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a dome of many-coloured glass-第4部分

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 Their cargo the rainbow; and just now where

 The sun splashed bright on the road ahead

A startled rabbit quivered and fled。

 O Uphill roads and roads that dip down!

You curl your sun…spattered length along;

 And your march is beaten into a song

By the softly ringing hoofs of a horse

 And the panting breath of the dogs I love。

The pageant of Autumn follows its course

 And the blue sky of Autumn laughs above。



And the song and the country become as one;

 I see it as music; I hear it as light;

Prismatic and shimmering; trembling to tone;

 The land of desire; my soul's delight。

And always it beats in my listening ears

 With the gentle thud of a horse's stride;

With the swift…falling steps of many dogs;

 Following; following at my side。

O Roads that journey to fairyland!

 Radiant highways whose vistas gleam;

Leading me on; under crimson leaves;

 To the opaline gates of the Castles of Dream。









Teatro Bambino。  Dublin; N。 H。







How still it is!  Sunshine itself here falls

 In quiet shafts of light through the high trees

Which; arching; make a roof above the walls

 Changing from sun to shadow as each breeze

Lingers a moment; charmed by the strange sight

Of an Italian theatre; storied; seer

 Of vague romance; and time's long history;

Where tiers of grass…grown seats sprinkled with white;

 Sweet…scented clover; form a broken sphere

 Grouped round the stage in hushed expectancy。



What sound is that which echoes through the wood?

 Is it the reedy note of an oaten pipe?

Perchance a minute more will see the brood

 Of the shaggy forest god; and on his lip

Will rest the rushes he is wont to play。

 His train in woven baskets bear ripe fruit

 And weave a dance with ropes of gray acorns;

So light their touch the grasses scarcely sway

 As they the measure tread to the lilting flute。

 Alas! 't is only Fancy thus adorns。



A cloud drifts idly over the shining sun。

 How damp it seems; how silent; still; and strange!

Surely 't was here some tragedy was done;

 And here the chorus sang each coming change?

Sure this is deep in some sweet; southern wood;

 These are not pines; but cypress tall and dark;

 That is no thrush which sings so rapturously;

But the nightingale in his most passionate mood

 Bursting his little heart with anguish。  Hark!

 The tread of sandalled feet comes noiselessly。



The silence almost is a sound; and dreams

 Take on the semblances of finite things;

So potent is the spell that what but seems

 Elsewhere; is lifted here on Fancy's wings。

The little woodland theatre seems to wait;

 All tremulous with hope and wistful joy;

 For something that is sure to come at last;

Some deep emotion; satisfying; great。

 It grows a living presence; bold and shy;

 Cradling the future in a glorious past。









The Road to Avignon







A Minstrel stands on a marble stair;

Blown by the bright wind; debonair;

Below lies the sea; a sapphire floor;

Above on the terrace a turret door

Frames a lady; listless and wan;

But fair for the eye to rest upon。

The minstrel plucks at his silver strings;

And looking up to the lady; sings: 

   Down the road to Avignon;

   The long; long road to Avignon;

   Across the bridge to Avignon;

   One morning in the spring。



The octagon tower casts a shade

Cool and gray like a cutlass blade;

In sun…baked vines the cicalas spin;

The little green lizards run out and in。

A sail dips over the ocean's rim;

And bubbles rise to the fountain's brim。

The minstrel touches his silver strings;

And gazing up to the lady; sings: 

   Down the road to Avignon;

   The long; long road to Avignon;

   Across the bridge to Avignon;

   One morning in the spring。



Slowly she walks to the balustrade;

Idly notes how the blossoms fade

In the sun's caress; then crosses where

The shadow shelters a carven chair。

Within its curve; supine she lies;

And wearily closes her tired eyes。

The minstrel beseeches his silver strings;

And holding the lady spellbound; sings: 

   Down the road to Avignon;

   The long; long road to Avignon;

   Across the bridge to Avignon;

   One morning in the spring。



Clouds sail over the distant trees;

Petals are shaken down by the breeze;

They fall on the terrace tiles like snow;

The sighing of waves sounds; far below。

A humming…bird kisses the lips of a rose

Then laden with honey and love he goes。

The minstrel woos with his silver strings;

And climbing up to the lady; sings: 

   Down the road to Avignon;

   The long; long road to Avignon;

   Across the bridge to Avignon;

   One morning in the spring。



Step by step; and he comes to her;

Fearful lest she suddenly stir。

Sunshine and silence; and each to each;

The lute and his singing their only speech;

He leans above her; her eyes unclose;

The humming…bird enters another rose。

The minstrel hushes his silver strings。

Hark!  The beating of humming…birds' wings!

