Edna St. Vincent Millay

Эдна Сент-Винсент МиллейЭдна Сент-Винсент Миллей (Edna St. Vincent Millay, 1892—1950) – поэтесса, получившая Пулитцеровскую премию; одна из самых знаменитых поэтов США XX века. Классическая по форме (преимущественно, сонеты), глубокая и необыкновенно смелая по содержанию, любовная и философская лирика Э. Миллей завоевала ей славу уже при жизни.

Edna St. Vincent Millay «Love is Not All»

Tania-Soleil Journal Опубликовано автором

Love is Not All (Sonnet XXX) Love is not all: it is not meat nor drink Nor slumber nor a roof against the rain; Nor yet a floating spar to men that sink And rise and sink and rise and sink again; Love can not fill the thickened lung with breath, Nor clean the blood, nor set the fractured bone; Yet many a man is making friends with death Even as I speak, for lack of love alone. It well may be that in a difficult hour, Pinned down by pain and moaning for release, Or nagged by want past … Читать далее →

Edna St. Vincent Millay «Recuerdo»

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Стихотворение на английском языке. Читает автор. Recuerdo We were very tired, we were very merry— We had gone back and forth all night on the ferry. It was bare and bright, and smelled like a stable— But we looked into a fire, we leaned across a table, We lay on a hill-top underneath the moon; And the whistles kept blowing, and the dawn came soon. We were very tired, we were very merry— We had gone back and forth all night on the ferry; And you ate an apple, and I ate a pear, From a dozen of each we … Читать далее →