Oscar Wilde (Оскар Уайльд)

A Villanelle

O singer of Persephone!
In the dim meadows desolate
Dost thou remember Sicily?

Still through the ivy flits the bee
Where Amaryllis lies in state;
O Singer of Persephone!

Simaetha calls on Hecate
And hears the wild dogs at the gate;
Dost thou remember Sicily?

Still by the light and laughing sea
Poor Polypheme bemoans his fate;
O Singer of Persephone!

And still in boyish rivalry
Young Daphnis challenges his mate;
Dost thou remember Sicily?

Slim Lacon keeps a goat for thee,
For thee the jocund shepherds wait;
O Singer of Persephone!
Dost thou remember Sicily? 

1. Ave Maria Gratia Plena • Ave Maria Gratia Plena
2. Humanitad (Во человечестве) • Humanitad
3. Увы! • Hélas!
4. Цветок любви • Flower of Love
5. Le Reveillon

Распечатать (To print)

Количество обращений к стихотворению: 2622

Последние стихотворения

To English version