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a dome of many-coloured glass-第5部分
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Except a sigh; as round and round
The wind rocks through the timbers old。
Below; I know the church is bright
With haloed tapers; warm with prayer;
But here I only feel the air
Of icy centuries of night。
Beneath my feet the snow is lit
And gemmed with colours; red; and blue;
Topaz; and green; where light falls through
The saints that in the windows sit。
Here darkness seems a spectred thing;
Voiceless and haunting; while the stars
Mock with a light of long dead years
The ache of present suffering。
Silent and winter…killed I stand;
No carol hymns my debt to you;
But take this frozen thought in lieu;
And thaw its music in your hand。
The Promise of the Morning Star
Thou father of the children of my brain
By thee engendered in my willing heart;
How can I thank thee for this gift of art
Poured out so lavishly; and not in vain。
What thou created never more can die;
Thy fructifying power lives in me
And I conceive; knowing it is by thee;
Dear other parent of my poetry!
For I was but a shadow with a name;
Perhaps by now the very name's forgot;
So strange is Fate that it has been my lot
To learn through thee the presence of that aim
Which evermore must guide me。 All unknown;
By me unguessed; by thee not even dreamed;
A tree has blossomed in a night that seemed
Of stubborn; barren wood。 For thou hast sown
This seed of beauty in a ground of truth。
Humbly I dedicate myself; and yet
I tremble with a sudden fear to set
New music ringing through my fading youth。
JK。 Huysmans
A flickering glimmer through a window…pane;
A dim red glare through mud bespattered glass;
Cleaving a path between blown walls of sleet
Across uneven pavements sunk in slime
To scatter and then quench itself in mist。
And struggling; slipping; often rudely hurled
Against the jutting angle of a wall;
And cursed; and reeled against; and flung aside
By drunken brawlers as they shuffled past;
A man was groping to what seemed a light。
His eyelids burnt and quivered with the strain
Of looking; and against his temples beat
The all enshrouding; suffocating dark。
He stumbled; lurched; and struck against a door
That opened; and a howl of obscene mirth
Grated his senses; wallowing on the floor
Lay men; and dogs and women in the dirt。
He sickened; loathing it; and as he gazed
The candle guttered; flared; and then went out。
Through travail of ignoble midnight streets
He came at last to shelter in a porch
Where gothic saints and warriors made a shield
To cover him; and tortured gargoyles spat
One long continuous stream of silver rain
That clattered down from myriad roofs and spires
Into a darkness; loud with rushing sound
Of water falling; gurgling as it fell;
But always thickly dark。 Then as he leaned
Unconscious where; the great oak door blew back
And cast him; bruised and dripping; in the church。
His eyes from long sojourning in the night
Were blinded now as by some glorious sun;
He slowly crawled toward the altar steps。
He could not think; for heavy in his ears
An organ boomed majestic harmonies;
He only knew that what he saw was light!
He bowed himself before a cross of flame
And shut his eyes in fear lest it should fade。
March Evening
Blue through the window burns the twilight;
Heavy; through trees; blows the warm south wind。
Glistening; against the chill; gray sky light;
Wet; black branches are barred and entwined。
Sodden and spongy; the scarce…green grass plot
Dents into pools where a foot has been。
Puddles lie spilt in the road a mass; not
Of water; but steel; with its cold; hard sheen。
Faint fades the fire on the hearth; its embers
Scattering wide at a stronger gust。
Above; the old weathercock groans; but remembers
Creaking; to turn; in its centuried rust。
Dying; forlorn; in dreary sorrow;
Wrapping the mists round her withering form;
Day sinks down; and in darkness to…morrow
Travails to birth in the womb of the storm。
Sonnets
Leisure
Leisure; thou goddess of a bygone age;
When hours were long and days sufficed to hold
Wide…eyed delights and pleasures uncontrolled
By shortening moments; when no gaunt presage
Of undone duties; modern heritage;
Haunted our happy minds; must thou withhold
Thy presence from this over…busy world;
And bearing silence with thee disengage
Our twined fortunes? Deeps of unhewn woods
Alone can cherish thee; alone possess
Thy quiet; teeming vigor。 This our crime:
Not to have worshipped; marred by alien moods
That sole condition of all loveliness;
The dreaming lapse of slow; unmeasured time。
On Carpaccio's Picture: The Dream of St。 Ursula
Swept; clean; and still; across the polished floor
From some unshuttered casement; hid from sight;
The level sunshine slants; its greater light
Quenching the little lamp which pallid; poor;
Flickering; unreplenished; at the door
Has striven against darkness the long night。
Dawn fills the room; and penetrating; bright;
The silent sunbeams through the window pour。
And she lies sleeping; ignorant of Fate;
Enmeshed in listless dreams; her soul not yet
Ripened to bear the purport of this day。
The morning breeze scarce stirs the coverlet;
A shadow falls across the sunlight; wait!
