English Poetry. Katharine Tynan. A Woman Commends Her Little Son. Кэтрин Тайнен.
Katharine Tynan (Кэтрин Тайнен) A Woman Commends Her Little Son To the aid of my little son I call all the magnalities – Archangel, Dominion, Powers and Principalities. Mary without a stain, Joseph that was her spouse, All God’s women and men, Out of His glorious House. […]
English Poetry. Francis Turner Palgrave. A Churchyard in Oxfordshire. Фрэнсис Тернер Палгрев.
Francis Turner Palgrave (Фрэнсис Тернер Палгрев) A Churchyard in Oxfordshire September: 1643 Sweet air and fresh; glades yet unsear’d by hand Of Midas-finger’d Autumn, massy-green; Bird-haunted nooks between, Where feathery ferns, a fairy palmglove, stand, An English-Eastern band:– While e’en the stealthy squirrel o’er the grass Beside […]
English Poetry. Adam Lindsay Gordon. The Rhyme of Joyous Garde. Адам Линдсей Гордон.
Adam Lindsay Gordon (Адам Линдсей Гордон) The Rhyme of Joyous Garde Through the lattice rushes the south wind, dense With fumes of the flowery frankincense From hawthorn blossoming thickly; And gold is shower’d on grass unshorn, And poppy-fire on shuddering corn, With May-dew flooded and flush’d with morn, […]
English Poetry. Christina Georgina Rossetti. A Christmas Carol. Кристина Джорджина Россетти.
Christina Georgina Rossetti (Кристина Джорджина Россетти) A Christmas Carol In the bleak mid-winter Frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone; Snow had fallen, snow on snow, Snow on snow, In the bleak mid-winter Long ago. Our God, Heaven cannot hold […]
English Poetry. Adam Lindsay Gordon. Bellona. Адам Линдсей Гордон.
Adam Lindsay Gordon (Адам Линдсей Гордон) Bellona Thou art moulded in marble impassive, False goddess, fair statue of strife, Yet standest on pedestal massive, A symbol and token of life. Thou art still, not with stillness of languor, And calm, not with calm boding rest; For thine is […]
English Poetry. Rupert Chawner Brooke. The Vision of the Archangels. Руперт Брук.
Rupert Chawner Brooke (Руперт Брук) The Vision of the Archangels Slowly up silent peaks, the white edge of the world, Trod four archangels, clear against the unheeding sky, Bearing, with quiet even steps, and great wings furled, A little dingy coffin; where a child must lie, It was […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Wait. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Wait The universe was stirred as by an unseen Force, Planets upon their orbits slackened speed, and even hurrying comets on their course Paused, peering through the vastnesses of space, And listened curiously. The imperturbable, calm face Of Father Time displayed an […]
English Poetry. Philip James Bailey. Festus – 29. Филип Джеймс Бэйли.
Philip James Bailey (Филип Джеймс Бэйли) Festus – 29 Traversed the void, Hell’s fires, unholy not, not hopeless, reached, The initials even of good in the sad mock Of mortal revelry mark; the quelling truth That all life’s sinful follies run to hell; Lies, wrongs, debauches, murders, die […]
English Poetry. Philip James Bailey. Festus – 34. Филип Джеймс Бэйли.
Philip James Bailey (Филип Джеймс Бэйли) Festus – 34 First love recalled Not yet reanimate, joy and grief disguised Each as the other, neither gains, perplexed, His way. Even they who play round wisdom’s knee Miss sometimes worthiest ends. Knowing no mean, Ambition’s high demands too close encroach […]
English Poetry. Philip James Bailey. Festus – 23.1. Филип Джеймс Бэйли.
Philip James Bailey (Филип Джеймс Бэйли) Festus – 23.1 Life’s gaudier vanities shunned, or banned, the world Escaped from; passion dignified; some talk Of fable and of cabala, mystic lore; War, actual earth regarded, heaven’s reproach Unanswerable, ‘gainst man; the fruitful claims Of friendship in abeyance long, restored; […]
English Poetry. Philip James Bailey. Festus – 26. Филип Джеймс Бэйли.
