English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. Lydia. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) Lydia When Autumn’s here and days are short, Let LYDIA laugh and, hey! Straightway ‘t is May-day in my heart, And blossoms strew the way. When Summer’s here and days are long, Let LYDIA sigh and, ho! December’s fields I walk […]
English Poetry. Percy Bysshe Shelley. Love, Hope, Desire, and Fear. Перси Биши Шелли. Любовь, Желанье, Чаянье и Страх
Percy Bysshe Shelley (Перси Биши Шелли) Love, Hope, Desire, and Fear And many there were hurt by that strong boy, His name, they said, was Pleasure, And near him stood, glorious beyond measure Four Ladies who possess all empery In earth and air and sea, Nothing that […]
English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. Mutatis Mutandis. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) Mutatis Mutandis I. The Fool Here is a tale for children and their grannies: There was a fool, a man who’d had his chances But missed them, somehow; lost them, just for fancies, Tag-ends of things with which he’d crammed […]
English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. Nocturne. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) Nocturne A disc of violet blue, Rimmed with a thorn of fire, The new moon hangs in a sky of dew; And under the vines, where the sunset’s hue Is blent with blossoms, first one, then two, Begins the cricket’s choir. […]
English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. October (Long hosts of sunlight, and the bright wind blows). Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) October (Long hosts of sunlight, and the bright wind blows) Long hosts of sunlight, and the bright wind blows A tourney trumpet on the listed hill: Past is the splendor of the royal rose And duchess daffodil. Crowned queen of beauty, […]
English Poetry. Frederick Locker-Lampson. The Castle in the Air. Фредерик Локер-Лэмпсон.
Frederick Locker-Lampson (Фредерик Локер-Лэмпсон) The Castle in the Air “I would build a cloudy house, For my thoughts to live in, When for earth too fancy loose, And too low for heaven! Hush! I talk my dream alone: I build it bright to see; I build it […]
English Poetry. Thomas Moore. From “Irish Melodies”. 34. The Irish Peasant to his Mistress. Томас Мур. Из цикла «Ирландские мелодии». 34. Ирландский крестьянин – своей жене
Thomas Moore (Томас Мур) From “Irish Melodies”. 34. The Irish Peasant to his Mistress Thro grief and thro danger thy smile hath cheered my way, Till hope seemed to bud from each thorn that round me lay; The darker our fortune, the brighter our pure love burned, Till […]
English Poetry. Thomas Moore. From “Irish Melodies”. 31. Before the Battle. Томас Мур. Из цикла «Ирландские мелодии». 31. Перед битвой
Thomas Moore (Томас Мур) From “Irish Melodies”. 31. Before the Battle By the hope within us springing, Herald of to-morrow’s strife; By that sun, whose light is bringing Chains or freedom, death or life – Oh! remember life can be No charm for him, who lives not free! […]
English Poetry. Thomas Moore. From “Irish Melodies”. 8. Oh, Think Not My Spirits Are Always as Light. Томас Мур. Из цикла «Ирландские мелодии». 8. «Не верь, дорогая, в весёлость мою!»
