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dramatic lyrics-第13部分

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  Put gently by such efforts at a beam?



Is the remainder of the way so long;



Thou need'st the little solace; thou the strong



  Watch out thy watch; let weak ones doze and dream!







XII。







…Ah; but the fresher faces! ‘‘Is it true;''



Thou'lt ask; ‘‘some eyes are beautiful and new?



  ‘‘Some hair;…how can one choose but grasp such wealth?



‘‘And if a man would press his lips to lips



‘‘Fresh as the wilding hedge…rose…cup there slips



  ‘‘The dew…drop out of; must it be by stealth?







XIII。







‘‘It cannot change the love still kept for Her;



‘‘More than if such a picture I prefer



  ‘‘Passing a day with; to a room's bare side:



The painted form takes nothing she possessed;



Yet; while the Titian's Venus lies at rest;



  A man looks。 Once more; what is there to chide?''







XIV。







So must I see; from where I sit and watch;



My own self sell myself; my hand attach



  Its warrant to the very thefts from me…



Thy singleness of soul that made me proud;



Thy purity of heart I loved aloud;



  Thy man's…truth I was bold to bid God see!







XV。







Love so; then; if thou wilt! Give all thou canst



Away to the new faces…disentranced;



  (Say it and think it) obdurate no more:



Re…issue looks and words from the old mint;



Pass them afresh; no matter whose the print



  Image and superscription once they bore







XVI。







Re…coin thyself and give it them to spend;…



It all comes to the same thing at the end;



  Since mine thou wast; mine art and mine shalt be;



Faithful or faithless; scaling up the sum



Or lavish of my treasure; thou must come



  Back to the heart's place here I keep for thee!







XVII。







Only; why should it be with stain at all?



Why must I; 'twixt the leaves of coronal;



  Put any kiss of pardon on thy brow?



Why need the other women know so much;



And talk together; ‘‘Such the look and such



  ‘‘The smile he used to love with; then as now!''







XVIII。







Might I die last and show thee! Should I find



Such hardship in the few years left behind;



  If free to take and light my lamp; and go



Into thy tomb; and shut the door and sit;



Seeing thy face on those four sides of it



  The better that they are so blank; I know!







XIX。







Why; time was what I wanted; to turn o'er



Within my mind each look; get more and more



  By heart each word; too much to learn at first;



And join thee all the fitter for the pause



'Neath the low doorway's lintel。 That were cause



  For lingering; though thou calledst; if I durst!







XX。







And yet thou art the nobler of us two



What dare I dream of; that thou canst not do;



  Outstripping my ten small steps with one stride?



I'll say then; here's a trial and a task…



Is it to bear?…if easy; I'll not ask:



  Though love fail; I can trust on in thy pride。







XXI。







Pride?…when those eyes forestall the life behind



The death I have to go through!…when I find;



  Now that I want thy help most; all of thee!



What did I fear? Thy love shall hold me fast



Until the little minute's sleep is past



  And I wake saved。…And yet it will not be!















TWO IN THE CAMPAGNA。







I。







I wonder do you feel to…day



  As I have felt since; hand in hand;



We sat down on the grass; to stray



  In spirit better through the land;



This morn of Rome and May?







II。







For me; I touched a thought; I know;



  Has tantalized me many times;



(Like turns of thread the spiders throw



  Mocking across our path) for rhymes



To catch at and let go。







III。







Help me to hold it! First it left



  The yellowing fennel; run to seed



There; branching from the brickwork's cleft;



  Some old tomb's ruin: yonder weed



Took up the floating wet;







IV。







Where one small orange cup amassed



  Five beetles;…blind and green they grope



Among the honey…meal: and last;



  Everywhere on the grassy slope



I traced it。 Hold it fast!







V。







The champaign with its endless fleece



  Of feathery grasses everywhere!



Silence and passion; joy and peace;



  An everlasting wash of air…



Rome's ghost since her decease。







VI。







Such life here; through such lengths of hours;



  Such miracles performed in play;



Such primal naked forms of flowers;



  Such letting nature have her way



While heaven looks from its towers!







