English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. «Debits and Credits». (1919-1926). 16. The Supports. Редьярд Киплинг.
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) «Debits and Credits». (1919-1926). 16. The Supports “On the Gate” Song of the Waiting Seraphs Full Chorus. To Him Who bade the Heavens abide, yet cease not from their motion, To Him Who tames the moonstruck tide a day round the Ocean […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. «Debits and Credits». (1919-1926). 8. The Survival. Редьярд Киплинг.
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) «Debits and Credits». (1919-1926). 8. The Survival Horace BK. V. Ode 22 “The Janeites” Securely, after days Unnumbered, I behold Kings mourn that promised praise Their cheating bards foretold. Of earth constricting Wars, Of Princes passed in chains, Of deeds out-shining stars, […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. «Debits and Credits». (1919-1926). 6. «Late Came the God». Редьярд Киплинг.
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) «Debits and Credits». (1919-1926). 6. «Late Came the God» “The Wish House” Late came the God, having sent his forerunners who were not regarded– Late, but in wrath; Saying: “The wrong shall be paid, the contempt be rewarded On all that she hath.” […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. «Debits and Credits». (1919-1926). 2. The Vineyard. Редьярд Киплинг. «Расходы и поступления». (1919-1926). 2. Виноградник
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) «Debits and Credits». (1919-1926). 2. The Vineyard “Sea Constables” At the eleventh hour he came, But his wages were the same As ours who all day long had trod The wine-press of the Wrath of God. When he shouldered through the lines […]
English Poetry. Oscar Wilde. Under the Balcony. Оскар Уайльд.
Oscar Wilde (Оскар Уайльд) Under the Balcony O beautiful star with the crimson mouth! O moon with the brows of gold! Rise up, rise up, from the odorous south! And light for my love her way, Lest her little feet should stray On the windy hill and the […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. «Debits and Credits». (1919-1926). 13. The Birthright. Редьярд Киплинг.
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) «Debits and Credits». (1919-1926). 13. The Birthright “The Propagation of Knowledge” The miracle of our land’s speech–so known And long received, none marvel when ’tis shown! We have such wealth as Rome at her most pride Had not or (having) scattered not […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. «Debits and Credits». (1919-1926). 5. The Centaurs. Редьярд Киплинг.
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) «Debits and Credits». (1919-1926). 5. The Centaurs “The United Idolaters” Up came the young Centaur-colts from the plains they were fathered in– Curious, awkward, afraid. Burrs on their hocks and their tails, they were branded and gath- ered in Mobs and run up […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. «Debits and Credits». (1919-1926). 19. The Burden. Редьярд Киплинг. «Расходы и поступления». 19. «Угаснув, ждал исхода я»
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) «Debits and Credits». (1919-1926). 19. The Burden “The Gardeners” One grief on me is laid Each day of every year, Wherein no soul can aid, Whereof no soul can hear: Whereto no end is seen Except to grieve again– Ah, Mary Magdalene, Where […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. «Debits and Credits». (1919-1926). 1. The Changelings. Редьярд Киплинг.
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) «Debits and Credits». (1919-1926). 1. The Changelings R.N.V.R, “Sea Constables” Or ever the battered liners sank With their passengers to the dark, I was head of a Walworth Bank, And you were a grocer’s clerk. I was a dealer in stocks and […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. «Limits and Renewals». 1932. 12. The Threshold. Редьярд Киплинг.
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) «Limits and Renewals». 1932. 12. The Threshold “Unprofessional” In their deepest caverns of limestone They pictured the Gods of Food– The Horse, the Elk, and the Bison That the hunting might be good; With the Gods of Death and Terror– The Mammoth, Tiger, […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. «Limits and Renewals». 1932. 7. Naaman’s Song. Редьярд Киплинг. «Пределы и обновления». 1932. 7. Песнь Неемáна
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) «Limits and Renewals». 1932. 7. Naaman’s Song ‘GO, wash thyself in Jordan — go, wash thee and be clean!’ Nay, not for any Prophet will I plunge a toe therein! For the banks of curious Jordan are parcelled into sites. Commanded and embellished and […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. «Limits and Renewals». 1932. 18. The Penalty. Редьярд Киплинг. «Пределы и обновления». 1932. 18. Расплата
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) «Limits and Renewals». 1932. 18. The Penalty “The Tender Achilles” Once in life I watched a Star; But I whistled, “Let her go! There are others, fairer far, Which my favouring skies shall show Here I lied, and herein I Stood to pay […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. «Limits and Renewals». 1932. 5. The Disciple. Редьярд Киплинг. «Пределы и обновления». 1932. 5. Ученик
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) «Limits and Renewals». 1932. 5. The Disciple “The Church that Was at Antioch” He that hath a Gospel To loose upon Mankind, Though he serve it utterly – Body, soul and mind – Though he go to Calvary Daily for its gain – […]
English Poetry. Edith Wharton. Belgium. Эдит Уортон.
