Эмили Э. Дикинсон. Не знав, когда придёт расcвет
Все Двери распахну,
Иль Птица в опереньи он,
Иль Волны на Брегу —
1619
Not knowing when the Dawn will come,
I open every Door,
Or has it Feathers, like a Bird,
Or Billows like a Shore —
Emily Dickinson
Примечание
1. Стихотворение 1884 года послано в письме Хиггинсону в 1886 году и связано со смертью подруги Эмили — Хелен Джексон(Helen Hunt Jackson) (October 15, 1830 - August 12, 1885). В первой строке она написала: "Not knowing when Herself may come".
2. Thomas Johnson's Note on Poem 1619
MANUSCRIPT: There are three drafts, two written about 1884, and a third (variant) two years later. The fair copy written in 1884 (Bingham 98-3-l9) is reproduced above. The worksheet draft (Bingham 98-3-20), written at the same time, is jotted down with no attempt at line arrangement. There is a dash after "come" and "Shore"; it is otherwise identical with the fair copy above.
The later variant is incorporated in a letter (BPL Higg l0l) written to T. W. Higginson in early spring 1886. She has been commenting in the letter about her shock and grief over the death of Helen Hunt Jackson; she describes her final meeting with Mrs. Jackson. and these lines follow.
Стихи.ру 13 октября 2013 года
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