A lark is singing as he flies away。
The Matrix
Goaded and harassed in the factory
That tears our life up into bits of days
Ticked off upon a clock which never stays;
Shredding our portion of Eternity;
We break away at last; and steal the key
Which hides a world empty of hours; ways
Of space unroll; and Heaven overlays
The leafy; sun…lit earth of Fantasy。
Beyond the ilex shadow glares the sun;
Scorching against the blue flame of the sky。
Brown lily…pads lie heavy and supine
Within a granite basin; under one
The bronze…gold glimmer of a carp; and I
Reach out my hand and pluck a nectarine。
Monadnock in Early Spring
Cloud…topped and splendid; dominating all
The little lesser hills which compass thee;
Thou standest; bright with April's buoyancy;
Yet holding Winter in some shaded wall
Of stern; steep rock; and startled by the call
Of Spring; thy trees flush with expectancy
And cast a cloud of crimson; silently;
Above thy snowy crevices where fall
Pale shrivelled oak leaves; while the snow beneath
Melts at their phantom touch。 Another year
Is quick with import。 Such each year has been。
Unmoved thou watchest all; and all bequeath
Some jewel to thy diadem of power;
Thou pledge of greater majesty unseen。
The Little Garden
A little garden on a bleak hillside
Where deep the heavy; dazzling mountain snow
Lies far into the spring。 The sun's pale glow
Is scarcely able to melt patches wide
About the single rose bush。 All denied
Of nature's tender ministries。 But no;
For wonder…working faith has made it blow
With flowers many hued and starry…eyed。
Here sleeps the sun long; idle summer hours;
Here butterflies and bees fare far to rove
Amid the crumpled leaves of poppy flowers;
Here four o'clocks; to the passionate night above
Fling whiffs of perfume; like pale incense showers。
A little garden; loved with a great love!
To an Early Daffodil
Thou yellow trumpeter of laggard Spring!
Thou herald of rich Summer's myriad flowers!
The climbing sun with new recovered powers
Does warm thee into being; through the ring
Of rich; brown earth he woos thee; makes thee fling
Thy green shoots up; inheriting the dowers
Of bending sky and sudden; sweeping showers;
Till ripe and blossoming thou art a thing
To make all nature glad; thou art so gay;
To fill the lonely with a joy untold;
Nodding at every gust of wind to…day;
To…morrow jewelled with raindrops。 Always bold
To stand erect; full in the dazzling play
Of April's sun; for thou hast caught his gold。
Listening
'T is you that are the music; not your song。
The song is but a door which; opening wide;
Lets forth the pent…up melody inside;
Your spirit's harmony; which clear and strong
Sings but of you。 Throughout your whole life long
Your songs; your thoughts; your doings; each divide
This perfect beauty; waves within a tide;
Or single notes amid a glorious throng。
The song of earth has many different chords;
Ocean has many moods and many tones
Yet always ocean。 In the damp Spring woods
The painted trillium smiles; while crisp pine cones
Autumn alone can ripen。 So is this
One music with a thousand cadences。
The Lamp of Life
Always we are following a light;
Always the light recedes; with groping hands
We stretch toward this glory; while the lands
We journey through are hidden from our sight
Dim and mysterious; folded deep in night;
We care not; all our utmost need demands
Is but the light; the light! So still it stands
Surely our own if we exert our might。
Fool! Never can'st thou grasp this fleeting gleam;
Its glowing flame would die if it were caught;
Its value is that it doth always seem
But just a little farther on。 Distraught;
But lighted ever onward; we are brought
Upon our way unknowing; in a dream。
Hero…Worship
A face seen passing in a crowded street;
A voice heard singing music; large and free;
And from that moment life is changed; and we
Become of more heroic temper; meet
To freely ask and give; a man complete
Radiant because of faith; we dare to be
What Nature meant us。 Brave idolatry
Which can conceive a hero! No deceit;
No knowledge taught by unrelenting yea
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