Edith Wharton (Эдит Уортон) Belgium La Belgique ne regrette rien Not with her ruined silver spires, Not with her cities shamed and rent, Perish the imperishable fires That shape the homestead from the tent. Wherever men are staunch and free, There shall she keep her fearless […]
English Poetry. Edith Wharton. Two Backgrounds. Эдит Уортон.
Edith Wharton (Эдит Уортон) Two Backgrounds I. LA VIERGE AU DONATEUR HERE by the ample river’s argent sweep, Bosomed in tilth and vintage to her walls, A tower-crowned Cybele in armoured sleep The city lies, fat plenty in her halls, With calm parochial spires that hold in […]
English Poetry. Oscar Wilde. La Mer. Оскар Уайльд.
Oscar Wilde (Оскар Уайльд) La Mer A white mist drifts across the shrouds, A wild moon in this wintry sky Gleams like an angry lion’s eye Out of a mane of tawny clouds. The muffled steersman at the wheel Is but a shadow in the gloom; - […]
English Poetry. Edith Wharton. Patience. Эдит Уортон.
Edith Wharton (Эдит Уортон) Patience PATIENCE and I have traveled hand in hand So many days that I have grown to trace The lines of sad, sweet beauty in her face, And all its veiled depths to understand. Not beautiful is she to eyes profane; Silent and […]
English Poetry. Edith Wharton. Experience. Эдит Уортон.
Edith Wharton (Эдит Уортон) Experience I Like Crusoe with the bootless gold we stand Upon the desert verge of death, and say: “What shall avail the woes of yesterday To buy to-morrow’s wisdom, in the land Whose currency is strange unto our hand? In life’s small market […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. «Limits and Renewals». 1932. 1. Gertrude’s Prayer. Редьярд Киплинг. «Пределы и обновления». 1932. 1. Молитва Гертруды
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) «Limits and Renewals». 1932. 1. Gertrude’s Prayer Dayspring Mishandled That which is marred at birth Time shall not mend, Nor water out of bitter well make clean; All evil thing returneth at the end, Or elseway walketh in our blood unseen. Whereby the […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. «Brazilian Verses». 1927. 1. The Friends. Редьярд Киплинг. «Бразильские стихи». 1927. 1. Друзья
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) «Brazilian Verses». 1927. 1. The Friends I HAD some friends-but I dreamed that they were dead- Who used to dance with lanterns round a little boy in bed; Green and white lanterns that waved to and fro: But I haven’t seen a Firefly […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. «Limits and Renewals». 1932. 6. The Playmate. Редьярд Киплинг. «Пределы и обновления». 1932. 6. Подруга
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) «Limits and Renewals». 1932. 6. The Playmate “Aunt Ellen” She is not Folly – that I know. Her steadfast eyelids tell me so When, at the hour the lights divide, She steals as summonsed to my side. When, finger on the pursed […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. Parade-Song of the Camp-Animals. 6. All The Beasts Together. Редьярд Киплинг. Парадные марши для животных, прикомандированных к военному ведомству. 6. Все животные – хором вместе
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) Parade-Song of the Camp-Animals. 6. All The Beasts Together Children of the Camp are we, Serving each in his degree; Children of the yoke and goad, Pack and harness, pad and load. See our line across the plain, Like a heel-rope bent again, Reaching, […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. Parade-Song of the Camp-Animals. 5. Commissariat Camels. Редьярд Киплинг. Парадные марши для животных, прикомандированных к военному ведомству. 5. Интендантские верблюды
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) Parade-Song of the Camp-Animals. 5. Commissariat Camels We haven’t a camelty tune of our own To help us trollop along, But every neck is a hair-trombone (Rtt-ta-ta-ta! is a hair-trombone! ) And this is our marching-song: Can’t! Don’t! Shan’t! Won’t! Pass it along […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. Parade-Song of the Camp-Animals. 4. Screw-Gun Mules. Редьярд Киплинг. Парадные марши для животных, прикомандированных к военному ведомству. 4. Мулы горноартиллерийских команд
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) Parade-Song of the Camp-Animals. 4. Screw-Gun Mules As me and my companions were scrambling up a hill, The path was lost in rolling stones, but we went forward still; For we can wriggle and climb, my lads, an turn up everywhere And […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. Parade-Song of the Camp-Animals. 3. Cavalry Horses. Редьярд Киплинг. Парадные марши для животных, прикомандированных к военному ведомству. 3. Кавалерийские лошади
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) Parade-Song of the Camp-Animals. 3. Cavalry Horses By the brand on my withers, the finest of tunes Is played by the Lancers, Hussars, and Dragoons, And it’s sweeter than “Stables” or “Water” to me, The Cavalry Canter of “Bonnie Dundee!” Then feed us […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. Parade-Song of the Camp-Animals. 2. Gun-Bullocks. Редьярд Киплинг. Парадные марши для животных, прикомандированных к военному ведомству. 2. Упряжные волы, приданные артиллерийским расчетам
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) Parade-Song of the Camp-Animals. 2. Gun-Bullocks Those heroes in their harnesses avoid a cannon-ball, And what they know of powder upsets them one and all; Then we come into action and tug the guns again,– Make way there, way for the twenty yoke […]
English Poetry. Oscar Wilde. Ravenna. Оскар Уайльд.