Philip James Bailey (Филип Джеймс Бэйли) Festus – 26 Hearts, like moons, Mature apace; and while one half the world Is busy, and one half dreaming, Passion’s path Is miled of perilous ventures scarcely ‘scaped By sheer precipitancy, as ice unsafe Oft rends not till we are sped. […]
English Poetry. Philip James Bailey. Festus – 21.1. Филип Джеймс Бэйли.
Philip James Bailey (Филип Джеймс Бэйли) Festus – 21.1 Time’s lapse, who notes mid flights like this? Once more In merry medley mixed, youth’s liberal mirth, Disport we; now, the natural luxuries taste Of love, trust, amity, un–Circaean cups Which change to loftier life, by virtuous charms, The […]
English Poetry. Philip James Bailey. Festus – 20. Филип Джеймс Бэйли.
Philip James Bailey (Филип Джеймс Бэйли) Festus – 20 Enter now heaven. Even man’s deathly life May be there by God’s leave. Once brought to God, The soul’s probation and foredoom, and heaven’s Designs towards man, whole man, man personal, show, Fuller by light of love parental. There, […]
English Poetry. Philip James Bailey. Festus – 42. Филип Джеймс Бэйли.
Philip James Bailey (Филип Джеймс Бэйли) Festus – 42 The soul–state, intermediate ‘twixt earth’s life And the world future, unconceived till seen, We search with curious awe; mark dormant death; Nor, joyless, evil accost, by heaven restrained; From bonds aeonian loosened, ere the end: View, visionary, the circle […]
English Poetry. Philip James Bailey. Festus – 9. Филип Джеймс Бэйли.
Philip James Bailey (Филип Джеймс Бэйли) Festus – 9 Meanwhile, as nought Had passed, we see them presently, meet. Who knows How ’tis we reconcile ourselves to evil? But in this bird’s–eye view of earth, and track Of dust stirred through all nations, note we whilst His friend […]
English Poetry. Philip James Bailey. Festus – 45. Филип Джеймс Бэйли.
Philip James Bailey (Филип Джеймс Бэйли) Festus – 45 ‘Twas held of old by some heresiarch sage, Whose nobler name time bruits not overmuch, That evil and good, twin powers, as light and dark, Were destined to contest with varying mean, The world while e’er it lasts; but […]
English Poetry. Philip James Bailey. Festus – 41. Филип Джеймс Бэйли.
Philip James Bailey (Филип Джеймс Бэйли) Festus – 41 Millennial earth, transfigured to a star, The rebegotten world, see, born again; Good, universal order, peace and joy. Fruits of the new creation, all the heirs Holy, of light, share; sweet command in these, In those, obedience sweeter still. […]
English Poetry. Philip James Bailey. Festus – 44. Филип Джеймс Бэйли.
Philip James Bailey (Филип Джеймс Бэйли) Festus – 44 Man’s final doom conceive: the award to all Earth’s tribes of souls by spirits elect, their chiefs Saintly, themselves through purifying rule Of chastening spheres, to proximate perfectness Long trained; all rational hosts, by boundless love, Brought round to […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. The Blasphemy of Guns. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) The Blasphemy of Guns There must be lonely moments when God feels The need of prayer- Such lonely moments, knowing not anywhere, In any spot or place, In all the far recesses of vast space, Dwells any one to whom His prayers […]
English Poetry. Algernon Charles Swinburne. The Triumph of Time. Алджернон Чарльз Суинбёрн.
Algernon Charles Swinburne (Алджернон Чарльз Суинбёрн) The Triumph of Time Before our lives divide for ever, While time is with us and hands are free, (Time, swift to fasten and swift to sever Hand from hand, as we stand by the sea) I will say no word that […]
English Poetry. Isaac Watts. Hymn 2. Исаак Уоттс.
