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the bab ballads-第3部分
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A byword on that road。
At length he swore an oath;
The reason he would know …
〃I'll call and see why ever he
Does persecute me so!〃
The good old Bishop sat
On his ancestral chair;
The 'busman came; sent up his name;
And laid his grievance bare。
〃Benighted Jew;〃 he said
(The good old Bishop did);
〃Be Christian; you; instead of Jew …
Become a Christian kid!
〃I'll ne'er annoy you more。〃
〃Indeed?〃 replied the Jew;
〃Shall I be freed?〃 〃You will; indeed!〃
Then 〃Done!〃 said he; 〃with you!〃
The organ which; in man;
Between the eyebrows grows;
Fell from his face; and in its place
He found a Christian nose。
His tangled Hebrew beard;
Which to his waist came down;
Was now a pair of whiskers fair …
His name ADOLPHUS BROWN!
He wedded in a year
That prelate's daughter JANE;
He's grown quite fair … has auburn hair …
His wife is far from plain。
Ballad: The Troubadour
A TROUBADOUR he played
Without a castle wall;
Within; a hapless maid
Responded to his call。
〃Oh; willow; woe is me!
Alack and well…a…day!
If I were only free
I'd hie me far away!〃
Unknown her face and name;
But this he knew right well;
The maiden's wailing came
From out a dungeon cell。
A hapless woman lay
Within that dungeon grim …
That fact; I've heard him say;
Was quite enough for him。
〃I will not sit or lie;
Or eat or drink; I vow;
Till thou art free as I;
Or I as pent as thou。〃
Her tears then ceased to flow;
Her wails no longer rang;
And tuneful in her woe
The prisoned maiden sang:
〃Oh; stranger; as you play;
I recognize your touch;
And all that I can say
Is; thank you very much。〃
He seized his clarion straight;
And blew thereat; until
A warden oped the gate。
〃Oh; what might be your will?〃
〃I've come; Sir Knave; to see
The master of these halls:
A maid unwillingly
Lies prisoned in their walls。〃'
With barely stifled sigh
That porter drooped his head;
With teardrops in his eye;
〃A many; sir;〃 he said。
He stayed to hear no more;
But pushed that porter by;
And shortly stood before
SIR HUGH DE PECKHAM RYE。
SIR HUGH he darkly frowned;
〃What would you; sir; with me?〃
The troubadour he downed
Upon his bended knee。
〃I've come; DE PECKHAM RYE;
To do a Christian task;
You ask me what would I?
It is not much I ask。
〃Release these maidens; sir;
Whom you dominion o'er …
Particularly her
Upon the second floor。
〃And if you don't; my lord〃 …
He here stood bolt upright;
And tapped a tailor's sword …
〃Come out; you cad; and fight!〃
SIR HUGH he called … and ran
The warden from the gate:
〃Go; show this gentleman
The maid in Forty…eight。〃
By many a cell they past;
And stopped at length before
A portal; bolted fast:
The man unlocked the door。
He called inside the gate
With coarse and brutal shout;
〃Come; step it; Forty…eight!〃
And Forty…eight stepped out。
〃They gets it pretty hot;
The maidens what we cotch …
Two years this lady's got
For collaring a wotch。〃
〃Oh; ah! … indeed … I see;〃
The troubadour exclaimed …
〃If I may make so free;
How is this castle named?
The warden's eyelids fill;
And sighing; he replied;
〃Of gloomy Pentonville
This is the female side!〃
The minstrel did not wait
The Warden stout to thank;
But recollected straight
He'd business at the Bank。
Ballad: Ferdinando And Elvira; Or; The Gentle Pieman
PART I。
At a pleasant evening party I had taken down to supper
One whom I will call ELVIRA; and we talked of love and TUPPER;
MR。 TUPPER and the Poets; very lightly with them dealing;
For I've always been distinguished for a strong poetic feeling。
Then we let off paper crackers; each of which contained a motto;
And she listened while I read them; till her mother told her not
to。
Then she whispered; 〃To the ball…room we had better; dear; be
walking;
If we stop down here much longer; really people will be talking。〃
There were noblemen in coronets; and military cousins;
There were captains by the hundred; there were baronets by dozens。
Yet she heeded not their offers; but dismissed them with a
blessing;
Then she let down all her back hair; which had taken long in
dressing。
Then she had convulsive sobbings in her agitated throttle;
Then she wiped her pretty eyes and smelt her pretty smelling…
bottle。
So I whispered; 〃Dear ELVIRA; say; … what can the matter be with
you?
Does anything you've eaten; darling POPSY; disagree with you?〃
But spite of all I said; her sobs grew more and more distressing;
And she tore her pretty back hair; which had taken long in
dressing。
Then she gazed upon the carpet; at the ceiling; then above me;
And she whispered; 〃FERDINANDO; do you really; REALLY love me?〃
〃Love you?〃 said I; then I sighed; and then I gazed upon her
sweetly …
For I think I do this sort of thing particularly neatly。
〃Send me to the Arctic regions; or illimitable azure;
On a scientific goose…chase; with my COXWELL or my GLAISHER!