Oscar Wilde (Оскар Уайльд) Ravenna I. A year ago I breathed the Italian air, - And yet, methinks this northern Spring is fair,- These fields made golden with the flower of March, The throstle singing on the feathered larch, The cawing rooks, the wood-doves fluttering by, […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. Parade-Song of the Camp-Animals. 1. Elephants of the Gun-Teams. Редьярд Киплинг. Парадные марши для животных, прикомандированных к военному ведомству. 1. Упряжные слоны, приданные артиллерийским расчетам
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) Parade-Song of the Camp-Animals. 1. Elephants of the Gun-Teams We lent to Alexander the strength of Hercules, The wisdom of our foreheads, the cunning of our knees. We bowed our necks to service–they ne’er were loosed again,– Make way there, way for […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. «Limits and Renewals». 1932. 8. The Mother’s Son. Редьярд Киплинг. «Пределы и обновления». 1932. 8. Сын Матери Моей
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) «Limits and Renewals». 1932. 8. The Mother’s Son “Fairy Kist” I have a dream — a dreadful dream – A dream that is never done. I watch a man go out of his mind, And he is My Mother’s Son. They pushed […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. «Limits and Renewals». 1932. 4. The Totem. Редьярд Киплинг. «Пределы и обновления». 1932. 4. Тотем
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) «Limits and Renewals». 1932. 4. The Totem “The Tie” Ere the mother’s milk had dried On my lips, the Brethren came– Tore me from my nurse’s side, And bestowed on me a name Infamously overtrue– Such as “Bunny,” “Stinker,” “Podge”;– But, whatever […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. «Debits and Credits». (1919-1926). 14. A Legend of Truth. Редьярд Киплинг. «Расходы и поступления». 14. Легенда о Правде
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) «Debits and Credits». (1919-1926). 14. A Legend of Truth “A Friend of the Family” Once on a time, the ancient legends tell, Truth, rising from the bottom of her well, Looked on the world, but, hearing how it lied, Returned to her seclusion […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. «Brazilian Verses». 1927. 5. «Poison of Asps». Редьярд Киплинг. «Бразильские стихи». 1927. 5. «Яд гадюки». Бразильская ферма-змеепитомник
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) «Brazilian Verses». 1927. 5. «Poison of Asps» A Brazilian Snake-Farm “POISON of asps is under our lips”? Why do you seek us, then? Breaking our knotted fellowships With your noisy-footed men? Time and time over we let them […]
English Poetry. Edward Rowland Sill. Truth at Last. Эдвард Роулэнд Силл.
Edward Rowland Sill (Эдвард Роулэнд Силл) Truth at Last DOES a man ever give up hope, I wonder, – Face the grim fact, seeing it clear as day? When Bennen saw the snow slip, heard its thunder Low, louder, roaring round him, felt the speed Grow swifter as […]
English Poetry. Edward Rowland Sill. To Child Sara. Эдвард Роулэнд Силл.
Edward Rowland Sill (Эдвард Роулэнд Силл) To Child Sara I LOOKED in a dew-drop’s heart to-day As it clung on a leaf of clover, Holding a sparkle of starry light, Like a liquid drop of opal bright With diamond dusted over. In that least globe of quivering […]
English Poetry. Edward Rowland Sill. The Tree of My Life. Эдвард Роулэнд Силл.
Edward Rowland Sill (Эдвард Роулэнд Силл) The Tree of My Life WHEN I was yet but a child, the gardener gave me a tree, A little slim elm, to be set wherever seemed good to me What a wonderful thing it seemed! with its lace-edged leaves uncurled, And […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. «A History of England». 1911. 20. The Secret of the Machines. Редьярд Киплинг.
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) «A History of England». 1911. 20. The Secret of the Machines Modern Machinery We were taken from the ore-bed and the mine, We were melted in the furnace and the pit– We were cast and wrought and hammered to design, We were cut […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. The Jester. Редьярд Киплинг.
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) The Jester There are three degrees of bliss At the foot of Allah’s Throne, And the highest place is his Who saves a brother’s soul At peril of his own. There is the Power made known! There are three degrees of bliss In […]
English Poetry. Oscar Wilde. The True Knowledge. Оскар Уайльд.
Oscar Wilde (Оскар Уайльд) The True Knowledge Thou knowest all; I seek in vain What lands to till or sow with seed - The land is black with briar and weed, Nor cares for falling tears or rain. Thou knowest all; I sit and wait With blinded […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. «A History of England». 1911. 10. The King’s Job. Редьярд Киплинг.
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) «A History of England». 1911. 10. The King’s Job The Tudor Monarchy Once on a time was a King anxious to understand What was the wisest thing a man could do for his land. Most of his population hurried to answer the question, […]
English Poetry. Mary Sidney. Psalm 84. Мэри Сидни.
Mary Sidney (Мэри Сидни) Psalm 84 How lovely is thy dwelling, Great god, to whom all greatness is belonging! To view thy courts far, far from any telling My soul doth long and pine with longing Unto the God that liveth, The God that all life giveth, My […]