Стихотворение английского поэта и драматурга Джона Дринкуотера (1882–1937) «Лунные яблоки» на английском языке и в двух переводах на русский язык. Moonlit Apples At the top of the house the apples are laid in rows, And the skylight lets the moonlight in, and those Apples are deep-sea apples of green. There goes A cloud on the moon in the autumn night. A mouse in the wainscot scratches, and scratches, and then There is no sound at the top of the house of men Or mice; and the cloud is blown, and the moon again Dapples the apples with deep-sea light. They … Читать далее →

A Town Window Beyond my window in the night Is but a drab inglorious street, Yet there the frost and clean starlight As over Warwick woods are sweet. Under the grey drift of the town The crocus works among the mould As eagerly as those that crown The Warwick spring in flame and gold. And when the tramway down the hill Across the cobbles moans and rings, There is about my window-sill The tumult of a thousand wings. John Drinkwater (1882–1937) Открытое окно Неосвещённый за окном проулок. Ночь. Холодный свет дрожащих звёзд над Варвик-вудс. Ни кэбов, ни прохожих нет. Меж … Читать далее →