Arthur Conan Doyle

I am not blind - I understand;
I see him loyal, good, and wise,
I feel decision in his hand,
I read his honour in his eyes.…

Скакал на охоту хозяин
Под небом осенним и мглистым,
Скакал он вьючной тропою,
Скакал он с пеньем и свистом.…

В комнатке, мне перешедшей в наследство,
Мне, исключительно мне одному,
Годы терплю я чужое соседство,
Годы чужую терплю кутерьму…

With acknowledgment to my friend Sir A. Quiller-Couch.'Twas in the shadowy gloaming
Of a cold and wet March day,
That a wanderer came roaming
From countries far away.Scant raiment had he round him,…

Little boy Love drew his bow at a chance,
Shooting down at the ballroom floor;
He hit an old chaperone watching the dance,
And oh! but he wounded her sore.…

"The army swore terribly in Flanders."Uncle Toby.What do the soldiers say?
"Dam! Dam! Dam!
I don't mind cold, I don't mind heat,
Over the top for a Sunday treat,…

Бáрроу слышит от Поля Лерóя:
— Узкая брешь не задержит героя.
Двинемте дружно,
Двинемте — нужно! —…

What marks the frontier line?
Thou man of India, say!
Is it the Himalayas sheer,
The rocks and valleys of Cashmere,…

The franklin he hath gone to roam,
The franklin's maid she bides at home;
But she is cold, and coy, and staid,
And who may win the franklin's maid?There came a knight of high renown…

Велосипедов дребезжание,
И сельский дом, и чаепитие,
Прогулки по холмам, где хочется
Как можно дольше длить событие.Езда вкруг озера по вереску,…

Д у ш а — Т е л уКак жаль, дружище! Близок твой каюк.
А сколь же славно жили мы сам-друг,
Трудясь, тревожась, радуясь, резвясь…
Пора, увы, расторгнуть нашу связь.…

You can read their names in the list of games
In the school of long ago.
Henderson A. and Wilson J.
And Marriott W. O.They ragged and fought as schoolboys ought,…

Squire wants the bay horse,
For it is the best.
Squire holds the mortgage;
Where's the interest?…

О судари, не спится мне в гробу,
В могиле подле Эйвонских брегов, –
Зане глаголют некие глупцы,
Преизощренные в ученой лжи,…

The Farmer in the morning
Stood with slanted head,
In the wintry dawning
By the milking-shed;…

Сквайр забрать гнедого
Моего конька
За долги грозится –
Больно велика…

Haig is moving!
Three plain words are all that matter,
Mid the gossip and the chatter,
Hopes in speeches, fears in papers,…

"Tell me what to get and I will get it."
"Then get that picture — that — the girl in white."
"Now tell me where you wish that I should set it."
"Lean it where I can see it — in the light.""If there is more, sir, you have but to say it."…

Pennarby shaft is dark and steep,
Eight foot wide, eight hundred deep.
Stout the bucket and tough the cord,
Strong as the arm of Winchman Ford.…

Who carries the gun?
A lad from over the Tweed.
Then let him go, for well we know
He comes of a soldier breed.…

Horses go down the dingy lane,
But never a horse comes up again.
The greasy yard where the red hides lie
Marks the place where the horses die.Wheat was sinking year by year,…

They recruited William Evans
From the ploughtail and the spade;
Ten years' service in the Devons
Left him smart as they are made.Thirty or a trifle older,…

Faith may break on reason,
Faith may prove a treason
To that highest gift
That is granted by Thy grace;…

Christopher Davis was up upon Mavis
And Sammy MacGregor on Flo,
Jo Chauncy rode Spider, the rankest outsider,
But HE’D make a wooden horse go.…