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Yee Bow They got me into the Sunday-school In Spoon River And tried to get me to drop Confucius for Jesus. I could have been no worse off If I had tried to get them to drop Jesus for Confucius. For, without […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Mary McNeely. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Mary McNeely Passer-by, To love is to find your own soul Through the soul of the beloved one. When the beloved one withdraws itself from your soul Then you have lost your soul. It is written: “I have a friend, But my […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Francis Turner. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Francis Turner I could not run or play In boyhood. In manhood I could only sip the cup, Not drink – For scarlet-fever left my heart diseased. Yet I lie here Soothed by a secret none but Mary knows: There is a […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Wallace Ferguson. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Wallace Ferguson There at Geneva where Mt. Blanc floated above The wine-hued lake like a cloud, when a breeze was blown Out of an empty sky of blue, and the roaring Rhone Hurried under the bridge through chasms of rock; And the […]
English Poetry. Thomas Moore. From “Irish Melodies”. 69. Come, Rest in This Bosom. Томас Мур. Из цикла «Ирландские мелодии». 69. Раненый олень
Thomas Moore (Томас Мур) From “Irish Melodies”. 69. Come, Rest in This Bosom Come, rest in this bosom, my own stricken deer, Tho’ the herd have fled from thee, thy home is still here; Here still is the smile, that no cloud can o’ercast, And a heart and […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Thomas Trevelyan. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Thomas Trevelyan Reading in Ovid the sorrowful story of Itys, Son of the love of Tereus and Procne, slain For the guilty passion of Tereus for Philomela, The flesh of him served to Tereus by Procne, And the wrath of Tereus, […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Henry C. Calhoun. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Henry C. Calhoun I reached the highest place in Spoon River, But through what bitterness of spirit! The face of my father, sitting speechless, Child-like, watching his canaries, And looking at the court-house window Of the county judge’s room, And his […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Jacob Goodpasture. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Jacob Goodpasture When Fort Sumter fell and the war came I cried out in bitterness of soul: ”O glorious republic now no more!” When they buried my soldier son To the call of trumpets and the sound of drums My heart […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. E.C. Culbertson. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) E.C. Culbertson Is it true, Spoon River, That in the hall-way of the New Court House There is a tablet of bronze Containing the embossed faces Of Editor Whedon and Thomas Rhodes? And is it true that my successful labors In […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Jacob Godbey. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Jacob Godbey How did you feel, you libertarians, Who spent your talents rallying noble reasons Around the saloon, as if Liberty Was not to be found anywhere except at the bar Or at a table, guzzling? How did you feel, Ben […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Ippolit Konovaloff. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Ippolit Konovaloff I was a gun-smith in Odessa. One night the police broke in the room Where a group of us were reading Spencer. And seized our books and arrested us. But I escaped and came to New York And thence […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Jennie M’Grew. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Jennie M’Grew Not, where the stairway turns in the dark, A hooded figure, shriveled under a flowing cloak! Not yellow eyes in the room at night, Staring out from a surface of cobweb gray! And not the flap of a condor […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Professor Newcomer. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Professor Newcomer Everyone laughed at Col. Prichard For buying an engine so powerful That it wrecked itself, and wrecked the grinder He ran it with. But here is a joke of cosmic size: The urge of nature that made a man […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Harry Carey Goodhue. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Harry Carey Goodhue You never marveled, dullards of Spoon River, When Chase Henry voted against the saloons To revenge himself for being shut off. But none of you was keen enough To follow my steps, or trace […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Joseph Dixon. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Joseph Dixon Who carved this shattered harp on my stone? I died to you, no doubt. But how many harps and pianos Wired I and tightened and disentangled for you, Making them sweet again — with tuning fork or without? Oh […]
English Poetry. Robert Southey. The Battle of Blenheim. Роберт Саути. Бленгеймский бой