Thomas Moore (Томас Мур) From “Irish Melodies”. 8. Oh, Think Not My Spirits Are Always as Light Oh! think not my spirits are always as light, And as free from a pang as they seem to you now; Nor expect that the heart-beaming smile of to-night Will return […]
English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. Omens. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) Omens Sad o’er the hills the poppy sunset died. Slow as a fungus breaking through the crusts Of forest leaves, the waning half-moon thrusts, Through gray-brown clouds, one milky silver side; In her vague light the dogwoods, vale-descried, Seem nervous torches flourished […]
English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. Pagan. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) Pagan The gods, who could loose and bind In the long ago, The gods, who were stern and kind To men below, Where shall we seek and find, Or, finding, know? Where Greece, with king on king, Dreamed in her halls; […]
English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. Poe. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) Poe Upon the summit of his Century He reared a Palace of enduring Art, From whose wild windows never more depart Beauty’s pale light and starry fantasy: Within is music, sobbing ceaselessly; And phantom terror, spectres of the heart And ghosts of […]
English Poetry. Percy Bysshe Shelley. The Isle. Перси Биши Шелли. Островок
Percy Bysshe Shelley (Перси Биши Шелли) The Isle There was a little lawny islet By anemone and violet, Like mosaic, paven: And its roof was flowers and leaves Which the summer’s breath enweaves, Where nor sun nor showers nor breeze Pierce the pines and tallest trees, Each a […]
English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. Response. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) Response There is a music of immaculate love, That beats within the virgin veins of Spring, And trillium blossoms, like the stars that cling To fairies’ wands; and, strung on sprays above, White-hearts and mandrake blooms that look enough Like the elves’ […]
English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. Spring on the Hills. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) Spring on the Hills Ah, shall I follow, on the hills, The Spring, as wild wings follow? Where wild-plum trees make wan the hills, Crabapple trees the hollow, Haunts of the bee and swallow? In redbud brakes and flowery Acclivities of […]
English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. The Artist. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) The Artist In story books, when I was very young, I knew you first, one of the Fairy Race; And then it was your picture took its place, Framed in with love’s deep gold, and draped and hung High in my heart’s […]
English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. The Farmstead. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) The Farmstead Yes, I love the homestead. There In the spring the lilacs blew Plenteous perfume everywhere; There in summer gladioles grew Parallels of scarlet glare. And the moon-hued primrose cool Satin-soft and redolent; Honeysuckles beautiful, Filling all the air with […]
English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. The Brook. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) The Brook To it the forest tells The mystery that haunts its heart and folds Its form in cogitation deep, that holds The shadow of each myth that dwells In nature be it Nymph or Fay or Faun And whispering of them […]
English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. The Criminal. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) The Criminal Here is a tale for all who wish to listen: There was a thief who, in his cut-throat quarter, Was hailed as chief; he had a way of barter, Persuasion, masked, behind a weapon’s glisten, That made it cockrow with […]
English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. The Hills. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) The Hills There is no joy of earth that thrills My bosom like the far-off hills! Th’ unchanging hills, that, shadowy, Beckon our mutability To follow and to gaze upon Foundations of the dusk and dawn. Meseems the very heavens are massed […]
English Poetry. William Watson. World-Strangeness. Уильям Уотсон.
William Watson (Уильям Уотсон) World-Strangeness Strange the world about me lies, Never yet familiar grown— Still disturbs me with surprise, Haunts me like a face half known. In this house with starry dome, Floored with gemlike plains and seas, Shall I never feel at home, Never wholly […]
English Poetry. William Watson. Autumn. Уильям Уотсон.
William Watson (Уильям Уотсон) Autumn Thou burden of all songs the earth hath sung, Thou retrospect in Time’s reverted eyes, Thou metaphor of everything that dies, That dies ill-starred, or dies beloved and young And therefore blest and wise,— O be less beautiful, or be less brief, Thou […]
English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. The Intruder. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) The Intruder There is a smell of roses in the room Tea-roses, dead of bloom; An invalid, she sits there in the gloom, And contemplates her doom. The pattern of the paper, and the grain Of carpet, with its stain, Have […]
English Poetry. William Shakespeare. Hark! Hark! The Lark. Уильям Шекспир.
William Shakespeare (Уильям Шекспир) Hark! Hark! The Lark Hark! hark! the lark at heaven’s gate sings, And Phoebus ‘gins arise, His steeds to water at those springs On chalic’d flowers that lies; And winking Mary-buds begin To ope their golden eyes; With everything that pretty is, My lady […]
English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. The Night-Rain. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) The Night-Rain Tattered, in ragged raiment of the rain, The Night arrives. Outside the window there He stands and, streaming, taps upon the pane; Or, crouching down beside the cellar-stair, Letting his hat-brim drain, Mutters, black-gazing through his trickling hair. Then […]
English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. The Lamp at the Window. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) The Lamp at the Window Like some gaunt ghost the tempest wails Outside my door; its icy nails Beat on the pane: and Night and Storm Around the house, with furious flails Of wind, from which the slant sleet hails, Stalk up […]
English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. The Limnad. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) The Limnad I. The lake she haunts gleams dreamily ‘Twixt sleepy boughs of melody, Set ‘mid the hills beside the sea, In tangled bush and brier; Where the ghostly sunsets write Wondrous things in golden light; And above the pine-crowned height, […]
English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. The Lost Garden. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) The Lost Garden Roses, brier on brier, Like a hedge of fire, Walled it from the world and rolled Crimson ’round it; manifold Blossoms, ‘mid which once of old Walked my Heart’s Desire. There the golden Hours Dwelt; and ‘mid the […]
English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. The Old Herb-Man. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) The Old Herb-Man On the barren hillside lone he sat; On his head he wore a tattered hat; In his hand he bore a crooked staff; Never heard I laughter like his laugh, On the barren hillside, thistle-hoar. Cracked his laughter […]
English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. The Passing Glory. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) The Passing Glory Slow sinks the sun, a great carbuncle ball Red in the cavern of a sombre cloud, And in her garden, where the dense weeds crowd, Among her dying asters stands the Fall, Like some lone woman in a ruined […]
English Poetry. Francis Turner Palgrave. The Rejoicing of the Land. Фрэнсис Тернер Палгрев.
