English Poetry. Charlotte Turner Smith. Written near a Port on a Dark Evening. Шарлотта Смит.
Charlotte Turner Smith (Шарлотта Смит) Written near a Port on a Dark Evening Huge vapours brood above the clifted shore, Night on the ocean settles dark and mute, Save where is heard the repercussive roar Of drowsy billows on the rugged foot Of rocks remote; or still more […]
English Poetry. Charlotte Turner Smith. Sonnet 1. The partial Muse, has from my earliest hours. Шарлотта Смит.
Charlotte Turner Smith (Шарлотта Смит) Sonnet 1. The partial Muse, has from my earliest hours THE partial Muse, has from my earliest hours, Smil’d on the rugged path I’m doom’d to tread, And still with sportive hand has snatch’d wild flowers, To weave fantastic garlands for my head: […]
English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. Consecration. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн) Consecration I. This is the place where visions come to dance, Dreams of the trees and flowers, glimmeringly; Where the white moon and the pale stars can see, Sitting with Legend and with dim Romance. This is the place where all […]
English Poetry. George Henry Borrow. Lines to Six-Foot Three. Джордж Генри Борроу.
George Henry Borrow (Джордж Генри Борроу) Lines to Six-Foot Three A lad, who twenty tongues can talk And sixty miles a day can walk; Drink at a draught a pint of rum, And then be neither sick nor dumb Can tune a song, and make a verse, And […]
English Poetry. Walter Savage Landor. Fiesole Idyl. Уолтер Сэвидж Лэндор.
Walter Savage Landor (Уолтер Сэвидж Лэндор) Fiesole Idyl Here, where precipitate Spring, with one light bound Into hot Summer’s lusty arms, expires, And where go forth at morn, at eve, at night, Soft airs that want the lute to play with ’em, And softer sighs that know not […]
English Poetry. Edmund Clarence Stedman. The Diamond Wedding. Эдмунд Кларенс Стедман.
Edmund Clarence Stedman (Эдмунд Кларенс Стедман) The Diamond Wedding O Love! Love! Love! what times were those, Long ere the age of belles and beaux And Brussels lace and silken hose, When, in the green Arcadian close, You married Psyche, under the rose, With only the grass for […]
English Poetry. Eleanor Farjeon. The Maid’s Idyll. Элинор Фарджон.
Eleanor Farjeon (Элинор Фарджон) The Maid’s Idyll I. Night was warm and still, Moon a dusky red, Crickets chirped all up the hill, And I wished me dead. “For what use alive to be And never live?” I said, Lifting arms to let free The plaits […]
English Poetry. William Schwenck Gilbert. The Bab Ballads. Gentle Alice Brown. Уильям Швенк Гильберт.
William Schwenck Gilbert (Уильям Швенк Гильберт) The Bab Ballads. Gentle Alice Brown It was a robber’s daughter, and her name was Alice Brown, Her father was the terror of a small Italian town; Her mother was a foolish, weak, but amiable old thing; But it isn’t of her […]
English Poetry. Alice Meynell. Summer in England, 1914. Элис Мейнелл.
Alice Meynell (Элис Мейнелл) Summer in England, 1914 On London fell a clearer light; Caressing pencils of the sun Defined the distances, the white Houses transfigured one by one, The “long, unlovely street” impearled. O what a sky has walked the world! Most happy year! And out […]
English Poetry. William Whitehead. An Ode to a Gentleman, on his pitching a Tent in his Garden. Уильям Уайтхед.
William Whitehead (Уильям Уайтхед) An Ode to a Gentleman, on his pitching a Tent in his Garden Ah! friend, forbear, nor fright the fields With hostile scenes of imag’d war; Content still roves the blooming wilds, And sheds her mildest influence there: Ah! drive not the sweet wand’rer […]
English Poetry. William Shenstone. The Price of an Equipage. Уильям Шенстон.
William Shenstone (Уильям Шенстон) The Price of an Equipage Servum si potes, Ole, non habere, Et regem potes, Ole, non habere. Mart. (“If thou from Fortune dost no servant crave, Believe me thou no master need’st to have.”) I ask’d a friend, amidst the throng, Whose […]
English Poetry. William Shenstone. Charms of Precedence. Уильям Шенстон.
William Shenstone (Уильям Шенстон) Charms of Precedence A Tale “Sir, will you please to walk before?”— “No, pray, Sir—you are next the door.”— “Upon mine honour, I’ll not stir.”— “Sir, I’m at home; consider, Sir”— “Excuse me, Sir; I’ll not go first.”— “Well, if I must be […]
English Poetry. James Elroy Flecker. My Friend. Джеймс Элрой Флеккер.
James Elroy Flecker (Джеймс Элрой Флеккер) My Friend I had a friend who battled for the truth With stubborn heart and obstinate despair, Till all his beauty left him, and his youth, And there were few to love him anywhere. Then would he wander out among the graves, […]
English Poetry. Oliver Wendell Holmes. Reflections of a Proud Pedestrian. Оливер Уэнделл Холмс.
