English Poetry. Robert William Service. Window Shopper. Роберт Уильям Сервис.
Robert William Service (Роберт Уильям Сервис) Window Shopper I stood before a candy shop Which with a Christmas radiance shone; I saw my parents pass and stop To grin at me and then go on. The sweets were heaped in gleamy rows; On each I feasted; what a […]
English Poetry. Robert William Service. Tea on the Lawn. Роберт Уильям Сервис.
Robert William Service (Роберт Уильям Сервис) Tea on the Lawn It was foretold by sybils three that in an air crash he would die. “I’ll fool their prophesy,” said he; “You won’t get me to go on high. Howe’re the need for haste and speed, I’ll never, never, […]
English Poetry. Robert William Service. I’m Scared of It All. Роберт Уильям Сервис.
Robert William Service (Роберт Уильям Сервис) * * * I’m scared of it all, God’s truth! so I am; It’s too big and brutal for me. My nerve’s on the raw and I don’t give a damn For all the “hoorah” that I see. I’m pinned between subway […]
English Poetry. Robert William Service. A Song of Success. Роберт Уильям Сервис.
Robert William Service (Роберт Уильям Сервис) A Song of Success Ho! we were strong, we were swift, we were brave. Youth was a challenge, and Life was a fight. All that was best in us gladly we gave, Sprang from the rally, and leapt for the height. Smiling […]
English Poetry. Robert William Service. A Pot of Tea. Роберт Уильям Сервис.
Robert William Service (Роберт Уильям Сервис) A Pot of Tea You make it in your mess-tin by the brazier’s rosy gleam; You watch it cloud, then settle amber clear; You lift it with your bay’nit, and you sniff the fragrant steam; The very breath of it is ripe […]
English Poetry. Phoebe Cary. The Prairie on Fire. Фиб Кэри.
Phoebe Cary (Фиб Кэри) The Prairie on Fire The long grass burned brown In the summer’s fierce heat, Snaps brittle and dry ‘Neath the traveller’s feet, As over the prairie, Through all the long day, His white, tent-like wagon Moves slow on its way. Safe and dnug […]
English Poetry. Phoebe Cary. Shakesperian Readings. Фиб Кэри.
Phoebe Cary (Фиб Кэри) Shakesperian Readings Oh, but to fade, and live we know not where, To be a cold obstruction and to groan! This sensible, warm woman to become A prudish clod; and the delighted spirit To live and die alone, or to reside With married sisters, […]
English Poetry. Alfred Tennyson. Break, Break, Break. Альфред Теннисон.
Alfred Tennyson (Альфред Теннисон) * * * Break, break, break, On thy cold gray stones, O Sea! And I would that my tongue could utter The thoughts that arise in me. O, well for the fisherman’s boy, That he shouts with his sister at play! O, well […]
English Poetry. Christopher Pearse Cranch. The Photograph. Кристофер Пирс Крэнч.
Christopher Pearse Cranch (Кристофер Пирс Крэнч) The Photograph PHOEBUS Apollo, from Olympus driven, Lived at Admetus, tending herds and flocks: And strolling o’er the pastures and the rocks He found his life much duller than in Heaven. For he had left his bow, his songs, his lyre, His […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. When Tulips Bloom. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) When Tulips Bloom I WHEN tulips bloom in Union Aquare, And timid breaths of vernal air Go wandering down the dusty town, Like children lost in Vanity Fair; When every long, unlovely row Of westward houses stands aglow, And […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. America for Me. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) America for Me ‘TIS fine to see the Old World and travel up and down Among the famous palaces and cities of renown, To admire the crumblyh castles and the statues and kings But now I think I’ve had enough of antiquated […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. Life. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) Life LET me but live my life from year to year, With forward face and unreluctant soul; Not hurrying to, nor turning from the goal; Not mourning for the things that disappear In the dim past, nor holding back in […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. Things and the Man. Редьярд Киплинг.
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) Things and the Man (In Memoriam, Joseph Chamberlain) 1904 “And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren and they hated him yet the more.” — Genesis XXXVII. 5. Oh ye who hold the written clue To all […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. «Debits and Credits». (1919-1926). 17. Untimely. Редьярд Киплинг.
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) «Debits and Credits». (1919-1926). 17. Untimely “The Eye of Allah” Nothing in life has been made by man for man’s using But it was shown long since to man in ages Lost as the name of the maker of it, Who received oppression […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. «Debits and Credits». (1919-1926). 4. To the Companions. Редьярд Киплинг.
