„Snake” de D.H. Lawrence
A snake came to my water-trough On a hot, hot day, and I in pyjamas for the heat, To drink there.La jghebul meu un șarpe poposi Pe-un soare crâncen când, în pijama, Voisem să-mi astămpăr setea.
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„Martha” de Walter de la Mare
"Once...Once upon a time..." Over and over again, Martha would tell us her stories, In the hazel glen. “Cândva… a fost odat’ca niciodată” Așa-ncepea tot basmul din străbuni Pe care Martha ni-l spunea; noi, roată În jurul ei, …
„Kangaroo” de D. H. Lawrence
Delicate mother Kangaroo Sitting up there rabbit-wise, but huge, plump-weighted, And lifting her beautiful slender face, oh! so much more gently and finely lined than a rabbit's, or than a hare's, Lifting her face to nibble at a …
„Wagner” de Rupert Brooke
Creeps in half wanton, half asleep, One with a fat wide hairless face. He likes love-music that is cheap; Likes women in a crowded place; And wants to hear the noise they’re making. Destul de vesel, dar cam …
„The Mosquito Knows” de D.H. Lawrence
The mosquito knows full well, small as he is he’s a beast of prey. but after all he only takes his bellyful, he doesn’t put my blood in the bank.Mărunt cum e, țânțarul multe prea bine știe Că-i …
„Glory” de Edward Thomas
The glory of the beauty of the morning, - The cuckoo crying over the untouched dew; The blackbird that has found it, and the dove That tempts me on to something sweeter than love; White clouds ranged even …
„Roadways” de John Masefield
One road leads to London, One road leads to Wales, My road leads me seawards To the white dipping sails. Un drum duce la Londra, Spre Wales un altul duce; Al meu spre mări cu albe Catarguri face …
„Oxford Canal” de James Elroy Flecker
When you have wearied of the valiant spires of this County Town, Of its wide white streets and glistening museums, and black monastic walls, Of its red motors and lumbering trains, and self-sufficient people, I will take you …
„Seascape” de Francis Brett Young
Over that morn hung heaviness, until, Near sunless noon, we heard the ship's bell beating A melancholy staccato on dead metal; Saw the bare-footed watch come running aft; Felt, far below, the sudden telegraph jangle Its harsh metallic …
„A Birthday” de Christina Rossetti
My heart is like a singing bird Whose nest is in a water'd shoot; My heart is like an apple-tree Whose boughs are bent with thickset fruit; My heart is like a rainbow shell That paddles in a …
„Margaret’s Song” de Lascelles Abercrombie
Too soothe and mild your lowland airs for one whose hope is gone: I'm think of the little tarn, Brown, very lone.Prea blândă-i boarea-ți de câmpie. Să sper e prea târziu; Visez un iezer singuratic Micuț și cafeniu. …
„The Rower’s Chant” de Thomas Sturge Moore
Row till the land dip 'neath The sea from view. Row till a land peep up, A home for you. Vâslește până țărmul șui E înghițit de mare. Vâslește până țărmul tău Apare-n depărtare.Row till the mast sing …
„Hi!” de Walter de la Mare
Hi! Handsome hunting man, Fire your little gun, Bang! Now that animal Is dead and dumb and done. Never more to peep again, creep again, leap again, Eat or sleep or drink again, oh, what fun! Bună! Chipeș …
„Gaudeamus Igitur” de Margaret Woods
Come, no more of grief and dying! Sing the time too swiftly flying. Just an hour Youth's in flower, Give me roses to remember In the shadow of December. Nu te mai văita și nu mai geme, Proslăvește-n …
„The Donkey” de G.K. Chesterton
When fishes flew and forests walked And figs grew upon thorn, Some moment when the moon was blood Then surely I was born. Când pești zburau și codri-umblau Și-n scai creștea năut Și luna se-nroșise foc, Atunci eu …
„Parody” de G.K. Chesterton
Me clairvoyant, Me conscious of you, old comarado, Needing no telescope, lorgnette field-glass, opera-glass, myopic pince-nez, Me piercing two thousand years with eye naked and not ashamed; The crown cannot hide you from me; Musty old feudal-heraldic trappings …
„Scholars” de Walter de la Mare
Logic does well at school; And Reason answers every question right; Poll-parrot Memory unwinds her spool; And Copy-cat keeps Teacher well in sight:În școală Rațiunea este totul Iar Logica rezolvă orice ipoteze; Micuțul Papagal repetă ca netotul, Profesorul …
„Thou Shalt Not Kill” de G.K. Chesterton
I had grown weary of him; of his breath And hands and features I was sick to death. Each day I heard the same dull voice and tread; I did not hate him: but I wished him dead. …
„Leisure” de William Henry Davies
What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare.Ce-i viața asta dacă-n griji scăldat Nu ai răgaz de stat și de visat? No time to stand beneath the boughs And stare …
„The Changeling” de Charlotte Mew
Toll no bell for me, dear Father dear Mother, Waste no sighs; There are my sisters, there is my little brother Who plays in the place called Paradise, Your children all, your children for ever; But I, so …