Oliver Wendell Holmes (Оливер Уэнделл Холмс) Reflections of a Proud Pedestrian I SAW the curl of his waving lash, And the glance of his knowing eye, And I knew that he thought he was cutting a dash, As his steed went thundering by. And he may ride […]
English Poetry. Katharine Tynan. The Convent Garden. Кэтрин Тайнен.
Katharine Tynan (Кэтрин Тайнен) The Convent Garden The Convent garden lies so near The road the people go, If it was quiet you might hear The nuns’ talk, merry and low. Black London trees have made their screen From folk who pry and peer, The sooty sparrows […]
English Poetry. Katharine Tynan. Autumnal. Кэтрин Тайнен.
Katharine Tynan (Кэтрин Тайнен) Autumnal THE Autumn leaves are dying quietly, Scarlet and orange, underfoot they lie; They had their youth and prime And now’s the dying time; Alas, alas, the young, the beloved, must die! They are dying like the leaves of Autumn fast, Scattered and […]
English Poetry. William Shenstone. Charms of Precedence. Уильям Шенстон.
William Shenstone (Уильям Шенстон) Charms of Precedence A Tale “Sir, will you please to walk before?”— “No, pray, Sir—you are next the door.”— “Upon mine honour, I’ll not stir.”— “Sir, I’m at home; consider, Sir”— “Excuse me, Sir; I’ll not go first.”— “Well, if I must be […]
English Poetry. James Elroy Flecker. My Friend. Джеймс Элрой Флеккер.
James Elroy Flecker (Джеймс Элрой Флеккер) My Friend I had a friend who battled for the truth With stubborn heart and obstinate despair, Till all his beauty left him, and his youth, And there were few to love him anywhere. Then would he wander out among the graves, […]
English Poetry. Oliver Wendell Holmes. Reflections of a Proud Pedestrian. Оливер Уэнделл Холмс.
Oliver Wendell Holmes (Оливер Уэнделл Холмс) Reflections of a Proud Pedestrian I SAW the curl of his waving lash, And the glance of his knowing eye, And I knew that he thought he was cutting a dash, As his steed went thundering by. And he may ride […]
English Poetry. Katharine Tynan. The Convent Garden. Кэтрин Тайнен.
Katharine Tynan (Кэтрин Тайнен) The Convent Garden The Convent garden lies so near The road the people go, If it was quiet you might hear The nuns’ talk, merry and low. Black London trees have made their screen From folk who pry and peer, The sooty sparrows […]
English Poetry. Katharine Tynan. Autumnal. Кэтрин Тайнен.
Katharine Tynan (Кэтрин Тайнен) Autumnal THE Autumn leaves are dying quietly, Scarlet and orange, underfoot they lie; They had their youth and prime And now’s the dying time; Alas, alas, the young, the beloved, must die! They are dying like the leaves of Autumn fast, Scattered and […]
English Poetry. Katharine Tynan. Indian Summer. Кэтрин Тайнен.
Katharine Tynan (Кэтрин Тайнен) Indian Summer This is the sign! This flooding splendour, golden and hyaline, This sun a golden sea on hill and plain, – That God forgets not, that He walks with men. His smile is on the mountain and the pool And all the fairy […]
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. Ina Donna Coolbrith. Longing. Ина Донна Кулбрит.
Ina Donna Coolbrith (Ина Донна Кулбрит) Longing O foolish wisdom sought in books! O aimless fret of household tasks! O chains that bind the hand and mind— A fuller life my spirit asks. For there the grand hills, summer-crown’d, Slope greenly downward to the seas: One hour […]
English Poetry. James Elroy Flecker. Brumana. Джеймс Элрой Флеккер.
James Elroy Flecker (Джеймс Элрой Флеккер) Brumana Oh shall I never never be home again! Meadows of England shining in the rain Spread wide your daisied lawns: your ramparts green With briar fortify, with blossom screen Till my far morning–and O streams that slow And pure and deep […]
English Poetry. Joseph Warton. The Enthusiast, or the Lover of Nature. Джозеф Уортон.
Joseph Warton (Джозеф Уортон) The Enthusiast, or the Lover of Nature Ye green-rob’d Dryads, oft’ at dusky Eve By wondering Shepherds seen, to Forests brown, To unfrequented Meads, and pathless Wilds, Lead me from Gardens deckt with Art’s vain Pomps. Can gilt Alcoves, can Marble-mimic Gods, Parterres […]
English Poetry. Elinor Wylie. Full Moon. Элинор Уайли.
Elinor Wylie (Элинор Уайли) Full Moon My bands of silk and miniver Momently grew heavier; The black gauze was beggarly thin; The ermine muffled mouth and chin; I could not suck the moonlight in. Harlequin in lozenges Of love and hate, I walked in these Striped and […]
English Poetry. Archibald Lampman. The Meadow. Арчибальд Лемпман.
