English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. A Dreamer of Dreams. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) A Dreamer of Dreams He lived beyond men, and so stood Admitted to the brotherhood Of beauty:—dreams, with which he trod Companioned like some sylvan god. And oft men wondered, when his thought Made all their knowledge seem as naught, If he, […]
English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. The Man Hunt. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) The Man Hunt THE woods stretch wild to the mountain side, And the brush is deep where a man may hide, They have brought the bloodhounds up again To the roadside rock where they found the slain. […]
English Poetry. Philip Sidney. Sonnet 31. With How Sad Steps, O Moon. Филип Сидни. Сонет 31. О Месяц, как бесшумен твой восход!
Philip Sidney (Филип Сидни) Sonnet 31. With How Sad Steps, O Moon With how sad steps, O Moon, thou climb’st the skies! How silently, and with how wan a face! What! May it be that even in heavenly place That busy archer his sharp arrows tries? Sure, […]
English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. After Rain. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) After Rain Behold the blossom-bosomed Day again, With all the star-white Hours in her train, Laughs out of pearl-lights through a golden ray, That, leaning on the woodland wildness, blends A sprinkled amber with the showers that lay Their oblong emeralds on […]
English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. Enchantment. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) Enchantment The deep seclusion of this forest path, - O’er which the green boughs weave a canopy; Along which bluet and anemone Spread dim a carpet; where the Twilight hath Her cool abode; and, sweet as aftermath, Wood-fragrance roams, – has so […]
English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. Below the Sunset’s Range of Rose. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) * * * Below the sunset’s range of rose, Below the heaven’s deepening blue, Down woodways where the balsam blows, And milkweed tufts hang, gray with dew, A Jersey heifer stops and lows— The cows come home by one, by two. […]
English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. A Last Word. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) A Last Word OH, for some cup of consummating might, Filled with life’s kind conclusion, lost in night! A wine of darkness, that with death shall cure This sickness called existence! —Oh to find Surcease of sorrow! quiet for the mind, An […]
English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. The Battle. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) The Battle BLACK clouds hung low and heavy, Above the sunset glare; And in the garden dimly We wandered here and there. So full of strife, of trouble The night was dark, afraid, Like our own love, so merely For tears and […]
English Poetry. Emily Elizabeth Dickinson. The Secret. Эмили Дикинсон.
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (Эмили Дикинсон) The Secret Some things that fly there be, — Birds, hours, the bumble-bee: Of these no elegy. Some things that stay there be, — Grief, hills, eternity: Nor this behooveth me. There are, that resting, rise. Can I expound the skies? […]
English Poetry. Emily Elizabeth Dickinson. Exclusion. Эмили Дикинсон.
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (Эмили Дикинсон) Exclusion The soul selects her own society, Then shuts the door; On her divine majority Obtrude no more. Unmoved, she notes the chariot’s pausing At her low gate; Unmoved, an emperor is kneeling Upon her mat. I’ve known her from an […]
English Poetry. Emily Elizabeth Dickinson. I Asked No Other Thing. Эмили Дикинсон.
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (Эмили Дикинсон) * * * I asked no other thing, No other was denied. I offered Being for it; The mighty merchant smiled. Brazil? He twirled a button, Without a glance my way: “But, madam, is there nothing else That we can show to-day?” […]
English Poetry. Emily Elizabeth Dickinson. The Heart Asks Pleasure First. Эмили Дикинсон.
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (Эмили Дикинсон) * * * The heart asks pleasure first, And then, excuse from pain; And then, those little anodynes That deaden suffering; And then, to go to sleep; And then, if it should be The will of its Inquisitor, The liberty to die. […]
English Poetry. Emily Elizabeth Dickinson. A Wounded Deer Leaps Highest. Эмили Дикинсон.
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (Эмили Дикинсон) * * * A wounded deer leaps highest, I’ve heard the hunter tell; ‘T is but the ecstasy of death, And then the brake is still. The smitten rock that gushes, The trampled steel that springs; A cheek is always redder Just […]
English Poetry. Philip Sidney. Sonnet 39. Come, Sleep!. Филип Сидни. Сонет 39. Приди, о Сон, забвение забот
Philip Sidney (Филип Сидни) Sonnet 39. Come, Sleep! Come, Sleep! O Sleep, the certain knot of peace, The baiting-place of wit, the balm of woe, The poor man’s wealth, the prisoner’s release, Th’ indifferent judge between the high and low; With shield of proof shield me from […]
English Poetry. George Henry Borrow. Runic Verses. Джордж Генри Борроу.
George Henry Borrow (Джордж Генри Борроу) Runic Verses O the force of Runic verses, O the mighty strength of song Cannot baffle all the curses Which to mortal state belong. Slaughter’d chiefs, that buried under Heaps of marble, long have lain, Song can rend your tomb asunder, […]
English Poetry. George Henry Borrow. The Broken Harp. Джордж Генри Борроу.
