English Poetry. Alice Meynell. The Two Questions. Элис Мейнелл.
Alice Meynell (Элис Мейнелл) The Two Questions “A riddling world!” one cried. “If pangs must be, would God that they were sent To the impure, the cruel, and passed aside The holy innocent!” But I, “Ah no, no, no! Not the clean heart transpierced; not tears that […]
English Poetry. Alice Meynell. Free Will. Элис Мейнелл.
Alice Meynell (Элис Мейнелл) Free Will Dear are some hidden things My soul has sealed in silence; past delights; Hope unconfessed; desires with hampered wings, Remembered in the nights. But my best treasures are Ignoble, undelightful, abject, cold; Yet O! profounder hoards oracular No reliquaries hold. […]
English Poetry. Alice Meynell. The Divine Privilege. Элис Мейнелл.
Alice Meynell (Элис Мейнелл) The Divine Privilege Lord, where are Thy prerogatives? Why, men have more than Thou hast kept; The king rewards, remits, forgives, The poet to a throne has stept. And Thou, despoiled, hast given away Worship to men, success to strife, Thy glory to […]
English Poetry. Algernon Charles Swinburne. A Match. Алджернон Чарльз Суинбёрн.
Algernon Charles Swinburne (Алджернон Чарльз Суинбёрн) A Match If love were what the rose is, And I were like the leaf, Our lives would grow together In sad or singing weather, Blown fields or flowerful closes, Green pasture or gray grief; If love were what the rose is, […]
English Poetry. Alice Meynell. In Sleep. Элис Мейнелл.
Alice Meynell (Элис Мейнелл) In Sleep I dreamt (no “dream” awake—a dream indeed) A wrathful man was talking in the park: “Where are the Higher Powers, who know our need And leave us in the dark? “There are no Higher Powers; there is no heart In God, […]
English Poetry. Alice Meynell. A Wind of Clear Weather in England. Элис Мейнелл.
Alice Meynell (Элис Мейнелл) A Wind of Clear Weather in England O what a miracle wind is this Has crossed the English land to-day With an unprecedented kiss, And wonderfully found a way! Unsmirched incredibly and clean, Between the towns and factories, Avoiding, has his long flight […]
English Poetry. Bliss Carman. Aprilian. Блисс Кармен.
Bliss Carman (Блисс Кармен) Aprilian When April came with sunshine And showers and lilac bloom, My heart with sudden gladness Was like a fragrant room. Her eyes were heaven’s own azure, As deep as God’s own truth. Her soul was made of rapture And mystery and youth. […]
English Poetry. Bliss Carman. In Gold Lacquer. Блисс Кармен.
Bliss Carman (Блисс Кармен) In Gold Lacquer Gold are the great trees overhead, And gold the leaf-strewn grass, As though a cloth of gold were spread To let a seraph pass. And where the pageant should go by, Meadow and wood and stream, The world is all of […]
English Poetry. Bliss Carman. Garden Magic. Блисс Кармен.
Bliss Carman (Блисс Кармен) Garden Magic Within my stone-walled garden (I see her standing now, Uplifted in the twilight, With glory on her brow!) I love to walk at evening And watch, when winds are low, The new moon in the tree-tops, Because she loved it so! […]
English Poetry. Bliss Carman. The Garden of Dreams. Блисс Кармен.
Bliss Carman (Блисс Кармен) The Garden of Dreams My heart is a garden of dreams Where you walk when day is done, Fair as the royal flowers, Calm as the lingering sun. Never a drouth comes there, Nor any frost that mars, Only the wind of love […]
English Poetry. Bliss Carman. A Remembrance. Блисс Кармен.
Bliss Carman (Блисс Кармен) A Remembrance Here in lovely New England When summer is come, a sea-turn Flutters a page of remembrance In the volume of long ago. Soft is the wind over Grand Pré, Stirring the heads of the grasses, Sweet is the breath of the […]
English Poetry. Bliss Carman. Vestigia. Блисс Кармен.
Bliss Carman (Блисс Кармен) Vestigia I took a day to search for God, And found Him not. But as I trod By rocky ledge, through woods untamed, Just where one scarlet lily flamed, I saw His footprint in the sod. Then suddenly, all unaware, Far off in […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Beauty (The search for beauty is the search for God). Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Beauty (The search for beauty is the search for God) The search for beauty is the search for God, Who is All Beauty. He who seeks shall find; And all along the paths my feet have trod, I have sought hungrily with heart […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. The Beautiful Land of Nod. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) The Beautiful Land of Nod Come, cuddle your head on my shoulder, dear, Your head like the golden rod, And we will go sailing away from here To the beautiful Land of Nod; Away from life’s hurry, and flurry, and worry, Away from […]
English Poetry. Robert Louis Stevenson. Dedication. Роберт Льюис Стивенсон.
