Лучшие книги Фредерика Мэннинга

Перед вами самая страшная, самая жестокая, самая бескомпромиссная книга о Первой мировой войне. Книга, каждое слово в которой — правда. Фредерик Мэннинг (1882–1935) родился в Австралии и довольно рано прославился как поэт, а в 1903 году переехал в Англию. Мэннинг с детства отличался слабым здоровьем и неукротимым духом, поэтому с началом Первой мировой войны…

Excerpt from Eidola

Eidola

The Choosers

O ye! Fragile, tremulous
Haunters of the deep glades,
Whose fingers part the leaves
Of beech and aspen ere ye slip thro',
Shall I see ye again?

Men have said unto me:
These are but flying lights and shadows,
Light on the beech-boles, clouds shadowing the corn-fields.
The wind in the flame of birches in autumn,
Wind shadowing the clear pools.
But ye cried, laughing, down the wind:
Men are but shadows, but a vain breath!

So here cometh unto me
That cry from the rejoicing air:

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