Archibald Lampman (Арчибальд Лемпман) The Meadow Here when the cloudless April days begin, And the quaint crows flock thicker day by day, Filling the forests with a pleasant din, And the soiled snow creeps secretly away, Comes the small busy sparrow, primed with glee, First preacher in the […]
English Poetry. Marriott Edgar. The Fair Rosamond. Мариотт Эдгар.
Marriott Edgar (Мариотт Эдгар) The Fair Rosamond You’ve heard of King Henry II And the story of how he got fond Of one of his customer’s daughters, A lass called the “Fair Rosamond.” ‘Twere a lovely romance while it lasted, The course of true love ran serene, […]
English Poetry. Edgar Albert Guest. Yesterday. Эдгар Альберт Гест.
Edgar Albert Guest (Эдгар Альберт Гест) Yesterday I’ve trod the links with many a man, And played him club for club; ’Tis scarce a year since I began And I am still a dub. But this I’ve noticed as we strayed Along the bunkered way, No one with […]
English Poetry. Joseph Warton. The Enthusiast, or the Lover of Nature. Джозеф Уортон.
Joseph Warton (Джозеф Уортон) The Enthusiast, or the Lover of Nature Ye green-rob’d Dryads, oft’ at dusky Eve By wondering Shepherds seen, to Forests brown, To unfrequented Meads, and pathless Wilds, Lead me from Gardens deckt with Art’s vain Pomps. Can gilt Alcoves, can Marble-mimic Gods, Parterres […]
English Poetry. Elinor Wylie. Full Moon. Элинор Уайли.
Elinor Wylie (Элинор Уайли) Full Moon My bands of silk and miniver Momently grew heavier; The black gauze was beggarly thin; The ermine muffled mouth and chin; I could not suck the moonlight in. Harlequin in lozenges Of love and hate, I walked in these Striped and […]
English Poetry. Archibald Lampman. The Meadow. Арчибальд Лемпман.
Archibald Lampman (Арчибальд Лемпман) The Meadow Here when the cloudless April days begin, And the quaint crows flock thicker day by day, Filling the forests with a pleasant din, And the soiled snow creeps secretly away, Comes the small busy sparrow, primed with glee, First preacher in the […]
English Poetry. Marriott Edgar. The Fair Rosamond. Мариотт Эдгар.
Marriott Edgar (Мариотт Эдгар) The Fair Rosamond You’ve heard of King Henry II And the story of how he got fond Of one of his customer’s daughters, A lass called the “Fair Rosamond.” ‘Twere a lovely romance while it lasted, The course of true love ran serene, […]
English Poetry. Edgar Albert Guest. Yesterday. Эдгар Альберт Гест.
Edgar Albert Guest (Эдгар Альберт Гест) Yesterday I’ve trod the links with many a man, And played him club for club; ’Tis scarce a year since I began And I am still a dub. But this I’ve noticed as we strayed Along the bunkered way, No one with […]
English Poetry. Walter Savage Landor. Here, Ever Since You Went Abroad. Уолтер Сэвидж Лэндор.
Walter Savage Landor (Уолтер Сэвидж Лэндор) * * * Here, ever since you went abroad, If there be change, no change I see, I only walk our wonted road, The road is only walkt by me. Yes; I forgot; a change there is; Was it of _that_ […]
English Poetry. Edmund Clarence Stedman. Bohemia. Эдмунд Кларенс Стедман.
Edmund Clarence Stedman (Эдмунд Кларенс Стедман) Bohemia A PILGRIMAGE I When buttercups are blossoming, The poets sang, ’tis best to wed: So all for love we paired in Spring— Blanche and I—ere youth had sped, For Autumn’s wealth brings Autumn’s wane. Sworn fealty to royal […]
English Poetry. Edward Rowland Sill. A Bird’s Song. Эдвард Роулэнд Силл.
Edward Rowland Sill (Эдвард Роулэнд Силл) A Bird’s Song THE shadow of a bird On the shadow of a bough; Sweet and clear his song is heard, “Seek me now—I seek thee now.” The bird swings out of reach in the swaying tree, But his shadow on the […]
English Poetry. Dinah Maria Craik. A True Hero. Дина Мария Крейк.
Dinah Maria Craik (Дина Мария Крейк) A True Hero JAMES BRAIDWOOD: Died June 22, 1861. NOT at the battle front,–writ of in story; Not on the blazing wreck steering to glory; Not while in martyr-pangs soul and flesh sever, Died he–this Hero new; hero forever. […]
English Poetry. Walter Savage Landor. Here, Ever Since You Went Abroad.
* * * Here, ever since you went abroad, If there be change, no change I see, I only walk our wonted road, The road is only walkt by me. Yes; I forgot; a change there is; Was it of _that_ you bade me tell? I catch at times, at […]