Robert Louis Stevenson

THE tropics vanish, and meseems that I,
From Halkerside, from topmost Allermuir,
Or steep Caerketton, dreaming gaze again.
Far set in fields and woods, the town I see…

I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me,
And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.
He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head;
And I see him jump before me, when I jump into my bed.

All around the house is the jet-black night;
It stares through the window-pane;
It crawls in the corners, hiding from the light,
And it moves with the moving flame.Now my little heart goes a beating like a drum,…

All the names I know from nurse:
Gardener's garters,
Shepherd's purse,
Bachelor's buttons,

THEY tell me, lady, that to-day
On that unknown Australian strand -
Some time ago, so far away -
Another lady joined the band.…

UP with the sun, the breeze arose,
Across the talking corn she goes,
And smooth she rustles far and wide
Through all the voiceful countryside.Through all the land her tale she tells;…

(To an air of Diabelli)BERRIED brake and reedy island,
Heaven below, and only heaven above,
Through the sky's inverted azure
Softly swam the boat that bore our love.…

ONCE only by the garden gate
Our lips we joined and parted.
I must fulfil an empty fate
And travel the uncharted.Hail and farewell! I must arise,…

Ты поднял змея в облака,
Ты птиц пригнал издалека,
Ты мчался, лёгкий и живой,
И на лугу шуршал травой.…

With caws and chirrupings, the woods
In this thin sun rejoice.
The Psalm seems but the little kirk
That sings with its own voice.The cloud-rifts share their amber light…

Мимо окошка слева направо
Мчатся заборы, мчатся канавы.
Громко мыча, разбегается стадо,
Словно из битвы остатки отряда.…

What are you able to build with your blocks?
Castles and palaces, temples and docks.
Rain may keep raining, and others go roam,
But I can be happy and building at home.Let the sofa be mountains, the carpet be sea,…

We see you as we see a face
That trembles in a forest place
Upon the mirror of a pool
Forever quiet, clear and cool;…

IN rigorous hours, when down the iron lane
The redbreast looks in vain
For hips and haws,
Lo, shining flowers upon my window-pane…

The world is so full of a number of things,
I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings.

These nuts, that I keep in the back of the nest,
Where all my tin soldiers are lying at rest,
Were gathered in Autumn by nursie and me
In a wood with a well by the side of the sea.This whistle we made (and how clearly it sounds!)…

Садовник наш угрюм на вид,
Сходить с дорожки не велит.
Свой заступ, тачку и совок
Он убирает под замок.Он ходит там, где в длинный ряд…

Играешь один, сам с собою – и вдруг
С тобой на лугу и напарник, и друг.
Но кто он, скажите, какой он на вид?
К тебе Невидимка из лесу спешит.Не слышно, не видно нигде никого,…

Я всё съедаю за столом,
Молюсь усердно перед сном.
И каждый день, примерный сын,
Я получаю апельсин.Но где-то мальчик есть другой –…

A Galloway LegendFrom the bonny bells of heather
They brewed a drink long-syne,
Was sweeter far than honey,
Was stronger far than wine.…

AT last she comes, O never more
In this dear patience of my pain
To leave me lonely as before,
Or leave my soul alone again.

THIS girl was sweeter than the song of swans,
And daintier than the lamb upon the lawns
Or Curine oyster. She, the flower of girls,
Outshone the light of Erythraean pearls;…

Children, you are very little,
And your bones are very brittle;
If you would grow great and stately,
You must try to walk sedately.You must still be bright and quiet,…

LET now your soul in this substantial world
Some anchor strike. Be here the body moored; -
This spectacle immutably from now
The picture in your eye; and when time strikes,…