English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. «A History of England». 1911. 8. My Father’s Chair. Редьярд Киплинг. «История Англии». 1911. 8. Отцовский Трон. Парламенты Генриха III, 1265 г.

Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) «A History of England». 1911. 8. My Father’s Chair Parliaments of Henry III., 1265 There are four good legs to my Father’s Chair– Priests and People and Lords and Crown. I sits on all of ’em fair and square, And that is reason […]

English Poetry. Oscar Wilde. Symphony in Yellow. Оскар Уайльд.

Oscar Wilde (Оскар Уайльд) Symphony in Yellow An omnibus across the bridge Crawls like a yellow butterfly, And, here and therem a passer-by Shows like a little restless midge. Big barges full of yellow hay Are moored against the shadowy wharf, And, like a yellow silken scarf, […]

English Poetry. Mary Sidney. Psalm 150. Мэри Сидни.

Mary Sidney (Мэри Сидни) Psalm 150 Oh, laud the Lord, the God of hosts commend, Exalt his pow’r, advance his holiness: With all your might lift his almightiness; Your greatest praise upon his greatness spend. Make trumpet’s noise in shrillest notes ascend; Make lute and lyre his […]

English Poetry. Mary Sidney. Psalm 55. Мэри Сидни.

Mary Sidney (Мэри Сидни) Psalm 55 My God, most glad to look, most prone to hear, An open ear, oh, let my prayer find, And from my plaint turn not thy face away. Behold my gestures, hearken what I say, While uttering moans with most tormented mind, My […]

English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. «A History of England». 1911. 3. The Pirates in England. Редьярд Киплинг. «История Англии». 1911. 3. Пираты в Англии. Англосаксонское вторжение, 400-600 гг. н.э.

Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) «A History of England». 1911. 3. The Pirates in England Saxon Invasion, A.D. 400-600 When Rome was rotten-ripe to her fall, And the sceptre passed from her hand, The pestilent Picts leaped over the wall To harry the English land. The little […]

English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. «A History of England». 1911. 18. The French Wars. Редьярд Киплинг. «История Англии». 1911. 18. Англия и Франция в морской войне

Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) «A History of England». 1911. 18. The French Wars Napoleonic The boats of Newhaven and Folkestone and Dover To Dieppe and Boulogne and to Calais cross over; And in each of those runs there is not a square yard Where the English and […]

English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. «A History of England». 1911. 2. The Roman Centurion’s Song. Редьярд Киплинг. «История Англии». 1911. 2. Песнь римского центуриона. Римская оккупация Британии. 300 г. н.э.

Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) «A History of England». 1911. 2. The Roman Centurion’s Song (Roman Occupation of Britain, A.D. 300) LEGATE, I had the news last night – my cohort ordered home By ships to Portus Itius and thence by road to Rome. I’ve marched the companies […]

English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. «A History of England». 1911. 1. The River’s Tale. Prehistoric. Редьярд Киплинг. «История Англии». 1911. 1. Рассказ Реки. Доисторический период

Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) «A History of England». 1911. 1. The River’s Tale. Prehistoric Twenty bridges from Tower to Kew– (Twenty bridges or twenty-two)– Wanted to know what the River knew, For they were young, and the Thames was old And this is the tale that River […]

English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. A Preface. Редьярд Киплинг. Сборник рассказов «На суше и на море». 1919-1922. 1. Предисловие. «Желаю здравья всякому…»

Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) A Preface From “Land and Sea Tales”(1919-23) To all to whom this little book may come– Health for yourselves and those you hold most dear! Content abroad, and happiness at home, And–one grand Secret in your private ear: – Nations have passed away […]

English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. A Counting-Out Song. Редьярд Киплинг. Сборник рассказов «На суше и на море». 1919-1922. 8. Песня-считалка

Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) A Counting-Out Song “An English School” From “Land and Sea Tales” (1919-1923) What is the song the children sing, When doorway lilacs bloom in Spring, And the Schools are loosed, and the games are played That were deadly earnest when Earth was made? […]

English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. Beast and Man in India. 5. The Beasts are Very Wise. Редьярд Киплинг. Стихотворные эпиграфы для книги Джона Локвуда Киплинга ”Животное и человек в Индии”. 5. ”Животные мудры; они не лгут”

Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) Beast and Man in India. 5. The Beasts are Very Wise The beasts are very wise, Their mouths are clean of lies, They talk one to the other, Bullock to bullock’s brother Resting after their labours, Each in stall with his neighbours. But man […]

English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. Beast and Man in India. 4. Pigs and Buffaloes. Редьярд Киплинг. Стихотворные эпиграфы для книги Джона Локвуда Киплинга ”Животное и человек в Индии”. 4. Свиньи и буйволы

Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) Beast and Man in India. 4. Pigs and Buffaloes Dark children of the mere and marsh, Wallow and waste and lea, Outcaste they wait at the village gate With folk of low degree. Their pasture is in no man’s land, Their food the […]

English Poetry. Oscar Wilde. My Voice. Оскар Уайльд.

Oscar Wilde (Оскар Уайльд) My Voice WITHIN this restless, hurried, modern world We took our hearts’ full pleasure–You and I, And now the white sails of our ship are furled, And spent the lading of our argosy. Wherefore my cheeks before their time are wan, For very […]

English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. Beast and Man in India. 3. The Elephant. Редьярд Киплинг. Стихотворные эпиграфы для книги Джона Локвуда Киплинга ”Животное и человек в Индии”. 3. Слон

Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) Beast and Man in India. 3. The Elephant Written for John Lockwood Kipling’s The torn boughs trailing o’er the tusks aslant, The saplings reeling in the path he trod, Declare his might–our lord the Elephant, Chief of the ways of God. […]

English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. Arterial. Редьярд Киплинг.

Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) Arterial Early Chinese –The Muse Among the Motors (1900-1930) I Frost upon small rain–the ebony-lacquered avenue Reflecting lamps as a pool shows goldfish. The sight suddenly emptied out of the young man’s eyes Entering upon it sideways. II In youth, […]

English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. Beast and Man in India. 2. The Oxen. Редьярд Киплинг. Стихотворные эпиграфы для книги Джона Локвуда Киплинга ”Животное и человек в Индии”. 2. Быки

Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) Beast and Man in India. 2. The Oxen Written for John Lockwood Kipling’s Between the waving tufts of jungle-grass, Up from the river as the twilight falls, Across the dust-beclouded plain they pass On to the village walls. Great is the sword […]