Стихотворение английского поэта Уильяма Эрнеста Хенли (1849–1903) «Вид из окна на Принцесс-стрит» на английском языке с переводом на русский язык. From a Window in Princes Street Above the Crags that fade and gloom Starts the bare knee of Arthur’s Seat; Ridged high against the evening bloom, The Old Town rises, street on street; With lamps bejewelled, straight ahead, Like rampired walls the houses lean, All spired and domed and turreted, Sheer to the valley’s darkling green; Ranged in mysterious disarray, The Castle, menacing and austere, Looms through the lingering last of day; And in the silver dusk you hear,William Ernest … Читать далее →

A New Song to an Old Tune SONS of Shannon, Tamar, Trent, Men of the Lothians, Men of Kent, Essex, Wessex, shore and shire, Mates of the net, the mine, the fire, Lads of the wheel and desk and loom, Noble and trader, squire and groom, Come where the bugles of England play, «Over the hills and far away!» Southern Cross and Polar Star — Here are the Britons bred afar; Serry, O serry them, fierce and keen, Under the flag of the Empress-Queen; Shoulder to shoulder down the track, Where, to the unretreating Jack, The victor bugles of England … Читать далее →

«Invictus» — наиболее известное стихотворение английского поэта Уильяма Эрнста Хенли, написанное в 1875 году. Впервые было опубликовано в 1888 году в авторском сборнике «Книга стихов». Invictus* Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed. Beyond this place of wrath and tears Looms but the Horror of the shade, And yet the menace of the years Finds and shall find … Читать далее →