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the home book of verse-1-第42部分

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As Christian as yourself!



He stayed about the steading

A fortnight; say; or more;

A blanket for his bedding

We spread beside the door;

And when the cocks crowed clearly

Before the dawn was ripe;

He'd call the milkmaids cheerly

Upon a reedy pipe!



That fortnight of his staying

The work went smooth as silk:

The hens were all in laying;

The cows were all in milk;

And then … and then one morning

The maids woke up at day

Without his oaten warning; …

And found he'd gone away。



He left no trace behind him;

But still the milkmaids deem

That they; perhaps; may find him

With butter and with cream:

Beside the door they set them

In bowl and golden pat;

But no one comes to get them …

Unless; maybe; the cat。



The white goat Amaryllis;

She wanders at her will

At time of daffodillies;

Away up Woolcombe hill;

She stays until the morrow;

Then back she comes at dawn;

But never … to our sorrow …

The little; pagan Faun。



Patrick R。 Chalmers '18





THE LITTLE ELF



I met a little Elf…man; once;

Down where the lilies blow。

I asked him why he was so small;

And why he didn't grow。

He slightly frowned; and with his eye

He looked me through and through。

〃I'm quite as big for me;〃 said he;

〃As you are big for you。〃



John Kendrick Bangs '1862…1922'





THE SATYRS AND THE MOON



Within the wood behind the hill

The moon got tangled in the trees。

Her splendor made the branches thrill

And thrilled the breeze。



The satyrs in the grotto bent

Their heads to see the wondrous sight。

〃It is a god in banishment

That stirs the night。〃



The little satyr looked and guessed:

〃It is an apple that one sees;

Brought from that garden of the West …

Hesperides。〃



〃It is a cyclops' glaring eye。〃

〃A temple dome from Babylon。〃

〃A Titan's cup of ivory。〃

〃A little sun。〃



The tiny satyr jumped for joy;

And kicked hoofs in utmost glee。

〃It is a wondrous silver toy …

Bring it to me!〃



A great wind whistled through the blue

And caught the moon and tossed it high;

A bubble of pale fire it flew

Across the sky。



The satyrs gasped and looked and smiled;

And wagged their heads from side to side;

Except their shaggy little child;

Who cried and cried。



Herbert S。 Gorman '1893…













THE CHILDREN













THE CHILDREN



When the lessons and tasks are all ended;

And the school for the day is dismissed;

The little ones gather around me;

To bid me good night and be kissed;

Oh; the little white arms that encircle

My neck in their tender embrace!

Oh; the smiles that are halos of heaven;

Shedding sunshine of love on my face!



And when they are gone; I sit dreaming

Of my childhood too lovely to last; …

Of joy that my heart will remember;

While it wakes to the pulse of the past;

Ere the world and its wickedness made me

A partner of sorrow and sin;

When the glory of God was about me;

And the glory of gladness within。



All my heart grows as weak as a woman's;

And the fountain of feeling will flow;

When I think of the paths steep and stony;

Where the feet of the dear ones must go; …

Of the mountains of sin hanging o'er them;

Of the tempest of fate blowing wild; …

Oh; there's nothing on earth half so holy

As the innocent heart of a child!



They are idols of hearts and of households;

They are angels of God in disguise;

His sunlight still sleeps in their tresses;

His glory still shines in their eyes;

Those truants from home and from heaven; …

They have made me more manly and mild;

And I know now how Jesus could liken

The kingdom of God to a child。



I ask not a life for the dear ones;

All radiant; as others have done;

But that life may have just enough shadow

To temper the glare of the sun;

I would pray God to guard them from evil;

But my prayer would bound back to myself; …

Ah! a seraph may pray for a sinner;

But a sinner must pray for himself。



The twig is so easily bended;

I have banished the rule and the rod

I have taught them the goodness of knowledge;

They have taught me the goodness of God:

My heart is the dungeon of darkness

Where I shut them for breaking a rule;

My frown is sufficient correction;

My love is the law of the school。



I shall leave the old house in the autumn;

To traverse its threshold no more;

Ah; how I shall sigh for the dear ones

That meet me each morn at the door!