Isaac Watts (Исаак Уоттс) Hymn 2 The deity and humanity of Christ. John 1:1,3,14; Col. 1:16. Ere the blue heav’ns were stretched abroad, From everlasting was the Word: With God he was; the Word was God, And must divinely be adored. By his own power […]
English Poetry. Henry Livingston. To the Memory of Sarah Livingston. Генри Ливингстон.
Henry Livingston (Генри Ливингстон) To the Memory of Sarah Livingston BEYOND where billows roll or tempests vex Is gone the gentlest of the gentle sex! —Her brittle bark on life’s wild ocean tost Unequal to the conflict soon was lost. Severe her sufferings! much, alas, she bore, […]
English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. As the Heart Hopes. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (Люси Мод Монтгомери) As the Heart Hopes It is a year dear one, since you afar Went out beyond my yearning mortal sight A wondrous year! perchance in many a star You have sojourned, or basked within the light Of mightier suns; it may […]
English Poetry. Rupert Chawner Brooke. In Examination. Руперт Брук.
Rupert Chawner Brooke (Руперт Брук) In Examination Lo! from quiet skies In through the window my Lord the Sun! And my eyes Were dazzled and drunk with the misty gold, The golden glory that drowned and crowned me Eddied and swayed through the room . . . Around […]
English Poetry. Percy Bysshe Shelley. Satan Broken Loose. Перси Биши Шелли. Тень Ада
Percy Bysshe Shelley (Перси Биши Шелли) Satan Broken Loose A golden-winged Angel stood Before the Eternal Judgement-seat: His looks were wild, and Devils’ blood Stained his dainty hands and feet. The Father and the Son Knew that strife was now begun. They knew that Satan had broken his […]
English Poetry. David Herbert Lawrence. Whales Weep Not!. Дэвид Герберт Лоуренс.
David Herbert Lawrence (Дэвид Герберт Лоуренс) Whales Weep Not! They say the sea is cold, but the sea contains the hottest blood of all, and the wildest, the most urgent. All the whales in the wider deeps, hot are they, as they urge on and on, and […]
English Poetry. Thomas Aird. The Devil’s Dream on Mount Aksbeck. Томас Эрд.
Thomas Aird (Томас Эрд) The Devil’s Dream on Mount Aksbeck Beyond the north where Ural hills from polar tempests run, A glow went forth at midnight hour as of unwonted sun; Upon the north at midnight hour a mighty noise was heard, As if with all his trampling […]
English Poetry. George Eliot. How Lisa Loved the King. Джордж Элиот.
George Eliot (Джордж Элиот) How Lisa Loved the King Six hundred years ago, in Dante’s time, Before his cheek was furrowed by deep rhyme; When Europe, fed afresh from Eastern story, Was like a garden tangled with the glory Of flowers hand-planted and of flowers air-sown, Climbing and […]
English Poetry. Charles Wesley. Hark! A Voice Divides the Sky. Чарльз Уэсли.
