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the home book of verse-1-第26部分
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For nothing; twenty times before;
Although you might have broke your arm;
Or met with any serious harm;
Your cries could give me no alarm;
They would not make me move the faster;
Nor apprehend the least disaster;
I should be sorry when I came;
But you yourself would be to blame。
John Hookham Frere '1769…1846'
THE STORY OF AUGUSTUS; WHO WOULD NOT HAVE ANY SOUP
Augustus was a chubby lad;
Fat; ruddy cheeks Augustus had;
And everybody saw with joy
The plump and hearty; healthy boy。
He ate and drank as he was told;
And never let his soup get cold。
But one day; one cold winter's day;
He screamed out … 〃Take the soup away!
O take the nasty soup away!
I won't have any soup to…day。〃
Next day begins his tale of woes;
Quite lank and lean Augustus grows。
Yet; though he feels so weak and ill;
The naughty fellow cries out still …
〃Not any soup for me; I say:
O take the nasty soup away!
I won't have any soup to…day。〃
The third day comes; O what a sin!
To make himself so pale and thin。
Yet; when the soup is put on table;
He screams; as loud as he is able; …
〃Not any soup for me; I say:
O take the nasty soup away!
I won't have any soup to…day。〃
Look at him; now the fourth day's come!
He scarcely weighs a sugar…plum;
He's like a little bit of thread;
And on the fifth day; he was … dead!
From the German of Heinrich Hoffman '1798…1874'
THE STORY OF LITTLE SUCK…A…THUMB
One day; mamma said: 〃Conrad dear;
I must go out and leave you here。
But mind now; Conrad; what I say;
Don't suck your thumb while I'm away。
The great tall tailor always comes
To little boys that suck their thumbs;
And ere they dream what he's about;
He takes his great sharp scissors out
And cuts their thumbs clean off; … and then;
You know; they never grow again。〃
Mamma had scarcely turned her back;
The thumb was in; alack! alack!
The door flew open; in he ran;
The great; long; red…legged scissors…man。
Oh; children; see! the tailor's come
And caught our little Suck…a…Thumb。
Snip! snap! snip! the scissors go;
And Conrad cries out … 〃Oh! oh! oh!〃
Snip! snap! Snip! They go so fast;
That both his thumbs are off at last。
Mamma comes home; there Conrad stands;
And looks quite sad; and shows his hands; …
〃Ah!〃 said mamma; 〃I knew he'd come
To naughty little Suck…a…Thumb。〃
From the German of Heinrich Hoffman '1798…1874'
WRITTEN IN A LITTLE LADY'S LITTLE ALBUM
Hearts good and true
Have wishes few
In narrow circles bounded;
And hope that lives
On what God gives
Is Christian hope well founded。
Small things are best;
Grief and unrest
To rank and wealth are given;
But little things
On little wings
Bear little souls to heaven。
Frederick William Faber '1814…1863'
MY LADY WIND
My Lady Wind; my Lady Wind;
Went round about the house to find
A chink to set her foot in;
She tried the keyhole in the door;
She tried the crevice in the floor;
And drove the chimney soot in。
And then one night when it was dark
She blew up such a tiny spark
That all the town was bothered;
From it she raised such flame and smoke
That many in great terror woke;
And many more were smothered。
And thus when once; my little dears;
A whisper reaches itching ears …
The same will come; you'll find:
Take my advice; restrain the tongue;
Remember what old nurse has sung
Of busy Lady Wind。
Unknown
TO A CHILD
Small service is true service while it lasts:
Of humblest friends; bright creature! scorn not one:
The daisy; by the shadow that it casts;
Protects the lingering dewdrop from the sun。
William Wordsworth '1770…1850'
A FAREWELL
My fairest child; I have no song to give you;
No lark could pipe to skies so dull and gray:
Yet; if you will; one quiet hint I'll leave you
For every day。
I'll tell you how to sing a clearer carol
Than lark who hails the dawn on breezy down;
To earn yourself a purer poet's laurel
Than Shakespeare's crown。
Be good; sweet maid; and let who will be clever;
Do noble things; not dream them; all day long:
And so make Life; and Death; and that For Ever
One grand sweet song。
Charles Kingsley '1819…1875'
RHYMES OF CHILDHOOD
REEDS OF INNOCENCE
Piping down the valleys wild;
Piping songs of pleasant glee;
On a cloud I saw a child;
And he laughing said to me:
〃Pipe a song about a lamb!〃
So I piped with merry cheer。
〃Piper; pipe that song again;〃
So I piped: he wept to hear。
〃Drop thy pipe; thy happy pipe;
Sing thy songs of happy cheer!〃
So I sang the same again;
While he wept with joy to hear。
〃Piper; sit thee down and write
In a book that all may read。〃
So he vanished from my sight;
And I plucked a hollow reed;
And I made a rural pen;
And I stained the water clear;
And I wrote my happy songs
Every child may joy to hear。
William Blake '1757…1827'
THE WONDERFUL WORLD
Great; wide; beautiful; wonderful World;
With the wonderful water round you curled;
And the wonderful grass upon your breast;
World; you are beautifully dressed。
The wonderful air is over me;
And the wonderful wind is shaking the tree …
It walks on the water; and whirls the mills;
And talks to itself on the tops of the hills。
You friendly Earth; how far do you go;
With the wheat…fields that nod and the rivers that flow;
With cities and gardens; and cliffs and isles;
And people upon you for thousands of miles?