George Henry Borrow (Джордж Генри Борроу) The Broken Harp O thou, who, ‘mid the forest trees, With thy harmonious trembling strain, Could’st change at once to soothing ease, My love-sick bosom’s cruel pain: Thou droop’st in dreary silence now, With shiver’d frame, and broken string, While here, unhelp’d, […]
English Poetry. Edgar Albert Guest. Sacrifice. Эдгар Альберт Гест.
Edgar Albert Guest (Эдгар Альберт Гест) Sacrifice When he has more than he can eat To feed a stranger’s not a feat. When he has more than he can spend It isn’t hard to give or lend. Who gives but what he’ll never miss Will never […]
English Poetry. Edgar Albert Guest. Loafing. Эдгар Альберт Гест.
Edgar Albert Guest (Эдгар Альберт Гест) Loafing Under the shade of trees, Flat on my back at ease, Lulled by the hum of bees, There’s where I rest; Breathing the scented air, Lazily loafing there, Never a thought of care, Peace in my breast. There where the waters […]
English Poetry. Edgar Albert Guest. June. Эдгар Альберт Гест.
Edgar Albert Guest (Эдгар Альберт Гест) June June is here, the month of roses, month of brides and month of bees, Weaving garlands for our lassies, whispering love songs in the trees, Painting scenes of gorgeous splendor, canvases no man could brush, Changing scenes from early morning till […]
English Poetry. Edgar Albert Guest. Grown Up. Эдгар Альберт Гест.
Edgar Albert Guest (Эдгар Альберт Гест) Grown Up Last year he wanted building blocks, And picture books and toys, A saddle horse that gayly rocks, And games for little boys. But now he’s big and all that stuff His whim no longer suits; He tells us that he’s […]
English Poetry. Edgar Albert Guest. At Christmas. Эдгар Альберт Гест.
Edgar Albert Guest (Эдгар Альберт Гест) At Christmas A man is at his finest towards the finish of the year; He is almost what he should be when the Christmas season’s here; Then he’s thinking more of others than he’s thought the months before, And the laughter of […]
English Poetry. Edgar Albert Guest. A Fine Sight. Эдгар Альберт Гест.
Edgar Albert Guest (Эдгар Альберт Гест) A Fine Sight I reckon the finest sight of all That a man can see in this world of ours Ain’t the works of art on the gallery wall, Or the red an’ white o’ the fust spring flowers, Or a hoard […]
English Poetry. Lloyd Mifflin. To a Maple Seed. Ллойд Миффлин.
Lloyd Mifflin (Ллойд Миффлин) To a Maple Seed ART thou some wingëd Sprite, that, fluttering round, Exhausted on the grass at last doth lie, Or wayward Fay? Ah, weakling, by and by Thyself shalt grow a giant, strong and sound, When, like Antaeus, thou dost touch the […]
English Poetry. Lloyd Mifflin. Fiat Lux. Ллойд Миффлин.
Lloyd Mifflin (Ллойд Миффлин) Fiat Lux Then that dread angel near the awful throne, Leaving the seraphs ranged in flaming tiers, Winged his dark way through those unpinioned spheres, And on the void’s black beetling edge, alone, Stood with raised wings, and listened for the tone Of God’s […]
English Poetry. James Henry Leigh Hunt. An Angel in the House. Джеймс Генри Ли Хант.
James Henry Leigh Hunt (Джеймс Генри Ли Хант) An Angel in the House How sweet it were, if without feeble fright, Or dying of the dreadful beauteous sight, An angel came to us, and we could bear To see him issue from the silent air At evening in […]
English Poetry. Helen Gray Cone. The Glorious Company. Хелен Грей Коун.
Helen Gray Cone (Хелен Грей Коун) The Glorious Company “Faces, faces, faces of the streaming marching surge, Streaming on the weary road, toward the awful steep, Whence your glow and glory, as ye set to that sharp verge, Faces lit as sunlit stars, shining as ye sweep? […]
English Poetry. Helen Gray Cone. A Resurrection. Хелен Грей Коун.
Helen Gray Cone (Хелен Грей Коун) A Resurrection Neither would they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead. I was quick in the flesh, was warm, and the live heart shook my breast; In the market I bought and sold, in the temple I bowed my […]
English Poetry. Helen Gray Cone. The Story of the “Orient”. Хелен Грей Коун.
Helen Gray Cone (Хелен Грей Коун) The Story of the “Orient” ‘T was a pleasant Sunday morning while the spring was in its glory, English spring of gentle glory; smoking by his cottage door, Florid-faced, the man-o’-war’s-man told his white-head boy the story, Noble story of Aboukir, told […]
English Poetry. Giles Fletcher the Elder. Licia Sonnets 29. Джайлз Флетчер Старший.