VII。







How say you? Let us; O my dove;



  Let us be unashamed of soul;



As earth lies bare to heaven above!



  How is it under our control



To love or not to love?







VIII。







I would that you were all to me;



  You that are just so much; no more。



Nor yours nor mine; nor slave nor free!



  Where does the fault lie? What the core



O' the wound; since wound must be?







IX。







I would I could adopt your will;



  See with your eyes; and set my heart



Beating by yours; and drink my fill



  At your soul's springs;…your part my part



In life; for good and ill。







X。







No。 I yearn upward; touch you close;



  Then stand away。 I kiss your cheek;



Catch your soul's warmth;…I pluck the rose



  And love it more than tongue can speak…



Then the good minute goes。







XI。







Already how am I so far



  Out of that minute? Must I go



Still like the thistle…ball; no bar;



  Onward; whenever light winds blow;



Fixed by no friendly star?







XII。







Just when I seemed about to learn!



  Where is the thread now? Off again!



The old trick! Only I discern…



  Infinite passion; and the pain



Of finite hearts that yearn。







* 1  Herb with yellow flowers and seeds supposed



*    to be medicinal。



















MISCONCEPTIONS。







I。







    This is a spray the Bird clung to;



      Making it blossom with pleasure;



    Ere the high tree…top she sprang to;



      Fit for her nest and her treasure。



      Oh; what a hope beyond measure



Was the poor spray's; which the flying feet hung to;…



So to be singled out; built in; and sung to!







II。







    This is a heart the Queen leant on;



      Thrilled in a minute erratic;



    Ere the true bosom she bent on;



      Meet for love's regal dalmatic。



      Oh; what a fancy ecstatic



Was the poor heart's; ere the wanderer went on…



Love to be saved for it; proffered to; spent on!







* 1  A vestment used by ecclesiastics; and formerly



*    by senators and persons of high rank。















A SERENADE AT THE VILLA。







I。







That was I; you heard last night;



  When there rose no moon at all;



Nor; to pierce the strained and tight



  Tent of heaven; a planet small:



Life was dead and so was light。







II。







Not a twinkle from the fly;



  Not a glimmer from the worm;



When the crickets stopped their cry;



  When the owls forbore a term;



You heard music; that was I。







III。







Earth turned in her sleep with pain;



  Sultrily suspired for proof:



In at heaven and out again;



  Lightning!…where it broke the roof;



Bloodlike; some few drops of rain。







IV。







What they could my words expressed;



  O my love; my all; my one!



Singing helped the verses best;



  And when singing's best was done;



To my lute I left the rest。







V。







So wore night; the East was gray;



  White the broad…faced hemlock…flowers:



There would be another day;



  Ere its first of heavy hours



Found me; I had passed away。







VI。







What became of all the hopes;



  Words and song and lute as well?



Say; this struck you…‘‘When life gropes



  ‘‘Feebly for the path where fell



‘‘Light last on the evening slopes;







VII。







‘‘One friend in that path shall be;



  ‘‘To secure my step from wrong;



‘‘One to count night day for me;



  ‘‘Patient through the watches long;



‘‘Serving most with none to see。''







VIII。







Never say…as something bodes…



  ‘‘So; the worst has yet a worse!



‘‘When life halts 'neath double loads;



  ‘‘Better the taskmaster's curse



‘‘Than such music on the roads!







IX。







‘‘When no moon succeeds the sun;



  ‘‘Nor can pierce the midnight's tent



‘‘Any star; the smallest one;



  ‘‘While some drops; where lightning rent;



‘‘Show the final storm begun…







X。







‘‘When the fire…fly hides its spot;



  ‘‘When the garden…voices fail



‘‘In the darkness thick and hot;…



  ‘‘Shall another voice avail;



‘‘That shape be where these are not?







XI。







‘‘Has some plague a longer lease;



  ‘‘Proffering its help uncouth?



‘‘Can't one even die in peace?



  ‘‘As one shuts one's eyes on youth;



‘‘Is that face the last one sees?''







XII。







Oh how dark your villa was;



  Windows fast and obdurate!



How the garden grudged me grass



  Where I stood…the iron gate



Ground its teeth to let me pass!



















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