English Poetry. Katherine Mansfield. Song of Karen, the Dancing Child. Кэтрин Мэнсфилд.

Katherine Mansfield (Кэтрин Мэнсфилд)

Song of Karen, the Dancing Child

(O little white feet of mine)
Out in the storm and the rain you fly;
(Red, red shoes the colour of wine)
Can the children hear my cry?

(O little white feet of mine)
Never a child in the whole great town;
(Red, red shoes the colour of wine)
Lights out and the blinds pulled down.

(O little white feet of mine)
Never a light on a window pane,
(Red, red shoes the colour of wine)
And the wild wet cry of the rain.

(O little white feet of mine)
Shall I never again be still?
(Red, red shoes the colour of wine)
And away over valley and hill.

(O little white feet of mine)
Children, children, open the door!
(Red, red shoes the colour of wine)
And the wind shrieks Nevermore.

Katherine Mansfield’s other poems:

1. The Town Between the Hills
2. Song of the Little White Girl
3. The Arabian Shawl
4. Villa Pauline
5. Waves

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