English Poetry. Richard Watson Gilder. The New Day. Part 4. 8. The Seasons. Ричард Уотсон Гилдер.
Richard Watson Gilder (Ричард Уотсон Гилдер) The New Day. Part 4. 8. The Seasons O strange Spring days, when from the shivering ground Love riseth, wakening from his dreamful swound And, frightened, in the stream his face hath found! O Summer days; when Love hath grown apace, […]
English Poetry. Richard Watson Gilder. The New Day. Part 4. 7. Song (Years have flown since I knew thee first). Ричард Уотсон Гилдер.
Richard Watson Gilder (Ричард Уотсон Гилдер) The New Day. Part 4. 7. Song (Years have flown since I knew thee first) Years have flown since I knew thee first, And I know thee as water is known of thirst; Yet I knew thee of old at the first […]
English Poetry. Richard Watson Gilder. The New Day. Part 4. 6. “I Count My Time by Times That I Meet Thee”. Ричард Уотсон Гилдер.
Richard Watson Gilder (Ричард Уотсон Гилдер) The New Day. Part 4. 6. “I Count My Time by Times That I Meet Thee” I count my time by times that I meet thee; These are my yesterdays, my morrows, noons, And nights; these my old moons and my […]
English Poetry. Richard Watson Gilder. The New Day. Part 4. 5. All in One. Ричард Уотсон Гилдер.
Richard Watson Gilder (Ричард Уотсон Гилдер) The New Day. Part 4. 5. All in One Once when a maiden maidenly went by, Or when I found some wonder in the grass, Or when a purple sunset slow did pass, Or a great star rushed silent through […]
English Poetry. Richard Watson Gilder. The New Day. Part 4. 4. Song (Not from the whole wide world I chose thee). Ричард Уотсон Гилдер.
Richard Watson Gilder (Ричард Уотсон Гилдер) The New Day. Part 4. 4. Song (Not from the whole wide world I chose thee) Not from the whole wide world I chose thee— Sweetheart, light of the land and the sea! The wide, wide world could not inclose thee, For […]
English Poetry. Richard Watson Gilder. The New Day. Part 4. 3. Likeness in Unlikeness. Ричард Уотсон Гилдер.
Richard Watson Gilder (Ричард Уотсон Гилдер) The New Day. Part 4. 3. Likeness in Unlikeness We are alike, and yet, O strange and sweet! Each in the other difference discerns; So the torn strands the maiden’s finger turns Opposing ways, when they again do meet Clasp […]
English Poetry. Robert Herrick. To Silvia. Роберт Геррик (Херрик).
Robert Herrick (Роберт Геррик (Херрик)) To Silvia Pardon my trespass, Silvia! I confess My kiss out-went the bounds of shamefacedness:— None is discreet at all times; no, not Jove Himself, at one time, can be wise and love. Robert Herrick’s other poems: A Paranaeticall, or Advisive Verse […]
English Poetry. Robert Herrick. The Bubble: a Song. Роберт Геррик (Херрик).
Robert Herrick (Роберт Геррик (Херрик)) The Bubble: a Song To my revenge, and to her desperate fears, Fly, thou made bubble of my sighs and tears! In the wild air, when thou hast roll’d about, And, like a blasting planet, found her out; Stoop, mount, pass by to […]
English Poetry. Robert Herrick. Impossibilities: to His Friend. Роберт Геррик (Херрик).
Robert Herrick (Роберт Геррик (Херрик)) Impossibilities: to His Friend My faithful friend, if you can see The fruit to grow up, or the tree; If you can see the colour come Into the blushing pear or plum; If you can see the water grow To cakes of ice, […]
English Poetry. Isaac Watts. Against Lying. Исаак Уоттс.
Isaac Watts (Исаак Уоттс) Against Lying O ’tis a lovely thing for youth To early walk in wisdom’s way; To fear a lie, to speak the truth, That we may trust to all they say! But liars we can never trust, Even when they say what is […]
English Poetry. William Shakespeare. Sonnet 13. O that you were your self, but love you are. Уильям Шекспир. Сонет 13. Не изменяйся, будь самим собой
William Shakespeare (Уильям Шекспир) Sonnet 13. O that you were your self, but love you are O that you were your self, but love you are No longer yours, than you your self here live, Against this coming end you should prepare, And your sweet semblance to some […]
English Poetry. John Gay. Newgate’s Garland: Being a New Ballad. Джон Гей. Честь и краса Ньюгейта. Новая баллада
John Gay (Джон Гей) Newgate’s Garland: Being a New Ballad Shewing how Mr. Jonathan Wild’s Throat was cut from Ear to Ear with a Penknife, by Mr. Blake, alias Blueskin, the bold Highwayman, as he stood at his Tryal in the Old–Bailey. 1725. […]
English Poetry. Alice Meynell. To Sleep. Элис Мейнелл.
