На предполагаемое путешествие короля Георга IV в Ганновер (Перевод)

To operas and balls my cousins take me, And fond of plays my new-made friend would make me. In summer season, when the days are fair, In my godmother's coach I take the air.…

"Tell me, would you rather be Changed by a fairy to the fine Young orphan heiress Geraldine, Or still be Emily?"Consider, ere you answer me,…

"Your prayers you have said, and you've wished good night: What cause is there yet keeps my darling awake? This throb in your bosom proclaims some affright Disturbs your composure. Can innocence quake?"Why thus do you cling to my neck, and enfold me,…

When I the memory repeat Of the heroic actions great, Which, in contempt of pain and death, Were done by men who drew their breath…

Dear Sir, Dear Madam, or Dear Friend, With ease are written at the top; When those two happy words are penned, A youthful writer oft will stop,And bite his pen, and lift his eyes…

In a stage-coach, where late I chanced to be, A little quiet girl my notice caught; I saw she looked at nothing by the way, Her mind seemed busy on some childish thought.I with an old man's courtesy addressed…

Лорд Нельсон однорук, но он – гроза морей. Ничтожен перед ним сторукий Бриарей!© Перевод Евг. Фельдмана 1.06.2007 Все переводы Евгения Фельдмана