English Poetry. Emily Elizabeth Dickinson. Rouge Gagne. Эмили Дикинсон.
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (Эмили Дикинсон) Rouge Gagne ‘T is so much joy! ‘T is so much joy! If I should fail, what poverty! And yet, as poor as I Have ventured all upon a throw; Have gained! Yes! Hesitated so This side the victory! Life is but […]
English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. A Ghost of Yesterday. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) A Ghost of Yesterday THERE is a house beside a way, Where dwells a ghost of Yesterday: The old face of a beauty, faded, Looks from its garden: and the shaded Long walks of locust-trees, that seem Forevermore to sigh and dream, […]
English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. The Wind Witch. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) The Wind Witch THE wind that met her in the park, Came hurrying to my side— It ran to me, it leapt to me, And nowhere would abide. It whispered in my ear a word, So sweet a word, I swear, It […]
English Poetry. Arthur William Symons. Clair de Lune. Артур Саймонс (Симонс).
Arthur William Symons (Артур Саймонс (Симонс)) Clair de Lune In the moonlit room your face, Moonlight-coloured, fainting white, And the silence of the place Round about us in the night, And my arms are round about you In the silence of the night. Lips that are not […]
English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. Here Is the Place Where Loveliness Keeps House. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) * * * Here is the place where Loveliness keeps house, Between the river and the wooded hills, Within a valley where the Springtime spills Her firstling wind-flowers under blossoming boughs: Where Summer sits braiding her warm, white brows With bramble-roses; and […]
English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. The Land of Candy. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) The Land of Candy I There was once a little boy — So my father told me — who Never cared for any toy, But just sweet things, as boys do, Cakes and comfits, cream and ice, All the things that […]
English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. Aubade. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) Aubade Awake! the dawn is on the hills! Behold, at her cool throat a rose, Blue-eyed and beautiful she goes, Leaving her steps in daffodils.— Awake! arise! and let me see Thine eyes, whose deeps epitomize All dawns that were or are […]
English Poetry. George Henry Borrow. Miscellanies. Джордж Генри Борроу.
George Henry Borrow (Джордж Генри Борроу) Miscellanies CANTATA. This is Denmark’s holyday; Dance, ye maidens! Sing, ye men! Tune, ye harpers! Blush, ye heroes! This is Denmark’s holyday. ONE VOICE. In right’s enjoyment, in the arm of love, Beneath the olive’s shadow, The Daneman sat; […]
English Poetry. George Henry Borrow. The Elder-Witch. Джордж Генри Борроу.
George Henry Borrow (Джордж Генри Борроу) The Elder-Witch According to the Danish tradition, there is a female Elf in the elder tree, which she leaves every midnight; and, having strolled among the fields, returns to it before morning. Though tall the oak, and firm its stem, Though […]
English Poetry. George Henry Borrow. Waldemar’s Chase. Джордж Генри Борроу.
George Henry Borrow (Джордж Генри Борроу) Waldemar’s Chase The following Ballad is merely a versification of one of the many feats of Waldemar, the famed phantom hunter of the North, an account of whom, and of Palnatoka and Groon the Jutt, both spectres of a similar character, may […]
English Poetry. Edgar Albert Guest. A Boost for Modern Methods. Эдгар Альберт Гест.
Edgar Albert Guest (Эдгар Альберт Гест) A Boost for Modern Methods In some respects the old days were perhaps ahead of these, Before we got to wanting wealth and costly luxuries; Perhaps the world was happier then, I’m not the one to say, But when it’s zero weather […]
English Poetry. Edgar Albert Guest. As It Goes. Эдгар Альберт Гест.
Edgar Albert Guest (Эдгар Альберт Гест) As It Goes In the corner she’s left the mechanical toy, On the chair is her Teddy Bear fine; The things that I thought she would really enjoy Don’t seem to be quite in her line. There’s the flaxen-haired doll that is […]
English Poetry. Edgar Albert Guest. Curly Locks. Эдгар Альберт Гест.
Edgar Albert Guest (Эдгар Альберт Гест) Curly Locks Curly locks, what do you know of the world, And what do your brown eyes see? Has your baby mind been able to find One thread of the mystery? Do you know of the sorrow and pain that lie In […]
English Poetry. Edgar Albert Guest. Father. Эдгар Альберт Гест.
Edgar Albert Guest (Эдгар Альберт Гест) Father My father knows the proper way The nation should be run; He tells us children every day Just what should now be done. He knows the way to fix the trusts, He has a simple plan; But if the furnace needs […]
English Poetry. Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Dennis Shand. Данте Габриэль Россетти.
