Мэри Уортли Монтегю (Mary Wortley Montagu) Текст оригинала на английском языке On Seeing a Portrait of Sir Robert Walpole Such were the lively eyes and rosy hue Of Robin's face, when Robin first I knew; The gay companion and the fav'rite guest; Lov'd without awe, and without views caress'd; His cheerful smile, and open honest look, Added new graces to the truth he spoke. Then ev'ry man found something to commend, The pleasant neighbour and the worthy friend; The gen'rous master of a private house, The tender father and indulgent spouse. The hardest censors at the worst believ'd, His temper was too easily deceiv'd (A consequential ill good-nature draws, A bad effect, but from a noble cause). Whence, then, these clamours of a judging crowd? Suspicious, griping, insolent, and proud -- Rapacious, cruel, violent, unjust; False to his friend, and traitor to his trust? |
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