Water, is taught by thirst;
Land - by the Oceans passed.
Transport - by throe -
Peace - by its battles told -
Love, by Memorial Mold -
Birds, by the Snow.
...
To fight aloud is very brave-
But gallanter, I know,
Who charge within the bosom,
The Cavalry of Woe-
Who win, and nations do not see-
Who fall- and none observe-
Whose dying eyes, no Country...
'T was such a little-little boat
That toddled down the bay!
'T was such a gallant- gallant sea
That beckoned it away!
'T was such a greedy, greedy wave
That licked it from the Coast;
Nor ever ...
Within my reach!
I could have touched!
I might have chanced that way!
Soft sauntered thro'h the village -
Sauntered as soft away!
So unsuspected Violets
Within the meadows go -
Too late for str...
I never lost as much but twice,
And that was in the sod.
Twice stood I beggar
Before the doors of God!
Angels - twice descending
Reimbursed my store -
Burglar! Banker - Father!
I am poor once...
Heart! We will forget him!
You and I - tonight!
You may forget the Warmth he gave -
I will forget the Light!
When you have done, pray tell me
That I may straight begin!
Haste! lest while you're...
The Wind - tapped like a tired Man,
And like a Host - ` Come in`
I boldly answered - entered then
My residence within
A Rapid footless Guest -
To offer whom a Chair
Were as impossible as hand
...
Proud of my broken heart, since thou didst break it,
Proud of the pain I did not feel till thee,
Proud of my night, since thou with moons dost slake it,
Not to partake thy p...
My life closed twice before its close --
It yet remains to see
If Immortality unveil
A third event to me
So huge, so hopeless to conceive
As these that twice befel...
Lightly stepped a yellow star
To its lofty place --
Loosed the Moon her silver hat
From her lustral Face --
All of Evening softly lit
As an Astral Hall --
Fath...
Though the great Waters sleep,
That they are still the Deep,
We cannot doubt --
No vacillating God
Ignited this Abode
To put it out --
...
Сегодня в утреннюю пору,
когда обычно даль темна,
я отодвинул набок штору
и молча замер у окна.
Небес сияющая сила
без суеты и без труда
сосняк и ельник просквозила,
да так, как будто навсегд...
Рос мальчишка, от других отмечен
только тем, что волосы мальца
вились так, как вьются в тихий вечер
ласточки у старого крыльца.
Рос парнишка, видный да кудрявый,
окруженный ветками берез;
всей...
Так повелось, что в серебре метели,
в глухой тиши декабрьских вечеров,
оставив лес, идут степенно ели
к далеким окнам шумных городов.
И, веселясь, торгуют горожане
для украшенья жительниц лесны...
Луну закрыли горестные тучи.
Без остановки лает пулемет.
На белый снег,
на этот снег скрипучий
сейчас красноармеец упадет.
Второй стоит.
Но, на обход надеясь,
оскалив волчью розовую пасть,
е...