Dante Gabriel Rossetti (Данте Габриэль Россетти) Dennis Shand THE shadows fall along the wall, It’s night at Haye-la-Serre; The maidens weave since day grew eve, The lady’s in her chair. O passing slow the long hours go With time to think and sigh, When weary maidens weave beneath […]
English Poetry. Edgar Albert Guest. Lemon Pie. Эдгар Альберт Гест.
Edgar Albert Guest (Эдгар Альберт Гест) Lemon Pie The world is full of gladness, There are joys of many kinds, There’s a cure for every sadness, That each troubled mortal finds. And my little cares grow lighter And I cease to fret and sigh, And my eyes with […]
English Poetry. Edgar Albert Guest. My Land. Эдгар Альберт Гест.
Edgar Albert Guest (Эдгар Альберт Гест) My Land My land is where the kind folks are, And where the friends are true, Where comrades brave will travel far Some kindly deed to do. My land is where the smiles are bright And where the speech is sweet, And […]
English Poetry. Edgar Albert Guest. Reward. Эдгар Альберт Гест.
Edgar Albert Guest (Эдгар Альберт Гест) Reward Don’t want medals on my breast, Don’t want all the glory, I’m not worrying greatly lest The world won’t hear my story. A chance to dream beside a stream Where fish are biting free; A day or two, ‘neath skies of […]
English Poetry. Edgar Albert Guest. The Call. Эдгар Альберт Гест.
Edgar Albert Guest (Эдгар Альберт Гест) The Call Joy stands on the hilltops, Beckoning to me, Urging me to journey Up where I can see Blue skies ever smiling, Cool green fields below, Hear the songs of children Still untouched by woe. Joy stands on the hilltops, Urging […]
English Poetry. Edgar Albert Guest. The Job. Эдгар Альберт Гест.
Edgar Albert Guest (Эдгар Альберт Гест) The Job The job will not make you, my boy; The job will not bring you to fame Or riches or honor or joy Or add any weight to your name. You may fail or succeed where you are, May honestly serve […]
English Poetry. Edgar Albert Guest. The Truth about Envy. Эдгар Альберт Гест.
Edgar Albert Guest (Эдгар Альберт Гест) The Truth about Envy I like to see the flowers grow, To see the pansies in a row; I think a well-kept garden’s fine, And wish that such a one were mine; But one can’t have a stock of flowers Unless he […]
English Poetry. Edgar Albert Guest. Who Is Your Boss?. Эдгар Альберт Гест.
Edgar Albert Guest (Эдгар Альберт Гест) Who Is Your Boss? “I work for someone else,” he said; “I have no chance to get ahead. At night I leave the job behind; At morn I face the same old grind. And everything I do by day Just brings to […]
English Poetry. Helen Gray Cone. Two Moods of Failure. Хелен Грей Коун.
Helen Gray Cone (Хелен Грей Коун) Two Moods of Failure I THE LAST CUP OF CANARY Sir Harry Lovelock, 1645 So, the powder’s low, and the larder’s clean, And surrender drapes, with its black impending, All the stage for a sorry and sullen scene: Yet […]
English Poetry. Helen Gray Cone. Madonna Pia. Хелен Грей Коун.
Helen Gray Cone (Хелен Грей Коун) Madonna Pia Ricordati di me, che son la Pia. Siena mi fe; disfecomi Maremma; Salsi colui, che, inanellata pria, Disposato m’avea colla sua gemma. Purgatorio, Canto V. To westward lies the unseen sea, Blue sea the live winds wander o’er. […]
English Poetry. Helen Gray Cone. Ivo of Chartres. Хелен Грей Коун.
Helen Gray Cone (Хелен Грей Коун) Ivo of Chartres Now may it please my lord, Louis the king, Lily of Christ and France! riding his quest, I, Bishop Ivo, saw a wondrous thing. There was no light of sun left in the west, And slowly did the […]
English Poetry. Dante Gabriel Rossetti. The Honeysuckle. Данте Габриэль Россетти.
Dante Gabriel Rossetti (Данте Габриэль Россетти) The Honeysuckle I PLUCKED a honeysuckle where The hedge on high is quick with thorn, And climbing for the prize, was torn, And fouled my feet in quag-water; And by the thorns and by the wind The blossom that I took was […]
English Poetry. Giles Fletcher the Elder. Licia Sonnets 44. Джайлз Флетчер Старший.
Giles Fletcher the Elder (Джайлз Флетчер Старший) Licia Sonnets 44 Cruel fair love, I justly do complain Of too much rigor and thy heart unkind, That for mine eyes thou hast my body slain, And would not grant that I should favour find. I looked, fair love, and […]
English Poetry. Giles Fletcher the Elder. Licia Sonnets 5. Джайлз Флетчер Старший.