Robert Louis Stevenson (Роберт Льюис Стивенсон) Dedication MY first gift and my last, to you I dedicate this fascicle of songs - The only wealth I have: Just as they are, to you. I speak the truth in soberness, and say I had rather bring a light […]
English Poetry. Robert Greene. Sephestia’s Lullaby. Роберт Грин.
Robert Greene (Роберт Грин) Sephestia’s Lullaby WEEP not, my wanton, smile upon my knee; When thou art old there ‘s grief enough for thee. Mother’s wag, pretty boy, Father’s sorrow, father’s joy; When thy father first did see Such a boy by him and me, He was glad, […]
English Poetry. Robert Greene. Farewell to Folly. Роберт Грин.
Robert Greene (Роберт Грин) Farewell to Folly Sweet are the thoughts that savour of content; The quiet mind is richer than a crown; Sweet are the nights in careless slumber spent; The poor estate scorns fortune’s angry frown: Such sweet content, such minds, such sleep, such bliss, Beggars […]
English Poetry. John Bannister Tabb. The Honey-Bee. Джон Банистер Табб.
John Bannister Tabb (Джон Банистер Табб) The Honey-Bee O bee, good-by! Your weapon’s gone, And you anon Are doomed to die; But Death to you can bring No second sting. John Bannister Tabb’s other poems: Chimney Stacks The Bobolink The Bee and the Blossoms The Pleiads A Duet […]
English Poetry. John Bannister Tabb. Butterfly. Джон Банистер Табб.
John Bannister Tabb (Джон Банистер Табб) Butterfly Butterfly, Butterfly, sipping the sand, Have you forgotten the flowers of the land? Or are you so sated with honey and dew That sand-filtered water tastes better to you John Bannister Tabb’s other poems: Chimney Stacks The Bobolink The Bee and […]
English Poetry. John Bannister Tabb. Chimney Stacks. Джон Банистер Табб.
John Bannister Tabb (Джон Банистер Табб) Chimney Stacks In winter’s cold and summer’s heat The hospitable chimneys greet Their never-failing guests; For when the sparks are upward gone, The swallows downward come anon, To build their neighboring nests. John Bannister Tabb’s other poems: The Bobolink The Bee and […]
English Poetry. John Bannister Tabb. The Woodpecker. Джон Банистер Табб.
John Bannister Tabb (Джон Банистер Табб) The Woodpecker The wizard of the woods is he; For in his daily round, Where’er he finds a rotting tree, He makes the timber sound. John Bannister Tabb’s other poems: Chimney Stacks The Bobolink The Bee and the Blossoms A Duet Butterfly […]
English Poetry. John Bannister Tabb. The Bluebird. Джон Банистер Табб.
John Bannister Tabb (Джон Банистер Табб) The Bluebird When God had made a host of them, One little flower still lacked a stem To hold its blossom blue; So into it He breathed a song, And suddenly, with petals strong As wings, away it flew. John Bannister Tabb’s […]
English Poetry. John Reuben Thompson. Music in Camp. Джон Рубен Томпсон.
John Reuben Thompson (Джон Рубен Томпсон) Music in Camp Two armies covered hill and plain, Where Rappahannock’s waters Ran deeply crimsoned with the stain Of battle’s recent slaughters. The summer clouds lay pitched like tents In meads of heavenly azure; And each dread gun of the elements […]
English Poetry. John Reuben Thompson. The Burial of Latane. Джон Рубен Томпсон.
John Reuben Thompson (Джон Рубен Томпсон) The Burial of Latane The combat ranged not long, but our’s the day; And through the hosts that compassed us around Our little band rode proudly on its way, Leaving one gallant comrade, glory-crowned, Unburied on the field he died to gain, […]
English Poetry. Edith Matilda Thomas. How the Christmas Tree Was Brought to Nome. Эдит Матильда Томас.
Edith Matilda Thomas (Эдит Матильда Томас) How the Christmas Tree Was Brought to Nome Night of the winter–winter and night in the city of Nome, There where the many are dwelling, but no man yet has a home! Desolate league upon league, ice-pack and tundra and hill; And […]
English Poetry. Robert Louis Stevenson. Katherine. Роберт Льюис Стивенсон.
Robert Louis Stevenson (Роберт Льюис Стивенсон) Katherine We see you as we see a face That trembles in a forest place Upon the mirror of a pool Forever quiet, clear and cool; And in the wayward glass, appears To hover between smiles and tears, Elfin and human, airy […]
English Poetry. Edith Matilda Thomas. Refreshments for Santa Claus. Эдит Матильда Томас.
Edith Matilda Thomas (Эдит Матильда Томас) Refreshments for Santa Claus “It may be late and stormy and cold When Santa Claus reaches our street; And Santa, you know, is very old, So I’ll leave him something to eat.” “And what do you think he would like, dear […]
English Poetry. Edith Matilda Thomas. A Christmas Spy. Эдит Матильда Томас.
