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dramatic lyrics-第5部分
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Tinkle homeward thro' the twilight; stray or stop
As they crop…
Was the site once of a city great and gay;
(So they say)
Of our country's very capital; its prince
Ages since
Held his court in; gathered councils; wielding far
Peace or war。
II。
Now;…the country does not even boast a tree;
As you see;
To distinguish slopes of verdure; certain rills
From the hills
Intersect and give a name to; (else they run
Into one)
Where the domed and daring palace shot its spires
Up like fires
O'er the hundred…gated circuit of a wall
Bounding all;
Made of marble; men might march on nor be pressed;
Twelve abreast。
III。
And such plenty and perfection; see; of grass
Never was!
Such a carpet as; this summer…time; o'erspreads
And embeds
Every vestige of the city; guessed alone;
Stock or stone…
Where a multitude of men breathed joy and woe
Long ago;
Lust of glory pricked their hearts up; dread of shame
Struck them tame;
And that glory and that shame alike; the gold
Bought and sold。
IV。
Now;…the single little turret that remains
On the plains;
By the caper overrooted; by the gourd
Overscored;
While the patching houseleek's head of blossom winks
Through the chinks…
Marks the basement whence a tower in ancient time
Sprang sublime;
And a burning ring; all round; the chariots traced
As they raced;
And the monarch and his minions and his dames
Viewed the games。
V。
And I know; while thus the quiet…coloured eve
Smiles to leave
To their folding; all our many…tinkling fleece
In such peace;
And the slopes and rills in undistinguished grey
Melt away…
That a girl with eager eyes and yellow hair
Waits me there
In the turret whence the charioteers caught soul
For the goal;
When the king looked; where she looks now; breathless; dumb
Till I come。
VI。
But he looked upon the city; every side;
Far and wide;
All the mountains topped with temples; all the glades'
Colonnades;
All the causeys; bridges; aqueducts;…and then;
All the men!
When I do come; she will speak not; she will stand;
Either hand
On my shoulder; give her eyes the first embrace
Of my face;
Ere we rush; ere we extinguish sight and speech
Each on each。
VII。
In one year they sent a million fighters forth
South and North;
And they built their gods a brazen pillar high
As the sky;
Yet reserved a thousand chariots in full force…
Gold; of course。
Oh heart! oh blood that freezes; blood that burns!
Earth's returns
For whole centuries of folly; noise and sin!
Shut them in;
With their triumphs and their glories and the rest!
Love is best。
A LOVERS' QUARREL。
I。
Oh; what a dawn of day!
How the March sun feels like May!
All is blue again
After last night's rain;
And the South dries the hawthorn…spray。
Only; my Love's away!
I'd as lief that the blue were grey;
II。
Runnels; which rillets swell;
Must be dancing down the dell;
With a foaming head
On the beryl bed
Paven smooth as a hermit's cell;
Each with a tale to tell;
Could my Love but attend as well。
III。
Dearest; three months ago!
When we lived blocked…up with snow;…
When the wind would edge
In and in his wedge;
In; as far as the point could go…
Not to our ingle; though;
Where we loved each the other so!
IV。
Laughs with so little cause!
We devised games out of straws。
We would try and trace
One another's face
In the ash; as an artist draws;
Free on each other's flaws;
How we chattered like two church daws!
V。
What's in the ‘Times''?…a scold
At the Emperor deep and cold;
He has taken a bride
To his gruesome side;
That's as fair as himself is bold:
There they sit ermine…stoled;
And she powders her hair with gold。
VI。
Fancy the Pampas' sheen!
Miles and miles of gold and green
Where the sunflowers blow
In a solid glow;
And…to break now and then the screen…
Black neck and eyeballs keen;
Up a wild horse leaps between!
VII。
Try; will our table turn?
Lay your hands there light; and yearn
Till the yearning slips
Thro' the finger…tips
In a fire which a few discern;
And a very few feel burn;
And the rest; they may live and learn!
VIII。
Then we would up and pace;
For a change; about the place;
Each with arm o'er neck:
'Tis our quarter…deck;
We are seamen in woeful case。
Help in the ocean…space!
Or; if no help; we'll embrace。
IX。
See; how she looks now; dressed
In a sledging…cap and vest!
'Tis a huge fur cloak…
Like a reindeer's yoke
Falls the lappet along the breast:
Sleeves for her arms to rest;
Or to hang; as my Love likes best。
X。
Teach me to flirt a fan
As the Spanish ladies can;
Or I tint your lip
With a burnt stick's tip
And you turn into such a man!
Just the two spots that span
Half the bill of the young male swan。
XI。
Dearest; three months ago
When the mesmerizer Snow
With his hand's first sweep
Put the earth to sleep:
'Twas a time when the heart could show
All…how was earth to know;
'Neath the mute hand's to…and…fro?
XII。
Dearest; three months ago
When we loved each other so;
Lived and loved the same
Till an evening came
When a shaft from the devil's bow
Pierced to our ingle…glow;
And the friends were friend and foe!
XIII。
Not from the heart beneath…
'Twas a bubble born of breath;
Neither sneer nor vaunt;
Nor reproach nor taunt。
See a word; how it severeth!
Oh; power of life and death
In the tongue; as the Preacher saith!
XIV。
Woman; and will you cast
For a word; quite off at last
Me; your own; your You;…
Since; as truth is true;
I was You all the happy past…
Me do you leave aghast
With the memories We amassed?
XV。
Love; if you knew the light
That your soul casts in my sight;
How I look to you
For the pure and true
And the beauteous and the right;…
Bear with a moment's spite
When a mere mote threats the white!
XVI。
What of a hasty word?
Is the fleshly heart not stirred
By a worm's pin…prick
Where its roots are quick?
See the eye; by a fly's foot blurred…
Ear; when a straw is heard
Scratch the brain's coat of curd!
XVII。
Foul be the world or fair
More or less; how can I care?
'Tis the world the same
For my praise or blame;
And endurance is easy there。
Wrong in the one thing rare…
Oh; it is hard to bear!
XVIII。
Here's the spring back or close;
When the almond…blossom blows:
We shall have the word
In a minor third
There is none but the cuckoo knows:
Heaps of the guelder…rose!
I must bear with it; I suppose。
XIX。
Could but November come;
Were the noisy birds struck dumb
At the warning slash
Of his driver's…lash…
I would laugh like the valiant Thumb
Facing the castle glum
And the giant's fee…faw…fum!
XX。
Then; were the world well stripped
Of the gear wherein equipped
We can stand apart;
Heart dispense with heart
In the sun; with the flowers unnipped;…
Oh; the world's hangings ripped;
We were both in a bare…walled crypt!
XXI。
Each in the crypt would cry
‘‘But one freezes here! and why?
‘‘When a heart; as chill;
‘‘At my own would thrill
‘‘Back to life; and its fires out…fly?
‘‘Heart; shall we live or die?
‘‘The rest。 。 。 。 settle by…and…by!''
XXII。
So; she'd efface the score;
And forgive me as before。
It is twelve o'clock:
I shall hear her knock
In the worst of a storm's uproar;
I shall pull her through the door;
I shall have her for evermore!
UP AT A VILLA…DOWN IN THE CITY。
(AS DISTINGUISHED BY AN ITALIAN PERSON OF QUALITY。)
I。
Had I but plenty of money; money enough and to spare;
The house for me; no doubt; were a house in the city…square;
Ah; such a life; such a life; as one leads at the window there!
II。
Something to see; by Bacchus; something to hear; at least!
There; the whole day long; one's life is a perfect feast;
While up at
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