Charles Wesley (Чарльз Уэсли) * * * Hark! A voice divides the sky! Happy are the faithful dead, In the Lord who sweetly die, They from all their toils are freed. Them the Spirit hath declared Blessed, unutterably blessed; Jesus is their great reward, Jesus is their endless […]
Английская поэзия. Редьярд Киплинг. «Расходы и поступления». (1919-1926). 9. Джейн выходит замуж. Rudyard Kipling. «Debits and Credits». (1919-1926). 9. Jane’s Marriage
Редьярд Киплинг (Rudyard Kipling) «Расходы и поступления». (1919-1926). 9. Джейн выходит замуж Попала Джейн, – Джейн О́стин, – в Рай, И это справедливо. И в кресло деву усадил Сэр Вальтер хлопотливо.1 И дон испанский Мигуэ́ль,2 А также Генри с То́би,3 А также сэр Вильям Шекспир […]
Английская поэзия. Айзек Розенберг. Дочери войны. Isaac Rosenberg. Daughters of War
Айзек Розенберг (Isaac Rosenberg) Дочери войны Румяная свобода рук и ног – Расхристанная пляска духа с плотью, Где корни Древа Жизни. (Есть сторона обратная вещей, Что скрыта от мудрейших глаз земли.) Я наблюдал мистические пляски Прекрасных дочерей прошедшей битвы: Они из окровавленного тела Наивную выманивали душу, Чтоб […]
Английская поэзия. Перси Биши Шелли. Тень Ада. Percy Bysshe Shelley. Satan Broken Loose
Перси Биши Шелли (Percy Bysshe Shelley) Тень Ада Прекрасный ангел златокрылый Пред троном Судии предстал: Стопы и длани кровь багрила, Взор обезумевший блуждал. Он известил Отца и Сына, Что бытия мрачна картина, Что Сатана освобожден И что несметный легион Бесов пустил по свету он… Он смолк – и […]
You’re by Sylvia Plath
Clownlike, happiest on your hands, Feet to the stars, and moon-skulled, Gilled like a fish. A common-sense Thumbs-down on the dodo’s mode. Wrapped up in yourself like a spool, Trawling your dark, as owls do. Mute as a turnip from the Fourth Of July to All Fools’ Day, O high-riser, my little loaf. Vague as […]
Yaddo : The Grand Manor by Sylvia Plath
Woodsmoke and a distant loudspeaker Filter into this clear Air, and blur. The red tomato’s in, the green bean; The cook lugs a pumpkin From the vine For pies. The fir tree’s thick with grackles. Gold carp loom in the pools. A wasp crawls Over windfalls to sip cider-juice. Guests in the studios Muse, compose. […]
Winter Landscape, With Rooks by Sylvia Plath
Water in the millrace, through a sluice of stone, plunges headlong into that black pond where, absurd and out-of-season, a single swan floats chaste as snow, taunting the clouded mind which hungers to haul the white reflection down. The austere sun descends above the fen, an orange cyclops-eye, scorning to look longer on this landscape […]
Waking In Winter by Sylvia Plath
I can taste the tin of the sky — the real tin thing. Winter dawn is the color of metal, The trees stiffen into place like burnt nerves. All night I have dreamed of destruction, annihilations — An assembly-line of cut throats, and you and I Inching off in the gray Chevrolet, drinking the green […]
Two Views Of Withens by Sylvia Plath
Above whorled, spindling gorse, Sheepfoot-flattened grasses, Stone wall and ridgepole rise Prow-like through blurs Of fog in that hinterland few Hikers get to: Home of uncatchable Sage hen and spry rabbit, Where second wind, hip boot Help over hill And hill, and through peaty water. I found bare moor, A colorless weather, And the House […]
Two Sisters Of Persephone by Sylvia Plath
Two girls there are : within the house One sits; the other, without. Daylong a duet of shade and light Plays between these. In her dark wainscoted room The first works problems on A mathematical machine. Dry ticks mark time As she calculates each sum. At this barren enterprise Rat-shrewd go her squint eyes, Root-pale […]
Tinker Jack And The Tidy Wives by Sylvia Plath
‘Come lady, bring that pot Gone black of polish And whatever pan this mending master Should trim back to shape. I’ll correct each mar On silver dish, And shine that kettle of copper At your fireside Bright as blood. ‘Come lady, bring that face Fallen from luster. Time’s soot in bleared eye Can be made […]
The Trial Of A Man by Sylvia Plath
The ordinary milkman brought that dawn Of destiny, delivered to the door In square hermetic bottles, while the sun Ruled decree of doomsday on the floor. The morning paper clocked the headline hour You drank your coffee lke original sin, And at the jet-plane anger of God’s roar Got up to let the suave blue […]