Alice Meynell (Элис Мейнелл) To Sleep Dear fool, be true to me! I know the poets speak thee fair, and I Hail thee uncivilly. O but I call with a more urgent cry! I do not prize thee less, I need thee more, that thou dost love […]
English Poetry. Alice Meynell. Winter Trees on the Horizon. Элис Мейнелл.
Alice Meynell (Элис Мейнелл) Winter Trees on the Horizon O delicate! Even in wooded lands They show the margin of my world, My own horizon; little bands Of twigs unveil that edge impearled. And what is more mine own than this, My limit, level with mine eyes? […]
English Poetry. Alice Meynell. The Threshing Machine. Элис Мейнелл.
Alice Meynell (Элис Мейнелл) The Threshing Machine No “fan is in his hand” for these Young villagers beneath the trees, Watching the wheels. But I recall The rhythm of rods that rise and fall, Purging the harvest, over-seas. No fan, no flail, no threshing-floor! And all their […]
English Poetry. Alice Meynell. Time’s Reversals. Элис Мейнелл.
Alice Meynell (Элис Мейнелл) Time’s Reversals A DAUGHTER’S PARADOX To his devoted heart* Who, young, had loved his ageing mate for life, In late lone years Time gave the elder’s part, Time gave the bridegroom’s boast, Time gave a younger wife. A wilder prank and plot […]
English Poetry. Alice Meynell. The Wind Is Blind. Элис Мейнелл.
Alice Meynell (Элис Мейнелл) The Wind Is Blind “EYELESS, IN GAZA, AT THE MILL, WITH SLAVES” Milton’s “Samson.” The wind is blind. The earth sees sun and moon; the height Is watch-tower to the dawn; the plain Shines to the summer; visible light Is scattered in […]
English Poetry. Alice Meynell. Intimations of Mortality. Элис Мейнелл.
Alice Meynell (Элис Мейнелл) Intimations of Mortality FROM RECOLLECTIONS OF EARLY CHILDHOOD A simple child … That lightly draws its breath And feels its life in every limb, What should it know of death? WORDSWORTH. It knows but will not tell. Awake, alone, it counts […]
English Poetry. John Gay. Air. If Lawer’s Hand Is Fee’d. Джон Гей. Ария. «Когда у курятника бродит лисица»
John Gay (Джон Гей) Air. If Lawer’s Hand Is Fee’d A fox may steal your hens, sir, A whore your health and pence, sir, Your daughter rob your chest, sir, Your wife may steal your rest, sir, A thief your goods and plate. But this is all […]
English Poetry. John Gay. Elegiac Epistle to a Friend; Written under a Dejection of Spirits. Джон Гей. Элегическое послание другу, написанное в угнетённом состоянии духа
John Gay (Джон Гей) Elegiac Epistle to a Friend; Written under a Dejection of Spirits Friend of my youth, shedd’st thou the pitying tear O’er the sad relics of my happier days? Of nature tender, as of soul sincere, Pour’st thou for me the melancholy […]
English Poetry. John Gay. Comparisons. Джон Гей. Сравнения
John Gay (Джон Гей) Comparisons A Lamb and a Lion – a Fox and an Ass, Resemble Mankind, as it were in a glass; Males are harmless as lambs ’till they’re fourteen years old, And ’till they are forty, as lions are bold; As […]
English Poetry. Thomas Wyatt. Abide and Abide and Better Abide. Томас Уайетт.
Thomas Wyatt (Томас Уайетт) * * * I abide and abide and better abide, And after the old proverb, the happy day; And ever my lady to me doth say, “Let me alone and I will provide.” I abide and abide and tarry the tide, And with abiding […]
English Poetry. Thomas Hood. False Poets and True. Томас Гуд (Худ).
Thomas Hood (Томас Гуд (Худ)) False Poets and True TO WORDSWORTH Look how the lark soars upward and is gone, Turning a spirit as he nears the sky! His voice is heard, but body there is none To fix the vague excursions of the eye. So, poets’ […]
English Poetry. Thomas Hood. Song (The stars are with the voyager). Томас Гуд (Худ).
Thomas Hood (Томас Гуд (Худ)) Song (The stars are with the voyager) The stars are with the voyager Wherever he may sail; The moon is constant to her time; The sun will never fail; But follow, follow round the world, The green earth and the sea, So love […]
English Poetry. Thomas Hood. Written in Keats’ “Endymion”. Томас Гуд (Худ).
Thomas Hood (Томас Гуд (Худ)) Written in Keats’ “Endymion” Sonnet I saw pale Dian, sitting by the brink Of silver falls, the overflow of fountains From cloudy steeps; and I grew sad to think Endymion’s foot was silent on those mountains. And he but a hush’d name, […]
English Poetry. Thomas Hood. The Two Peacocks of Bedfont. Томас Гуд (Худ).
Thomas Hood (Томас Гуд (Худ)) The Two Peacocks of Bedfont I. Alas! That breathing Vanity should go Where Pride is buried,–like its very ghost, Uprisen from the naked bones below, In novel flesh, clad in the silent boast Of gaudy silk that flutters to and fro, Shedding […]
English Poetry. Thomas Hood. The Departure of Summer. Томас Гуд (Худ).