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) «Debits and Credits». (1919-1926). 4. To the Companions Horace, BK. V. Ode 17. “The United Idolaters” How comes it that, at even-tide, When level beams should show most truth, Man, failing, takes unfailing pride In memories of his frolic youth? Venus and […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. Seal Lullaby. Редьярд Киплинг.
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) Seal Lullaby Oh! hush thee, my baby, the night is behind us And black are the waters that sparkled so green. The moon, O’er the combers, looks downward to find us At rest in the hollows that rustle between. Where billow meets billow, there […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. «Debits and Credits». (1919-1926). 7. Rahere. Редьярд Киплинг.
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) «Debits and Credits». (1919-1926). 7. Rahere “The Wish House” Rahere, King Henry’s Jester, feared by all the Norman Lords For his eye that pierced their bosoms, for his tongue that shamed their swords; Feed and flattered by the Churchmen – well they knew […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. Pan in Vermont. Редьярд Киплинг. Пан в Вермонте. 1893
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) Pan in Vermont 1893 About the 15th of this month you may expect our Mr. — , with the usual Spring Seed, etc., Catalogues. – Florist’s Announcement. It’s forty in the shade to-day, the spouting eaves declare; The boulders nose above […]
English Poetry. Robert Louis Stevenson. A Child’s Garden of Verses. 18. My Shadow. Роберт Льюис Стивенсон. Детский сад стихов. 18. Моя тень
Robert Louis Stevenson (Роберт Льюис Стивенсон) A Child’s Garden of Verses. 18. My Shadow From Child’s Garden of Verses I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me, And what can be the use of him is more than I can see. He is […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. The Good Teacher. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) The Good Teacher THE Lord is my teacher, I shall not lose the way. He leadeth me in the lowly path of learning, He prepareth a lesson for me every day; He bringeth me to the clear fountain of instruction, Little […]
English Poetry. Henry Van Dyke. Four Things. Генри Ван Дайк.
Henry Van Dyke (Генри Ван Дайк) Four Things FOUR things a man must learn to do If he would make his record true: To think without confusion clearly; To love his fellow man sincerely; To act from honest motives purely; To trust in God and Heaven securely. Henry […]
English Poetry. Robert William Service. The Sum-Up. Роберт Уильям Сервис.
Robert William Service (Роберт Уильям Сервис) The Sum-Up It is not power and fame That make success; It is not rank or name Rate happiness. It is not honour due Nor pile of pelf: The pay-off is: Did you Enjoy yourself? A pal of days gone by […]
English Poetry. Robert William Service. Sacrifice. Роберт Уильям Сервис.
Robert William Service (Роберт Уильям Сервис) Sacrifice I gave an eye to save from night A babe born blind; And now with eager semi-sight Vast joy I find To think a child can share with me Earth ecstasy! Delight of dawn with dewy gleam On damask rose; […]
English Poetry. Robert William Service. I Shall Not Burn. Роберт Уильям Сервис.
Robert William Service (Роберт Уильям Сервис) I Shall Not Burn I have done with love and lust, I reck not for gold or fame; I await familiar dust These frail fingers to reclaim: Not for me the tiger flame. Not for me the furnace glow, Rage of […]
English Poetry. Robert William Service. Roulette. Роберт Уильям Сервис.
Robert William Service (Роберт Уильям Сервис) Roulette I’ll wait until my money’s gone Before I take the sleeping pills; Then when they find me in the dawn, Remote from earthly ails and ills They’ll say: “She’s broke, the foreign bitch!” And dump me in the common ditch. […]
English Poetry. Robert William Service. Grumpy Grandpa. Роберт Уильям Сервис.
Robert William Service (Роберт Уильям Сервис) Grumpy Grandpa Grand-daughter of the Painted Nails, As if they had been dipped in gore, I’d like to set you lugging pails And make you scrub the kitchen floor. I’m old and crotchety of course, And on this point my patience fails; […]
English Poetry. Robert William Service. Priscilla. Роберт Уильям Сервис.
Robert William Service (Роберт Уильям Сервис) Priscilla Jerry MacMullen, the millionaire, Driving a red-meat bus out there – How did he win his Croix de Guerre? Bless you, that’s all old stuff: Beast of a night on the Verdun road, Jerry stuck with a woeful load, Stalled in […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. A General Summary. Редьярд Киплинг. Общие итоги
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) A General Summary We are very slightly changed From the semi-apes who ranged India’s Prehistoric clay; He that drew the longest bow Ran his brother down, you know, As we run men down to-tday. “Dowb,” the first of all his race, Met the […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. An Old Song. Редьярд Киплинг.
