Amy Lowell (Эми Лоуэлл)

Stupidity

Dearest, forgive that with my clumsy touch
I broke and bruised your rose.
I hardly could suppose
It were a thing so fragile that my clutch
Could kill it, thus.
It stood so proudly up upon its stem,
I knew no thought of fear,
And coming very near
Fell, overbalanced, to your garment’s hem,
Tearing it down.
Now, stooping, I upgather, one by one,
The crimson petals, all
Outspread about my fall.
They hold their fragrance still, a blood-red cone
Of memory.
And with my words I carve a little jar
To keep their scented dust,
Which, opening, you must
Breathe to your soul, and, breathing, know me far
More grieved than you.

1. At Night
2. Storm-Racked
3. Petals
4. In Answer to a Request
5. Sancta Maria, Succurre Miseris

Robert Service (Роберт Сервис) Stupidity ("Stupidity, woe's anodyne")

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