Thomas Hood (Томас Гуд (Худ)) The Departure of Summer Summer is gone on swallows’ wings, And Earth has buried all her flowers: No more the lark,–the linnet–sings, But Silence sits in faded bowers. There is a shadow on the plain Of Winter ere he comes again,– There is […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. The Bed. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) The Bed A harsh and homely monosyllable, Abrupt and musicless, and at its best An inartistic object to the eye, Yet in this brief and troubled life of man How full of majesty the part it plays! It is the cradle which receives […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Beauty Making. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Beauty Making Methinks there is no greater work in life Than making beauty. Can the mind conceive One little corner in celestial realms Unbeautiful, or dull or commonplace? Or picture ugly angels, illy clad? Beauty and splendour, opulence and joy, Are attributes of […]
English Poetry. James Graham, 1st Marquise of Montrose. Lines Written on the Eve of His Execution. Джеймс Грэм, первый маркиз Монтроз.
James Graham, 1st Marquise of Montrose (Джеймс Грэм, первый маркиз Монтроз) Lines Written on the Eve of His Execution Let them bestow on every airth a limb, Then open all my veins, that I may swim To thee, my Maker, in that crimson lake, Then place my par […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Beauty (Though thy cheek be fair, as the roses are). Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Beauty (Though thy cheek be fair, as the roses are) Though thy cheek be fair, as the roses are, Thy brow like the drifted snow, And thine eye as bright, as the diamonds light, Yet if in thy heart doth grow But noxious […]
English Poetry. William Dean Howells. The Sarcastic Fair. Уильям Дин Хоуэллс.
William Dean Howells (Уильям Дин Хоуэллс) The Sarcastic Fair Her mouth is a honey-blossom, No doubt, as the poet sings; But within her lips, the petals, Lurks a cruel bee, who stings. William Dean Howells’s other poems: Vision The Song the Oriole Sings In Earliest Spring By the […]
English Poetry. Thomas Wyatt. My Lute Awake. Томас Уайетт.
Thomas Wyatt (Томас Уайетт) * * * My lute awake! perform the last Labour that thou and I shall waste, And end that I have now begun; For when this song is sung and past, My lute be still, for I have done. As to be heard […]
English Poetry. William Dean Howells. By the Sea. Уильям Дин Хоуэллс.
William Dean Howells (Уильям Дин Хоуэллс) By the Sea I walked with her I love by the sea, The deep came up with its chanting waves, Making a music so great and free That the will and the faith, which were dead in me, Awoke and rose from […]
English Poetry. William Dean Howells. The Two Wives. Уильям Дин Хоуэллс.
William Dean Howells (Уильям Дин Хоуэллс) The Two Wives THE COLONEL rode by his picket-line In the pleasant morning sun, That glanced from him far off to shine On the crouching rebel picket’s gun. From his command the captain strode Out with a grave salute, And […]
English Poetry. William Dean Howells. Change. Уильям Дин Хоуэллс.
William Dean Howells (Уильям Дин Хоуэллс) Change SOMETIMES, when after spirited debate Of letters or affairs, in thought I go Smiling unto myself, and all aglow With some immediate purpose, and elate As if my little, trivial scheme were great, And what I would so were already […]
English Poetry. William Dean Howells. Vision. Уильям Дин Хоуэллс.
William Dean Howells (Уильям Дин Хоуэллс) Vision WITHIN a poor man’s squalid home I stood: The one bare chamber, where his work-worn wife Above the stove and wash-tub passed her life, Next the sty where they slept with all their brood. But I saw not that sunless, breathless […]
English Poetry. William Dean Howells. In Earliest Spring. Уильям Дин Хоуэллс.
William Dean Howells (Уильям Дин Хоуэллс) In Earliest Spring TOSSING his mane of snows in wildest eddies and tangles, Lion-like March cometh in, hoarse, with tempestuous breath, Through all the moaning chimneys, and ‘thwart all the hollows and angles Round the shuddering house, threatening of winter and death. […]
English Poetry. Dylan Thomas. A Winter’s Tale. Дилан Томас. Зимняя сказка
Dylan Thomas (Дилан Томас) A Winter’s Tale It is a winter’s tale That the snow blind twilight ferries over the lakes And floating fields from the farm in the cup of the vales, Gliding windless through the hand folded flakes, The pale breath of cattle at the stealthy […]
English Poetry. John Gay. An Epistle to Her Grace, Henrietta, Duchess of Marlborough. Джон Гей. Послание её светлости Генриетте, герцогине Мальборо
John Gay (Джон Гей) An Epistle to Her Grace, Henrietta, Duchess of Marlborough Excuse me, Madam, if amidst your tears A Muse intrudes, a Muse who feels your cares; Numbers, like Musick, can ev’n Grief controul, And lull to peace the tumults of the soul. […]