English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. Bad Luck. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) Bad Luck Once a rabbit crossed my road When I went to see my aunt; And another time a toad Hopped right in my way. You can’t Kill toads, for that makes it rain, And would spoil your day again. But […]
English Poetry. Paul Laurence Dunbar. Life. Пол Лоренс Данбар.
Paul Laurence Dunbar (Пол Лоренс Данбар) Life A crust of bread and a corner to sleep in, A minute to smile and an hour to weep in, A pint of joy to a peck of trouble, And never a laugh but the moans come double; And that is […]
English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. At Nineveh. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) At Nineveh Written for my friend Walter S. Mathews. There was a princess once, who loved the slave Of an Assyrian king, her father; known At Nineveh as Hadria; o’er whose grave The sands of centuries have long been blown; Yet […]
English Poetry. Paul Laurence Dunbar. Frederick Douglass. Пол Лоренс Данбар.
Paul Laurence Dunbar (Пол Лоренс Данбар) Frederick Douglass A hush is over all the teeming lists, And there is pause, a breath-space in the strife; A spirit brave has passed beyond the mists And vapors that obscure the sun of life. And Ethiopia, with bosom torn, Laments the […]
English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. Achievement. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) Achievement He held himself splendidly forward Both early and late; The aim of his purpose was starward, To master his fate: So he wrought and he toiled and he waited, Till he rose o’er the hordes that he hated, And stood on […]
English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. Joy. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) Joy What were this life without her? Joy, whose young face is sweet With dreams that flit about her, And rapture wild of feet! With hope, that knows no languor, And love, that knows no sighs, And mirth, like some rich […]
English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. Sunset on the River. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) Sunset on the River I. A Sea of onyx are the skies, Cloud-islanded with fire; Such nacre-colored flame as dyes A sea-shell’s rosy spire; And at its edge one star sinks slow, Burning, into the overglow. II. Save for […]
English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. The Creek. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) The Creek O cheerly, cheerly by the road And merrily down the billet; And where the acre-field is sowed With bristle-bearded millet. Then o’er a pebbled path that goes, Through vista and through dingle, Unto a farmstead’s windowed rose, And roof […]
English Poetry. Edward Thomas. Fifty Faggots. Эдвард Томас.
Edward Thomas (Эдвард Томас) Fifty Faggots There they stand, on their ends, the fifty fag gots That once were underwood of hazel and ash In Jenny Pink’s copse. Now, by the hedge Close packed, they make a thicket fancy alone Can creep through with the mouse and wren. […]
English Poetry. William Shakespeare. Sonnet 2. When forty winters shall besiege thy brow. Уильям Шекспир. Сонет 2. Когда твое чело избороздят
William Shakespeare (Уильям Шекспир) Sonnet 2. When forty winters shall besiege thy brow When forty winters shall besiege thy brow, And dig deep trenches in thy beauty’s field, Thy youth’s proud livery so gazed on now, Will be a tattered weed of small worth held: Then being asked, […]
English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. The Vampire. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) The Vampire A lily in a twilight place? A moonflow’r in the lonely night? - Strange beauty of a woman’s face Of wildflow’r-white! The rain that hangs a star’s green ray Slim on a leaf-point’s restlessness, Is not so glimmering green […]
English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. The Torrent. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) The Torrent Here is a tale for workmen and their masters: There was a torrent once that down a mountain Flashed its resistless way; a foaming fountain, Basaltic-built, ‘twixt cataract-hewn pilasters. Down from its eagle eyrie nearer, nearer, Its savage beauty born […]
English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. The Sleeper. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) The Sleeper She sleeps and dreams; one milk-white, lawny arm Pillowing her heavy hair, as might cold Night Meeting her sister Day, with glory warm, Subside in languor on her bosom’s white. The naked other on the damask cloth, - White, […]
English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. The Quarrel. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) The Quarrel Could I divine how her gray eyes Gat such cold haughtiness of skies; How, some wood-flower’s shadow brown, Dimmed her fair forehead’s wrath a frown; How, rippled sunshine blown thro’ air, Tossed scorn her eloquence of hair; […]