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) An Old Song So long as ‘neath the Kalka hills The tonga-horn shall ring, So long as down the Solon dip The hard-held ponies swing, So long as Tara Devi sees The lights of Simla town, So long as Pleasure calls us up, Or […]
English Poetry. Robert Louis Stevenson. A Child’s Garden of Verses. 25. The Wind. Роберт Льюис Стивенсон. Детский сад стихов. 25. Ветер
Robert Louis Stevenson (Роберт Льюис Стивенсон) A Child’s Garden of Verses. 25. The Wind I saw you toss the kites on high And blow the birds about the sky; And all around I heard you pass, Like ladies’ skirts across the grass– O wind, a-blowing all day long, […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. Study of an Elevation, in Indian Ink. Редьярд Киплинг. Об одном восхождении – чёрным по белому
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) Study of an Elevation, in Indian Ink This ditty is a string of lies. But—how the deuce did Gubbins rise? POTIPHAR GUBBINS, C.E., Stands at the top of the tree; And I muse in my bed on the reasons that led To the […]
English Poetry. Thomas Hardy. The Dissemblers. Томас Гарди (Харди).
Thomas Hardy (Томас Гарди (Харди)) The Dissemblers ‘It was not you I came to please, Only myself,’ flipped she; ‘I like this spot of phantasies, And thought you far from me.’ But O, he was the secret spell That led her to the lea! ‘It was not […]
English Poetry. Thomas Hardy. Her Song. Томас Гарди (Харди).
Thomas Hardy (Томас Гарди (Харди)) Her Song I sang that song on Sunday, To witch an idle while, I sang that song on Monday, As fittest to beguile; I sang it as the year outwore, And the new slid in; I thought not what might shape before Another […]
English Poetry. Thomas Hardy. At a House in Hampstead. Томас Гарди (Харди).
Thomas Hardy (Томас Гарди (Харди)) At a House in Hampstead Sometime the Dwelling of John Keats O Poet, come you haunting here Where streets have stolen up all around, And never a nightingale pours one Full-throated sound? Drawn from your drowse by the Seven famed Hills, […]
English Poetry. Thomas Hardy. Welcome Home. Томас Гарди (Харди).
Thomas Hardy (Томас Гарди (Харди)) Welcome Home Back to my native place Bent upon returning, Bosom all day burning To be where my race Well were known, ’twas keen with me There to dwell in amity. Folk had sought their beds, But I hailed: to view me […]
English Poetry. Thomas Hardy. The West-of-Wessex Girl. Томас Гарди (Харди).
Thomas Hardy (Томас Гарди (Харди)) The West-of-Wessex Girl A very West-of-Wessex girl, As blithe as blithe could be, Was once well-known to me, And she would laud her native town, And hope and hope that we Might sometime study up and down Its charms in company. But […]
English Poetry. Thomas Hardy. According to the Mighty Working. Томас Гарди (Харди).
Thomas Hardy (Томас Гарди (Харди)) According to the Mighty Working I When moiling seems at cease In the vague void of night-time, And heaven’s wide roomage stormless Between the dusk and light-time, And fear at last is formless, We call the allurement Peace. II Peace, […]
English Poetry. Thomas Hardy. The Curtains Now Are Drawn. Томас Гарди (Харди).
Thomas Hardy (Томас Гарди (Харди)) The Curtains Now Are Drawn (Song) I The curtains now are drawn, And the spindrift strikes the glass, Blown up the jaggèd pass By the surly salt sou’-west, And the sneering glare is gone Behind the yonder crest, While she sings […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. «A History of England». 1911. 5. The Anvil. Редьярд Киплинг. «История Англии». 1911. 5. Наковальня. Нормандское завоевание, 1066 г.
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) «A History of England». 1911. 5. The Anvil Norman Conquest, 1066 ENGLAND’S on the anvil-hear the hammers ring- Clanging from the Severn to the Tyne! Never was a blacksmith like our Norman King- England’s being hammered, hammered, hammered into line! England’s […]
English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. «Limits and Renewals». 1932. 13. Neighbours. Редьярд Киплинг. «Пределы и обновления». 1932. 13. Ближние
Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) «Limits and Renewals». 1932. 13. Neighbours “Beauty Sports” The man that is open of heart to his neighbour, And stops to consider his likes and dislikes, His blood shall be wholesome whatever his labour, His luck shall be with him whatever he strikes. […]