Ah! you are so great; and I am so small;
I tremble to think of you; World; at all;
And yet; when I said my prayers to…day;
A whisper inside me seemed to say;
〃You are more than the Earth; though you are such a dot:
You can love and think; and the Earth cannot!〃
William Brighty Rands '1823…1882'
THE WORLD'S MUSIC
The world's a very happy place;
Where every child should dance and sing;
And always have a smiling face;
And never sulk for anything。
I waken when the morning's come;
And feel the air and light alive
With strange sweet music like the hum
Of bees about their busy hive。
The linnets play among the leaves
At hide…and…seek; and chirp and sing;
While; flashing to and from the eaves;
The swallows twitter on the wing。
The twigs that shake; and boughs that sway;
And tall old trees you could not climb;
And winds that come; but cannot stay;
Are gaily singing all the time。
From dawn to dark the old mill…wheel
Makes music; going round and round;
And dusty…white with flour and meal;
The miller whistles to its sound。
And if you listen to the rain
When leaves and birds and bees are dumb;
You hear it pattering on the pane
Like Andrew beating on his drum。
The coals beneath the kettle croon;
And clap their hands and dance in glee;
And even the kettle hums a tune
To tell you when it's time for tea。
The world is such a happy place;
That children; whether big or small;
Should always have a smiling face;
And never; never sulk at all。
Gabriel Setoun '1861…
A BOY'S SONG
Where the pools are bright and deep;
Where the gray trout lies asleep;
Up the river and over the lea;
That's the way for Billy and me。
Where the blackbird sings the latest;
Where the hawthorn blooms the sweetest;
Where the nestlings chirp and flee;
That's the way for Billy and me。
Where the mowers mow the cleanest;
Where the hay lies thick and greenest;
There to track the homeward bee;
That's the way for Billy and me。
Where the hazel bank is steepest;
Where the shadow falls the deepest;
Where the clustering nuts fall free;
That's the way for Billy and me。
Why the boys should drive away
Little sweet maidens from the play;
Or love to banter and fight so well;
That's the thing I never could tell。
But this I know; I love to play
Through the meadow; among the hay;
Up the water and over the lea;
That's the way for Billy and me。
James Hogg '1770…1835'
GOING DOWN HILL ON A BICYCLE
A Boy's Song
With lifted feet; hands still;
I am poised; and down the hill
Dart; with heedful mind;
The air goes by in a wind。
Swifter and yet more swift;
Till the heart with a mighty lift
Makes the lungs laugh; the throat cry: …
〃O bird; see; see; bird; I fly。
〃Is this; is this your joy?
O bird; then I; though a boy;
For a golden moment share
Your feathery life in air!〃
Say; heart; is there aught like this
In a world that is full of bliss?
'Tis more than skating; bound
Steel…shod to the level ground。
Speed slackens now; I float
Awhile in my airy boat;
Till; when the wheels scarce crawl;
My feet to the treadles fall。
Alas; that the longest hill
Must end in a vale; but still;
Who climbs with toil; wheresoe'er;
Shall find wings waiting there。
Henry Charles Beeching '1859…1919'
PLAYGROUNDS
In summer I am very glad
We children are so small;
For we can see a thousand things
That men can't see at all。
They don't know much about the moss
And all the stones they pass:
They never lie and play among
The forests in the grass:
They walk about a long way off;
And; when we're at the sea;
Let father stoop as best he can
He can't find things like me。
But; when the snow is on the ground
And all the puddles freeze;
I wish that I were very tall;
High up above the trees。
Laurence Alma…Tadema '18 …
〃WHO HAS SEEN THE WIND?〃
Who has seen the wind?
Neither I nor you:
But when the leaves hang trembling;
The wind is passing through。
Who has seen the wind?
Neither you nor I:
But when the trees bow down their heads;
The wind is passing by。
Christina Georgina Rossetti '
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