Edith Matilda Thomas (Эдит Матильда Томас) A Christmas Spy When Poebe brought the wood and coal; To lay the fire, what did she see But Baby–dropped upon one knee And peering up the chimney-hole! She never turned her little head, With all its curly, yellow hair: I […]
English Poetry. Edith Matilda Thomas. Her Christmas Present. Эдит Матильда Томас.
Edith Matilda Thomas (Эдит Матильда Томас) Her Christmas Present A True Incident With doll in arms to court she came,– A mite of tender years Between her sobs she put the case, Her eyes brimmed up with tears. “They’ve put my mamma into jail– And oh, […]
English Poetry. Clinton Scollard. The Cripple. Клинтон Сколлард.
Clinton Scollard (Клинтон Сколлард) The Cripple I have dreams of the outer islands, Firths and forths of the Far-Away; I have dreams of the heathery highlands Under the golden day. I have dreams of a sliding river– Shannon–under the stars and sun; I have dreams how the […]
English Poetry. Clinton Scollard. At Killybegs. Клинтон Сколлард.
Clinton Scollard (Клинтон Сколлард) At Killybegs At Killybegs above the crags The gray gulls pipe with voices thinned, And all the green trees are like flags That wave and waver in the wind. At Killybegs about the dunes Rustle the crispy grass and whin, And low the […]
English Poetry. Clinton Scollard. The Hill of Maeve. Клинтон Сколлард.
Clinton Scollard (Клинтон Сколлард) The Hill of Maeve I This is the hill of Maeve, the queen, A mighty bulwark of gray-green Whereon was set, by hands unknown, A rugged monument of stone. The great winds mourn, and sobs the wave Beneath the lichened cairn […]
English Poetry. Clinton Scollard. Muckross. Клинтон Сколлард.
Clinton Scollard (Клинтон Сколлард) Muckross At night there came unto MacCarthy More A hooded vision with a voice that said, “Go thou straightway and raise a house to God Upon the spot where stands the Rock of Song!” So with the golden lifting of the dawn Upsprang the […]
English Poetry. Thomas Love Peacock. The Round Table or, King Arthur’s Feast. Томас Лав Пикок.
Thomas Love Peacock (Томас Лав Пикок) The Round Table or, King Arthur’s Feast King Arthur sat down by the lonely sea-coast, As thin as a lath, and as pale as a ghost: He looked on the east, and the west, and the south, With a tear in his […]
English Poetry. Thomas Love Peacock. The Lady, the Knight, and the Friar. Томас Лав Пикок.
Thomas Love Peacock (Томас Лав Пикок) The Lady, the Knight, and the Friar THE LADY. O cavalier! what dost thou here, Thy tuneful vigils keeping; While the northern star looks cold from far And half the world is sleeping? THE KNIGHT. O lady! here, for […]
English Poetry. Thomas Love Peacock. Quintetto. Томас Лав Пикок.
Thomas Love Peacock (Томас Лав Пикок) Quintetto [To the tune of “Turning, turning, turning, as wheel goes round.”] RECITATIVE. MR. PAPERSTAMP: Jack Horner’s CHRISTMAS PIE my learned nurse Interpreted to mean the public purse. From thence a plum he drew. O happy Horner! Who […]
English Poetry. Robert Louis Stevenson. A Child’s Garden of Verses. 23. The Cow. Роберт Льюис Стивенсон. Детский сад стихов. 23. Наша корова
Robert Louis Stevenson (Роберт Льюис Стивенсон) A Child’s Garden of Verses. 23. The Cow The friendly cow all red and white, I love with all my heart: She gives me cream with all her might, To eat with apple-tart. She wanders lowing here and there, And […]
English Poetry. Mary Wortley Montagu. Ballad, on a Late Occurrence. Мэри Уортли Монтегю.
Mary Wortley Montagu (Мэри Уортли Монтегю) Ballad, on a Late Occurrence Ungodly papers ev’ry week Poor simple souls persuade That courtiers good for nothing are, Or but for mischief made. But I who know their worthy hearts, Pronounce that we are blind, Who disappoint their honest schemes, Who […]
English Poetry. Mary Wortley Montagu. An Elegy on Mrs. Thompson. Мэри Уортли Монтегю.
Mary Wortley Montagu (Мэри Уортли Монтегю) An Elegy on Mrs. Thompson Unhappy fair, by fatal love betray’d! Must then thy beauties thus untimely fade! And all thy blooming, soft, inspiring charms, Become a prey to Death’s destructive arms! Though short thy day, and transient like the wind, How […]
English Poetry. Emma Lazarus. Phantasies. Эмма Лазарус.
Emma Lazarus (Эмма Лазарус) Phantasies (After Robert Schumann) I. Evening. Rest, beauty, stillness: not a waif of a cloud From gray-blue east sheer to the yellow west— No film of mist the utmost slopes to shroud. The earth lies grace, by quiet airs caressed, And […]