   Down the road to Avignon;

   The long; long road to Avignon;

   Across the bridge to Avignon;

   One morning in the spring。









New York at Night







A near horizon whose sharp jags

 Cut brutally into a sky

Of leaden heaviness; and crags

Of houses lift their masonry

 Ugly and foul; and chimneys lie

And snort; outlined against the gray

 Of lowhung cloud。  I hear the sigh

The goaded city gives; not day

Nor night can ease her heart; her anguished labours stay。



Below; straight streets; monotonous;

 From north and south; from east and west;

Stretch glittering; and luminous

 Above; one tower tops the rest

 And holds aloft man's constant quest:

Time!  Joyless emblem of the greed

 Of millions; robber of the best

Which earth can give; the vulgar creed

Has seared upon the night its flaming ruthless screed。



O Night!  Whose soothing presence brings

 The quiet shining of the stars。

O Night!  Whose cloak of darkness clings

 So intimately close that scars

 Are hid from our own eyes。  Beggars

By day; our wealth is having night

 To burn our souls before altars

Dim and tree…shadowed; where the light

Is shed from a young moon; mysteriously bright。



Where art thou hiding; where thy peace?

 This is the hour; but thou art not。

Will waking tumult never cease?

 Hast thou thy votary forgot?

 Nature forsakes this man…begot

And festering wilderness; and now

 The long still hours are here; no jot

Of dear communing do I know;

Instead the glaring; man…filled city groans below!









A Fairy Tale







On winter nights beside the nursery fire

We read the fairy tale; while glowing coals

Builded its pictures。  There before our eyes

We saw the vaulted hall of traceried stone

Uprear itself; the distant ceiling hung

With pendent stalactites like frozen vines;

And all along the walls at intervals;

Curled upwards into pillars; roses climbed;

And ramped and were confined; and clustered leaves

Divided where there peered a laughing face。

The foliage seemed to rustle in the wind;

A silent murmur; carved in still; gray stone。

High pointed windows pierced the southern wall

Whence proud escutcheons flung prismatic fires

To stain the tessellated marble floor

With pools of red; and quivering green; and blue;

And in the shade beyond the further door;

Its sober squares of black and white were hid

Beneath a restless; shuffling; wide…eyed mob

Of lackeys and retainers come to view

The Christening。

A sudden blare of trumpets; and the throng

About the entrance parted as the guests

Filed singly in with rare and precious gifts。

Our eager fancies noted all they brought;

The glorious; unattainable delights!

But always there was one unbidden guest

Who cursed the child and left it bitterness。



The fire falls asunder; all is changed;

I am no more a child; and what I see

Is not a fairy tale; but life; my life。

The gifts are there; the many pleasant things:

Health; wealth; long…settled friendships; with a name

Which honors all who bear it; and the power

Of making words obedient。  This is much;

But overshadowing all is still the curse;

That never shall I be fulfilled by love!

Along the parching highroad of the world

No other soul shall bear mine company。

Always shall I be teased with semblances;

With cruel impostures; which I trust awhile

Then dash to pieces; as a careless boy

Flings a kaleidoscope; which shattering

Strews all the ground about with coloured sherds。

So I behold my visions on the ground

No longer radiant; an ignoble heap

Of broken; dusty glass。  And so; unlit;

Even by hope or faith; my dragging steps

Force me forever through the passing days。









Crowned







You came to me bearing bright roses;

 Red like the wine of your heart;

You twisted them into a garland

 To set me aside from the mart。

Red roses to crown me your lover;

 And I walked aureoled and apart。



Enslaved and encircled; I bore it;

 Proud token of my gift to you。

The petals waned paler; and shriveled;

 And dropped; and the thorns started through。

Bitter thorns to proclaim me your lover;

 A diadem woven with rue。









To Elizabeth Ward Perkins







Dear Bessie; would my tired rhyme

 Had force to rise from apathy;

 And shaking off its lethargy

Ring word…tones like a Christmas chime。



But in my soul's high belfry; chill

 The bitter wind of doubt has blown;

 The summer swallows all have flown;

The bells are frost…bound; mute and still。



Upon the crumbling boards the snow

 Has drifted deep; the clappers hang

 Prismed with icicles; their clang

Unheard since ages long ago。



The rope I pull is stiff and cold;

 My straining ears detect no sound

 Except a sigh; as round and round

The wind rocks through the timbers old。



Below; I know the church is bright

 With halo
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