Francis Turner Palgrave (Фрэнсис Тернер Палгрев) The Rejoicing of the Land 1295 So the land had rest! and the cloud of that heart-sore struggle and pain Rose from her ancient hills, and peace shone o’er her again, Sunlike chasing the plagues wherewith the land was defiled; And […]
English Poetry. Francis Turner Palgrave. Caesar to Egbert. Фрэнсис Тернер Палгрев.
Francis Turner Palgrave (Фрэнсис Тернер Палгрев) Caesar to Egbert 1 England, fair England! Empress isle of isles! –Round whom the loving-envious ocean plays, Girdling thy feet with silver and with smiles, Whilst all the nations crowd thy liberal bays; With rushing wheel and heart of fire they […]
English Poetry. Francis Turner Palgrave. Marston Moor. Фрэнсис Тернер Палгрев.
Francis Turner Palgrave (Фрэнсис Тернер Палгрев) Marston Moor July 2: 1644 O, summer-high that day the sun His chariot drove o’er Marston wold: A rippling sea of amber wheat That floods the moorland vale with gold. With harvest light the valley laughs, The sheaves in mellow […]
English Poetry. William Shakespeare. Sonnet 130. My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun. Уильям Шекспир. Сонет 130. Ее глаза на звезды не похожи
William Shakespeare (Уильям Шекспир) Sonnet 130. My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun, Coral is far more red, than her lips red, If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun: If hairs be wires, black wires grow […]
English Poetry. Francis Turner Palgrave. The Childless Mother. Фрэнсис Тернер Палгрев.
Francis Turner Palgrave (Фрэнсис Тернер Палгрев) The Childless Mother 1700-1702 Oft in midnight visions Ghostly by my bed Stands a Father’s image, Pale discrowned head:– –I forsook thee, Father! Was no child to thee! Child-forsaken Mother, Now ’tis so with me. Oft I see the brother, […]
English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. The Pessimist. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) The Pessimist Here is a tale for uncles and old aunties: There was a man once who denied the Devil, Yet in the world saw nothing else but evil; A pessimist, with face as sour as Dante’s. Still people praised him; men […]
English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. The Puritans’ Christmas. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) The Puritans’ Christmas Their only thought religion, What Christmas joys had they, The stern, staunch Pilgrim Fathers who Knew naught of holiday?– A log-church in the clearing ‘Mid solitudes of snow, The wild-beast and the wilderness, And lurking Indian foe. […]
English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. The Rain. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) The Rain We stood where the fields were tawny, Where the redolent woodland was warm, And the summer above us, now lawny, Was alive with the pulse winds of storm. And we watched weak wheat waves lighten, And wince and hiss […]
English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. The Rue-Anemone. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) The Rue-Anemone Under an oak-tree in a woodland, where The dreaming Spring had dropped it from her hair, I found a flower, through which I seemed to gaze Beyond the world and see what no man dare Behold and live the myths […]
English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. The Sea-King. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) The Sea-King 1 In green sea-caverns dim, Deep down, A monarch pale and slim, Whose soul’s a frown, He ruleth cold and grim In foamy crown: In green sea-caverns dim, Deep down. 2 He hears the Mermaid sing So […]