Giles Fletcher the Elder (Джайлз Флетчер Старший) Licia Sonnets 29 Why died I not whenas I last did sleep? O sleep too short that shadowed forth my dear! Heavens, hear my prayers, nor thus me waking keep! For this were heaven, if thus I sleeping were. For in […]
English Poetry. Giles Fletcher the Elder. Licia Sonnets 39. Джайлз Флетчер Старший.
Giles Fletcher the Elder (Джайлз Флетчер Старший) Licia Sonnets 39 Fair matchless nymph, respect but what I crave; My thoughts are true, and honour is my love; I fainting die whom yet a smile might save; You gave the wound, and can the hurt remove. Those eyes like […]
English Poetry. Giles Fletcher the Elder. Licia Sonnets 4. Джайлз Флетчер Старший.
Giles Fletcher the Elder (Джайлз Флетчер Старший) Licia Sonnets 4 Love and my love did range the forest wild, Mounted alike, upon swift coursers both. Love her encountered, though he was a child. “Let’s strive,” saith he, whereat my love was wroth, And scorned the boy, and checked […]
English Poetry. Giles Fletcher the Elder. Licia Sonnets 32. Джайлз Флетчер Старший.
Giles Fletcher the Elder (Джайлз Флетчер Старший) Licia Sonnets 32 Years, months, days, hours, in sighs I sadly spend; I black the night wherein I sleepless toss; I love my griefs yet wish them at an end; Thus time’s expense increaseth but my loss. I musing stand and […]
English Poetry. Giles Fletcher the Elder. Licia Sonnets 27. Джайлз Флетчер Старший.
Giles Fletcher the Elder (Джайлз Флетчер Старший) Licia Sonnets 27 The crystal stream wherein my love did swim, Melted in tears as partners of my woe; Her shine was such as did the fountain dim, The pearl-like fountain whiter than the snow; Then like perfume, resolvéd with a […]
English Poetry. Giles Fletcher the Elder. Licia Sonnets 8. Джайлз Флетчер Старший.
Giles Fletcher the Elder (Джайлз Флетчер Старший) Licia Sonnets 8 Hard are the rocks, the marble, and the steel, The ancient oak with wind and weather tossed; But you, my love, far harder do I feel Than flint, or these, or is the winter’s frost. My tears too […]
English Poetry. Giles Fletcher the Elder. Licia Sonnets 23. Джайлз Флетчер Старший.
Giles Fletcher the Elder (Джайлз Флетчер Старший) Licia Sonnets 23 My love was masked, and armed with a fan, To see the sun so careless of his light, Which stood and gazed, and gazing waxéd wan To see a star himself that was more bright. Some did surmise […]
English Poetry. James Henry Leigh Hunt. The Glove and The Lions. Джеймс Генри Ли Хант.
James Henry Leigh Hunt (Джеймс Генри Ли Хант) The Glove and The Lions King Francis was a hearty king, and loved a royal sport, And one day as his lions fought, sat looking on the court; The nobles filled the benches, and the ladies in their pride, And […]
English Poetry. Giles Fletcher the Elder. Licia Sonnets 15. Джайлз Флетчер Старший.
Giles Fletcher the Elder (Джайлз Флетчер Старший) Licia Sonnets 15 I stood amazed, and saw my Licia shine, Fairer than Phoeligbus, in his brightest pride, Set forth in colors by a hand divine, Where naught was wanting but a soul to guide. It was a picture, that I […]
English Poetry. Giles Fletcher the Elder. Licia Sonnets 41. Джайлз Флетчер Старший.
Giles Fletcher the Elder (Джайлз Флетчер Старший) Licia Sonnets 41 If, aged Charon, when my life shall end, I pass thy ferry and my waftage pay, Thy oars shall fall, thy boat and mast shall rend, And through the deep shall be a dry foot-way. For why? My […]
English Poetry. Ina Donna Coolbrith. Two. Ина Донна Кулбрит.
Ina Donna Coolbrith (Ина Донна Кулбрит) Two One sang all day, more merry than the lark That mounts the morning skies: One silent sat, and lifted patient eyes. One heart kept happy time, from dawn to dark, With all glad things that be: One, listless, throbbed alone […]
English Poetry. Ina Donna Coolbrith. Love in Little. Ина Донна Кулбрит.
Ina Donna Coolbrith (Ина Донна Кулбрит) Love in Little BECAUSE the rose the bloom of blossoms is, And queenliest in beauty and in grace, The violet’s tender blue we love no less, Or daisy, glancing up with shy, sweet face. For all the music which the forest […]