English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. Witnesses. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) Witnesses I. You say I do not love you! – Tell me why, When I have gazed a little on your face, And then gone forth into the world of men, A beauty, neither of the Earth or Sky, A glamour, […]
English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. Night and Rain. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) Night and Rain The night has set her outposts there Of wind and rain; And to and fro, with ragged hair, At intervals they search the pane. The fir-trees, creepers redly climb, That seem to bleed, Like old conspirators in crime, […]
English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. Love and the Sea. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) Love and the Sea Love one day, in childish anger, Tired of his divinity, Sick of rapture, sick of languor, Threw his arrows in the sea. Since then Ocean, like a woman, Variable of nature seems: Smiling; cruel; kind; inhuman; Gloomed with […]
English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. Epiphany. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) Epiphany There is nothing that eases my heart so much As the wind that blows from the purple hills; ‘Tis a hand of balsam whose healing touch Unburdens my bosom of ills. There is nothing that causes my soul to rejoice […]
English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. Dream Road. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) Dream Road I took the road again last night On which my boyhood’s hills look down; The old road leading from the town, The village there below the height, Its cottage homes, all huddled brown, Each with its blur of light. […]
English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. Catkins. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) Catkins I. Misty are the far-off hills And misty are the near; Purple hazes dimly lie Veiling hill and field and sky, Marshes where the hylas cry, Like a myriad bills Piping, “Spring is here!” II. A redbird flits, […]
English Poetry. Alfred Tennyson. The War. Альфред Теннисон.
Alfred Tennyson (Альфред Теннисон) The War There is a sound of thunder afar, Storm in the south that darkens the day, Storm of battle and thunder of war, Well, if it do not roll our way. Form! form! Riflemen form! Ready, be ready to meet the storm! Riflemen, […]
English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. Bad Luck. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) Bad Luck Once a rabbit crossed my road When I went to see my aunt; And another time a toad Hopped right in my way. You can’t Kill toads, for that makes it rain, And would spoil your day again. But […]
English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. At Nineveh. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) At Nineveh Written for my friend Walter S. Mathews. There was a princess once, who loved the slave Of an Assyrian king, her father; known At Nineveh as Hadria; o’er whose grave The sands of centuries have long been blown; Yet […]
English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. Achievement. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) Achievement He held himself splendidly forward Both early and late; The aim of his purpose was starward, To master his fate: So he wrought and he toiled and he waited, Till he rose o’er the hordes that he hated, And stood on […]
English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. A Song for Yule. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) A Song for Yule I Sing, Hey, when the time rolls round this way, And the bells peal out, ‘Tis Christmas Day; The world is better then by half, For joy, for joy; In a little while you will see it […]
English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. A Forest Child. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) A Forest Child There is a place I search for still, Sequestered as the world of dreams, A bushy hollow, and a hill That whispers with descending streams, Cool, careless waters, wandering down, Like Innocence who runs to town, Leaving the wildwood […]
English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. A Baby. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) A Baby Why speak of Rajah rubies, And roses of the South? I know a sweeter crimson A baby’s mouth. Why speak of Sultan sapphires And violet seas and skies? I know a lovelier azure A baby’s eyes. Go seek […]
English Poetry. Paul Laurence Dunbar. Accountability. Пол Лоренс Данбар.
Paul Laurence Dunbar (Пол Лоренс Данбар) Accountability Folks ain’t got no right to censuah othah folks about dey habits; Him dat giv’ de squir’ls de bushtails made de bobtails fu’ de rabbits. Him dat built de gread big mountains hollered out de little valleys, Him dat made de […]
English Poetry. Paul Laurence Dunbar. Retort. Пол Лоренс Данбар.
Paul Laurence Dunbar (Пол Лоренс Данбар) Retort “Thou art a fool,” said my head to my heart, “Indeed, the greatest of fools thou art, To be led astray by the trick of a tress, By a smiling face or a ribbon smart;” And my heart was in sore […]
English Poetry. Paul Laurence Dunbar. The Poet and His Song. Пол Лоренс Данбар.