Giles Fletcher the Elder (Джайлз Флетчер Старший) Licia Sonnets 5 Love with her hair my love by force hath tied, To serve her lips, her eyes, her voice, her hand; I smiled for joy, when I the boy espied To lie unchained and live at her command. She […]
English Poetry. Giles Fletcher the Elder. Licia Sonnets 52. Джайлз Флетчер Старший.
Giles Fletcher the Elder (Джайлз Флетчер Старший) Licia Sonnets 52 O sugared talk, wherewith my thoughts do live! O brows, love’s trophy and my senses’ shine! O charming smiles, that death or life can give! O heavenly kisses from a mouth divine! O wreaths too strong, and trammels […]
English Poetry. Giles Fletcher the Elder. Licia Sonnets 22. Джайлз Флетчер Старший.
Giles Fletcher the Elder (Джайлз Флетчер Старший) Licia Sonnets 22 I might have died before my life begun, Whenas my father for his country’s good The Persian’s favor and the Sophey won And yet with danger of his dearest blood. Thy father, sweet, whom danger did beset, Escapéd […]
English Poetry. Giles Fletcher the Elder. Licia Sonnets 49. Джайлз Флетчер Старший.
Giles Fletcher the Elder (Джайлз Флетчер Старший) Licia Sonnets 49 If that I die, fair Licia, with disdain, Or heartless live surpriséd with thy wrong, Then heavens and earth shall accent both my pain, And curse the time so cruel and so long. If you be kind, my […]
English Poetry. Giles Fletcher the Elder. Licia Sonnets 43. Джайлз Флетчер Старший.
Giles Fletcher the Elder (Джайлз Флетчер Старший) Licia Sonnets 43 Are those two stars, her eyes, my life’s light gone, By which my soul was freéd from all dark? And am I left distressed to live alone, Where none my tears and mournful tale shall mark? Ah sun, […]
English Poetry. Giles Fletcher the Elder. Licia Sonnets 18. Джайлз Флетчер Старший.
Giles Fletcher the Elder (Джайлз Флетчер Старший) Licia Sonnets 18 I swear, fair Licia, still for to be thine, By heart, by eyes, by what I held most dear; Thou checked mine oath, and said: these were not mine, And that I had no right by them to […]
English Poetry. Giles Fletcher the Elder. Licia Sonnets 37. Джайлз Флетчер Старший.
Giles Fletcher the Elder (Джайлз Флетчер Старший) Licia Sonnets 37 I speak, fair Licia, what my torments be, But then my speech too partial do I find; For hardly words can with those thoughts agree, Those thoughts that swarm in such a troubled mind. Then do I vow […]
English Poetry. Ina Donna Coolbrith. The Birth of Love. Ина Донна Кулбрит.
Ina Donna Coolbrith (Ина Донна Кулбрит) The Birth of Love God made the world and found it ‘good’. An Angel Him beside Wept softly, and, to question, said ‘For what Thou hast denied.’ ‘And that? ’ God asked him tenderly, ‘What is the lack thereof? ’ ‘Its […]
English Poetry. Ina Donna Coolbrith. While Lilies Bud and Blow. Ина Донна Кулбрит.
Ina Donna Coolbrith (Ина Донна Кулбрит) * * * While lilies bud and blow, While roses grow, And trees wave greenly in the sun — Wave greenly to and fro; And ring-doves coo and coo, And skies drop dew, And th’ throstle pipes above the nest His wee […]
English Poetry. Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Winter. Данте Габриэль Россетти.
Dante Gabriel Rossetti (Данте Габриэль Россетти) Winter How large that thrush looks on the bare thorn-tree! A swarm of such, three little months ago, Had hidden in the leaves and let none know Save by the outburst of their minstrelsy. A white flake here and there—a snow-lily Of […]
English Poetry. Ina Donna Coolbrith. A Hope. Ина Донна Кулбрит.
Ina Donna Coolbrith (Ина Донна Кулбрит) A Hope IT befell me on a day — Long ago; ah, long ago! When my life was in its May, In the May – month of the year. All the orchards were like snow With pink – flushes there and here; […]
English Poetry. Ina Donna Coolbrith. Unbound. Ина Донна Кулбрит.
Ina Donna Coolbrith (Ина Донна Кулбрит) Unbound J. F. B. DIED APRIL 29, 1883. FORTH from this low estate, Fetterless now of fate, Pass, spirit blest! Out of the cark and care, Out of the griefs that were, Into thy rest. Done with the dreary round […]
English Poetry. Ina Donna Coolbrith. Love-Song. Ина Донна Кулбрит.
Ina Donna Coolbrith (Ина Донна Кулбрит) Love-Song A BIRD flies over the sea, — Over the golden sea, With a message from me to thee, O my belovëd! Swift to thy lattice bar, My life, my belovëd, Under the morning-star He shall rest where my soul-thoughts are, […]