The Pearls of English Poetry

The Pearls of English Poetry

Poetry has always been one of the most favorite

kinds of literature in England

Poetry was and still is an important part of British culture and a sense of nationhood .

Robert Burns

25.01.1759-21.07.1796

• the national poet of Scotland
• the national poet of
• Scotland

Robert Burns was born on January 25, 1759

the first of William and Agnes Burns’

seven children. From an early age

Robert had to help his father on their small farm

Ayrshire in south-west Scotland

Перевод С.Я. Маршака :

Улыбались три смелых девицы

На спине у бенгальской тигрицы.

Теперь же все три –

У тигрицы внутри,

А улыбка – на морде тигрицы

Scotland

Robert Burns

glorified

true love

and friendship.

Robert Burns. My Heart s in the Highlands                   My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here          My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer,          A-chasing the wild deer and following the roe -           My heart's in the Highlands, wherever I go.                 Farewell to the Highlands, farewell to the North,        The birth-place of valour, the country of worth!          Wherever I wander, wherever I rove,                            The hills of the Highlands for ever I love.                      Farewell to the mountains high-covered with snow,    Farewell to the straths and green valleys below,           Farewell to the forests and wild hanging woods,          Farewell to the torrents and loud-pouring floods!        My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here        My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer,        A-chasing the wild deer and following the roe -          My heart's in the Highlands, wherever I go.                    

Разжав младенческий кулак,

Гадалка говорила так:

- Мальчишка будет не дурак.

Пускай зовется Робин!

Немало ждет его обид,

Но сердцем все он победит.

Парнишка будет знаменит,

Семью прославит Робин .

Burns Night

Burns Night is annually celebrated in Scotland on or around January 25. It commemorates the life of the bard (poet) Robert Burns, who was born on January 25, 1759. The day also celebrates Burns' contribution to Scottish culture. Burns' best known work is "Auld Lang Syne".

The translations of Burns’ poems

were made by many people,

but the most successful and

lively of them are those made

by S. Marshak

Rudyard Kipling

1865-1936

William Shakespeare. The greatest English poet and playwright .

Lord George Gordon Byron

1788-1824