Я слышал русалочьи песни и вой океанских глубин
И, парусом правя, немало диковинных стран повидал.
И всё же гораздо приятней всех виденных мною картин
Твой взгляд, твои косы, твой голос и губ твоих нежный овал.
Beauty
I HAVE seen dawn and sunset on moors and windy hills
Coming in solemn beauty like slow old tunes of Spain:
I have seen the lady April bringing the daffodils,
Bringing the springing grass and the soft warm April rain.
I have heard the song of the blossoms and the old chant of the sea,
And seen strange lands from under the arched white sails of ships;
But the loveliest thing of beauty God ever has shown to me,
Are her voice, and her hair, and eyes, and the dear red curve of her lips.