〃Tell me whither I may hie me … tell me; dear one; that I may know
…
Is it up the highest Andes? down a horrible volcano?〃
But she said; 〃It isn't polar bears; or hot volcanic grottoes:
Only find out who it is that writes those lovely cracker mottoes!〃
PART II。
〃Tell me; HENRY WADSWORTH; ALFRED POET CLOSE; or MISTER TUPPER;
Do you write the bon bon mottoes my ELVIRA pulls at supper?〃
But HENRY WADSWORTH smiled; and said he had not had that honour;
And ALFRED; too; disclaimed the words that told so much upon her。
〃MISTER MARTIN TUPPER; POET CLOSE; I beg of you inform us;〃
But my question seemed to throw them both into a rage enormous。
MISTER CLOSE expressed a wish that he could only get anigh to me;
And MISTER MARTIN TUPPER sent the following reply to me:
〃A fool is bent upon a twig; but wise men dread a bandit;〃 …
Which I know was very clever; but I didn't understand it。
Seven weary years I wandered … Patagonia; China; Norway;
Till at last I sank exhausted at a pastrycook his doorway。
There were fuchsias and geraniums; and daffodils and myrtle;
So I entered; and I ordered half a basin of mock turtle。
He was plump and he was chubby; he was smooth and he was rosy;
And his little wife was pretty and particularly cosy。
And he chirped and sang; and skipped about; and laughed with
laughter hearty …
He was wonderfully active for so very stout a party。
And I said; 〃O gentle pieman; why so very; very merry?
Is it purity of conscience; or your one…and…seven sherry?〃
But he answered; 〃I'm so happy … no profession could be dearer …
If I am not humming 'Tra! la! la!' I'm singing 'Tirer; lirer!'
〃First I go and make the patties; and the puddings; and the
jellies;
Then I make a sugar bird…cage; which upon a table swell is;
〃Then I polish all the silver; which a supper…table lacquers;
Then I write the pretty mottoes which you find inside the
crackers。〃 …
〃Found at last!〃 I madly shouted。 〃Gentle pieman; you astound me!〃
Then I waved the turtle soup enthusiastically round me。
And I shouted and I danced until he'd quite a crowd around him …
And I rushed away exclaiming; 〃I have found him! I have found
him!〃
And I heard the gentle pieman in the road behind me trilling;
〃'Tira; lira!' stop him; stop him! 'Tra! la! la!' the soup's a
shilling!〃
But until I reached ELVIRA'S home; I never; never waited;
And ELVIRA to her FERDINAND'S irrevocably mated!
Ballad: Lorenzo De Lardy
DALILAH DE DARDY adored
The very correctest of cards;
LORENZO DE LARDY; a lord …
He was one of Her Majesty's Guards。
DALILAH DE DARDY was fat;
DALILAH DE DARDY was old …
(No doubt in the world about that)
But DALILAH DE DARDY had gold。
LORENZO DE LARDY was tall;
The flower of maidenly pets;
Young ladies would love at his call;
But LORENZO DE LARDY had debts。
His money…position was queer;
And one of his favourite freaks
Was to hide himself three times a year;
In Paris; for several weeks。
Many days didn't pass him before
He fanned himself into a flame;
For a beautiful 〃DAM DU COMPTWORE;〃
And this was her singular name:
ALICE EULALIE CORALINE
EUPHROSINE COLOMBINA THERESE
JULIETTE STEPHANIE CELESTINE
CHARLOTTE RUSSE DE LA SAUCE MAYONNAISE。
She booked all the orders and tin;
Accoutred in showy fal…lal;
At a two…fifty Restaurant; in
The glittering Palais Royal。
He'd gaze in her orbit of blue;
Her hand he would tenderly squeeze;
But the words of her tongue that he knew
Were limited strictly to these:
〃CORALINE CELESTINE EULALIE;
Houp le! Je vous aime; oui; mossoo;
Combien donnez moi aujourd'hui
Bonjour; Mademoiselle; parlez voo。〃
MADEMOISELLE DE LA SAUCE MAYONNAISE
Was a witty and beautiful miss;
Extremely correct in her ways;
But her English consisted of this:
〃Oh my! pretty man; if you please;
Blom boodin; biftek; currie lamb;
Bouldogue; two franc half; quite ze cheese;
Rosbif; me spik Angleesh; godam。〃
A waiter; for seasons before;
Had basked in her beautiful gaze;
And burnt to dismember MILOR;
HE LOVED DE LA SAUCE MAYONNAISE。
He said to her; 〃Mechante THERESE;
Avec desespoir tu m'accables。
Penses…tu; DE LA SAUCE MAYONNAISE;
Ses intentions sont honorables?
〃Flirtez toujours; ma belle; si tu oses …
Je me vengerai ainsi; ma chere;
JE LUI DIRAI DE QUOI L'ON COMPOSE
VOL AU VENT E LA FINANCIERE!〃
LORD LARDY knew nothing of this …
The waiter's devotion ignored;
But he gazed on the beautiful miss;
And never seemed weary or bored。
The waiter would screw up his nerve;
His fingers he'd snap and he'd dance …
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