„Phyllida and Corydon” de Nicholas Breton
In the merry month of May, In a morn by break of day Forth I walk’d by the woodside Whenas May was in his pride; There I spyed all alone, Phyllida and Corydon. Much ado there was, God …
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„Description of Spring” de Henry Howard
The soote season, that bud and bloom forth brings, With green hath clad the hill and eke the vale: The nightingale with feathers new she sings; The turtle to her make hath told her tale. Summer is come, …
„To His Lute” de Thomas Wyatt
My lute, awake! perform the last Labour that thou and I shall waste, And end that I have now begun; For when this song is said and past, My lute, be still, for I have done. Lăută, haide …
„Chevy Chase” de Geoffrey Chaucer
The Percy out of Northumberland, An avow to God made he That he would hunt in the mountains Of Cheviot within days three, In the maugre of doughty Douglas, And all that e’er with him be. Sir Percy …
„I Have a Young Sister”
I have a yong suster Fer beyonden the se, Many be the drowryes That she sente me. Am, hăt peste mare, O soră, şi-ades Simboluri de dragoste Ea mi-a trimes.
„Lack of Steadfastness” de Geoffrey Chaucer
Once this world was so steadfast and so stable That a man’s word was his obligation, And now it is so false and mutable, That word and deed, in their conclusion, Are unalike, for so turned upside down …
„When Earth’s Last Picture Is Painted” de Rudyard Kipling
When Earth's last picture is painted and the tubes are twisted and dried, When the oldest colours have faded, and the youngest critic has died, We shall rest, and, faith, we shall need it - lie down for …
„Winter Nightfall” de Robert Bridges
The day begins to droop,— Its course is done: But nothing tells the place Of the setting sun. Ziua s-a dus, - umbrele au prins Să se pogoare; Nici nu mai licăre urma Stinsului soare. The hazy darkness …
„London Snow” de Robert Bridges
When men were all asleep the snow came flying, In large white flakes falling on the city brown, Stealthily and perpetually settling and loosely lying, Hushing the latest traffic of the drowsy town; Deadening, muffling, stifling its murmurs …
„Theory” de Dorothy Parker
Into love and out again, Thus I went, and thus I go. Spare your voice, and hold your pen- Well and bitterly I know All the songs were ever sung, All the words were ever said; Could it …
„My Sweetest Lesbia” de Thomas Campion
My sweetest Lesbia, let us live and love, And though the sager sort our deeds reprove, Let us not weigh them. Heaven’s great lamps do dive Into their west, and straight again revive, But soon as once set …
„Heaven-Haven” de Gerard Manley Hopkins
A nun takes the veil. O tânără se călugăreşte. I have desired to go Where springs not fail, To fields where flies no sharp and sided hail And a few lilies blow. Să merg, dintotdeauna mi-am visat, pe …
„As Kingfishers Catch Fire” de Gerard Manley Hopkins
As kingfishers catch fire, dragonflies draw flame; As tumbled over rim in roundy wells Stones ring; like each tucked string tells, each hung bell's Bow swung finds tongue to fling out broad its name; Each mortal thing does …
„The Alchemist in the City” de Gerard Manley Hopkins
My window shews the travelling clouds, Leaves spent, new seasons, alter'd sky, The making and the melting crowds: The whole world passes; I stand by. Nori peregrini mi-arată fereastra imobilă, veştede frunze, tot alte anotimpuri, cer nestatornic, mulţime …
„Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night” de Dylan Thomas
Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Lin în noaptea asta bună nu te-ndepărta, În groapa zilei vârsta veche …
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„Fra Lippo Lippi” de Robert Browning
I am poor brother Lippo, by your leave! You need not clap your torches to my face. Zooks, what‘s to blame? you think you see a monk! What, 'tis past midnight, and you go the rounds, And here …
„God’s Grandeur” de Gerard Manley Hopkins
The world is charged with the grandeur of God. It will flame out, like shining from shook foil; It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod? …
„When You Are Old” de William Butler Yeats
When you are old and grey and full of sleep, And nodding by the fire, take down this book, And slowly read, and dream of the soft look Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep; Când …
„Impression De Voyage” de Oscar Wilde
The sea was sapphire colored, and the sky Burned like a heated opal through the air, We hoisted sail; the wind was blowing fair For the blue lands that to the eastward lie. From the steep prow I …