Вдали от домa им, как мне —
Всем эмигрантом быть
И в метрополиса домах,
Возможно, легче жить
Привычку к небесам чужим
С трудом приобрели
Так лица помнятся детей,
Хотя их ноги унесли.
821
Away from Home are some and I -
An Emigrant to be
In a metropolis of Homes
Is easy possibly -
The Habit of a Foreign Sky
We - difficult acquire
As Children, who remain in Face
The more their Feet retire.
Emily Dickinson
Thomas Johnson's Note on Poem 821:
<<MANUSCRIPTS: There are three, all written probably in 1864. The poem may have been inspired in a moment of longing for home shortly after she arrived in Cambridge in late April 1864 for eye treatment. The copy reproduced above (Library of Congress) presumably was sent to Sue; it is in pencil, signed "Emily." The copy in packet 92 (Bingham 77c), the only one in ink, is identical in text.>>
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