Paul Laurence Dunbar (Пол Лоренс Данбар) The Poet and His Song A song is but a little thing, And yet what joy it is to sing! In hours of toil it gives me zest, And when at eve I long for rest; When cows come home along the […]
English Poetry. Paul Laurence Dunbar. Ere Sleep Comes down to Soothe the Weary Eyes. Пол Лоренс Данбар.
Paul Laurence Dunbar (Пол Лоренс Данбар) * * * Ere sleep comes down to soothe the weary eyes, Which all the day with ceaseless care have sought The magic gold which from the seeker flies; Ere dreams put on the gown and cap of thought, And make the […]
English Poetry. Alfred Tennyson. Spring. Альфред Теннисон.
Alfred Tennyson (Альфред Теннисон) Spring Birds’ love and birds’ song Flying here and there, Birds’ songand birds’ love And you with gold for hair! Birds’ songand birds’ love Passing with the weather, Men’s song and men’s love, To love once and forever. Men’s love and birds’ love, […]
English Poetry. Charles Wesley. Rejoice Evermore with Angels Above. Чарльз Уэсли.
Charles Wesley (Чарльз Уэсли) * * * Rejoice evermore with angels above, In Jesus’s power, In Jesus’s love: With glad exultation Your triumph proclaim, Ascribing salvation To God and the Lamb. Thou, Lord, our relief In trouble hast been; Hast saved us from grief, Hast saved us […]
English Poetry. Charles Wesley. Come, Ye Weary Sinners, Come. Чарльз Уэсли.
Charles Wesley (Чарльз Уэсли) * * * Come, ye weary sinners, come, All who groan beneath your load, Jesus calls his wanderers home, Hasten to your pardoning God! Come, ye guilty spirits oppressed, Answer to the Saviour’s call, ‘Come, and I will give you rest, Come, and I […]
English Poetry. Charles Wesley. Jesus, from Whom All Blessings Grow. Чарльз Уэсли.
Charles Wesley (Чарльз Уэсли) * * * Jesus, from whom all blessings flow, Great builder of thy church below, If now thy Spirit moves my breast, Hear, and fulfil thine own request! The few that truly call thee Lord, And wait thy sanctifying word, And thee their […]
English Poetry. Charles Wesley. Stupendous Love of God Most High!. Чарльз Уэсли.
Charles Wesley (Чарльз Уэсли) * * * Stupendous love of God most high! He comes to meet us from the sky In mildest majesty; Full of unutterable grace, He calls the weary burdened race, ‘Come all for help to me.’ Tired with the greatness of my way, […]
English Poetry. Charles Wesley. Saviour, The World’s and Mine. Чарльз Уэсли.
Charles Wesley (Чарльз Уэсли) * * * Saviour, the world’s and mine, Was ever grief like thine! Thou my pain, my curse hast took, All my sins were laid on thee; Help me, Lord; to thee I look, Draw me, Saviour, after thee. ‘Tis done! my God […]
English Poetry. Charles Wesley. Happy the Souls That First Believed. Чарльз Уэсли.
Charles Wesley (Чарльз Уэсли) * * * Happy the souls that first believed, To Jesus and each other cleaved, Joined by the unction from above In mystic fellowship of love. Meek, simple followers of the Lamb, They lived, and spake, and thought the same; They joyfully conspired […]
English Poetry. Charles Wesley. Where Shall My Wondering Soul Begin?. Чарльз Уэсли.
Charles Wesley (Чарльз Уэсли) * * * Where shall my wondering soul begin? How shall I all to heaven aspire? A slave redeemed from death and sin, A brand plucked from eternal fire, How shall I equal triumphs raise, Or sing my great Deliverer’s praise? O how […]
English Poetry. Emily Elizabeth Dickinson. Alter? When the Hills Do. Эмили Дикинсон.
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (Эмили Дикинсон) * * * Alter? When the hills do. Falter? When the sun Question if his glory Be the perfect one. Surfeit? When the daffodil Doth of the dew: Even as herself, O friend! I will of you! Emily Elizabeth Dickinson’s other poems: […]