Robert Southey (Роберт Саути) The Battle of Blenheim It was a summer evening; Old Kaspar’s work was done, And he before his cottage door Was sitting in the sun; And by him sported on the green His little grandchild Wilhelmine. She saw her brother Peterkin Roll something […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Harmon Whitney. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Harmon Whitney Out of the lights and roar of cities, Drifting down like a spark in Spoon River, Burnt out with the fire of drink, and broken, The paramour of a woman I took in self-contempt, But to hide a wounded […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Ralph Rhodes. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Ralph Rhodes All they said was true: I wrecked my father’s bank with my loans To dabble in wheat; but this was true – I was buying wheat for him as well, Who couldn’t margin the deal in his name Because […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. The Town Marshal. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) The Town Marshal The Prohibitionists made me Town Marshal When the saloons were voted out, Because when I was a drinking man, Before I joined the church, I killed a Swede At the saw-mill near Maple Grove. And they wanted a […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Batterson Dobyns. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Batterson Dobyns Did my widow flit about From Mackinac to Los Angeles, Resting and bathing and sitting an hour Or more at the table over soup and meats And delicate sweets and coffee? I was cut down in my prime From overwork […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Hiram Scates. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Hiram Scates I tried to win the nomination For president of the County-board And I made speeches all over the County Denouncing Solomon Purple, my rival, As an enemy of the people, In league with the master-foes of man. Young idealists, […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. John M. Church. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) John M. Church I was attorney for the ”Q” And the Indemnity Company which insured The owners of the mine. I pulled the wires with judge and jury, And the upper courts, to beat the claims Of the crippled, the widow […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Edmund Pollard. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Edmund Pollard I would I had thrust my hands of flesh Into the disk-flowers bee-infested, Into the mirror-like core of fire Of the light of life, the sun of delight. For what are anthers worth or petals Or halo-rays? Mockeries, shadows […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Russell Kincaid. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Russell Kincaid In the last spring I ever knew, In those last days, I sat in the forsaken orchard Where beyond fields of greenery shimmered The hills at Miller’s Ford; Just to muse on the apple tree With its ruined trunk […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Gustav Richter. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Gustav Richter After a long day of work in my hot-houses Sleep was sweet, but if you sleep on your left side Your dreams may be abruptly ended. I was among my flowers where some one Seemed to be raising them […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Mrs. Meyers. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Mrs. Meyers He protested all his life long The newspapers lied about him villainously; That he was not at fault for Minerva’s fall, But only tried to help her. Poor soul so sunk in sin he could not see That even […]
English Poetry. Robert Southey. The Complaints of the Poor. Роберт Саути. Жалобы бедняков
Robert Southey (Роберт Саути) The Complaints of the Poor And wherefore do the Poor complain? The rich man asked of me,– Come walk abroad with me, I said And I will answer thee. Twas evening and the frozen streets Were cheerless to behold, And we were wrapt […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. W. Lloyd Garrison Standard. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) W. Lloyd Garrison Standard Vegetarian, non-resistant, free-thinker, in ethics a Christian; Orator apt at the rhine-stone rhythm of Ingersoll. Carnivorous, avenger, believer and pagan. Continent, promiscuous, changeable, treacherous, vain, Proud, with the pride that makes struggle a thing for laughter; With […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Clarence Fawcett. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Clarence Fawcett The sudden death of Eugene Carman Put me in line to be promoted to fifty dollars a month, And I told my wife and children that night. But it didn’t come, and so I thought Old Rhodes suspected me […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Josiah Tompkins. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Josiah Tompkins I was well known and much beloved And rich, as fortunes are reckoned In Spoon River, where I had lived and worked. That was the home for me, Though all my children had flown afar— Which is the way […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Ezra Bartlett. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Ezra Bartlett A chaplain in the army, A chaplain in the prisons, An exhorter in Spoon River, Drunk with divinity, Spoon River – Yet bringing poor Eliza Johnson to shame, And myself to scorn and wretchedness. But why will you never […]