«Баллада о Молодости и Старости» английского поэта Уильяма Эрнеста Хенли (1849–1903) на английском языке с переводом на русский язык. Ballade Of Youth And Age Spring at her height on a morn at prime, Sails that laugh from a flying squall, Pomp of harmony, rapture of rhyme — Youth is the sign of them, one and all. Winter sunsets and leaves that fall, An empty flagon, a folded page, A tumble-down wheel, a tattered ball — These are a type of the world of Age. Bells that clash in a gaudy chime, Swords that clatter in onsets tall, The words that … Читать далее →

«Баллада о Мёртвых Актёрах» Уильяма Эрнеста Хенли (1849–1903) на английском языке и в двух переводах на русский язык. Аудиозапись стихотворения на английском языке. Читает Юлиана Барташ (Juliana Bartash). Ballade of Dead Actors   Where are the passions they essayed, And where the tears they made to flow? Where the wild humours they portrayed For laughing worlds to see and know? Othello’s wrath and Juliet’s woe? Sir Peter’s whims and Timon’s gall? And Millamant and Romeo? Into the night go one and all. Where are the braveries, fresh or frayed? The plumes, the armours — friend and foe? The cloth of … Читать далее →