I shall miss the 〃good nights〃 and the kisses;

And the gush of their innocent glee;

The group on the green; and the flowers

That are brought every morning for me。



I shall miss them at morn and at even;

Their song in the school and the street;

I shall miss the low hum of their voices;

And the tread of their delicate feet。

When the lessons of life are all ended;

And death says: 〃The school is dismissed!〃

May the little ones gather around me;

To bid me good night and be kissed!



Charles Monroe Dickinson '1842…1924'





THE CHILDREN'S HOUR



Between the dark and the daylight;

When the night is beginning to lower;

Comes a pause in the day's occupations;

That is known as the Children's Hour。



I hear in the chamber above me

The patter of little feet;

The sound of a door that is opened;

And voices soft and sweet。



From my study I see in the lamplight;

Descending the broad hall stair;

Grave Alice; and laughing Allegra;

And Edith with golden hair。



A whisper; and then a silence:

Yet I know by their merry eyes

They are plotting and planning together

To take me by surprise。



A sudden rush from the stairway;

A sudden raid from the hall!

By three doors left unguarded

They enter my castle wall!



They climb up into my turret

O'er the arms and back of my chair;

If I try to escape; they surround me;

They seem to be everywhere。



They almost devour me with kisses;

Their arms about me entwine;

Till I think of the Bishop of Bingen

In his Mouse…Tower on the Rhine!



Do you think; O blue…eyed banditti;

Because you have scaled the wall;

Such an old mustache as I am

Is not a match for you all!



I have you fast in my fortress;

And will not let you depart;

But put you down into the dungeon

In the round…tower of my heart。



And there will I keep you forever;

Yes; forever and a day;

Till the walls shall crumble to ruin;

And moulder in dust away。



Henry Wadsworth Longfellow '1807…1882'





LAUS INFANTIUM



In praise of little children I will say

God first made man; then found a better way

For woman; but his third way was the best。

Of all created things; the loveliest

And most divine are children。  Nothing here

Can be to us more gracious or more dear。

And though; when God saw all his works were good;

There was no rosy flower of babyhood;

'Twas said of children in a later day

That none could enter Heaven save such as they。



The earth; which feels the flowering of a thorn;

Was glad; O little child; when you were born;

The earth; which thrills when skylarks scale the blue;

Soared up itself to God's own Heaven in you;

And Heaven; which loves to lean down and to glass

Its beauty in each dewdrop on the grass; …

Heaven laughed to find your face so pure and fair;

And left; O little child; its reflex there。



William Canton '1845…





THE DESIRE



Give me no mansions ivory white

Nor palaces of pearl and gold;

Give me a child for all delight;

Just four years old。



Give me no wings of rosy shine

Nor snowy raiment; fold on fold;

Give me a little boy all mine;

Just four years old。



Give me no gold and starry crown

Nor harps; nor palm branches unrolled;

Give me a nestling head of brown;

Just four years old。



Give me a cheek that's like the peach;

Two arms to clasp me from the cold;

And all my heaven's within my reach;

Just four years old。



Dear God; You give me from Your skies

A little paradise to hold;

As Mary once her Paradise;

Just four years old。



Katherine Tynan Hinkson '1861…1931'





A CHILD'S LAUGHTER



All the bells of heaven may ring;

All the birds of heaven may sing;

All the wells on earth may spring;

All the winds on earth may bring

All sweet sounds together;

Sweeter far then all things heard;

Hand of harper; tone of bird;

Sound of woods at sundawn stirred;

Welling water's winsome word;

Wind in warm; wan weather。



One thing yet there is; that none;

Hearing ere its chime be done;

Knows not well the sweetest one

Heard of man beneath the sun;

Hoped in heaven hereafter;

Soft and strong and loud and light;

Very sound of very light;

Heard from morning's rosiest height;

When the soul of all delight;

Fills a child's clear laughter。



Golden bells of welcome rolled

Never forth such note; nor told

Hours so blithe in tones so bold;

As the radiant mouth of gold

Here that rings forth heaven。

If the golden…crested wren

Were a nightingale … why; then

Something seen and heard of men

Might be half as sweet as when

Laughs a child of seven。



Algernon Charles Swinburne '1837…1909'





SEVEN YEARS OLD



Seven white roses on one tree;

Seven white loaves of blameless leaven;

Seven white sails on one soft sea;

Seven white swans on one lake's lea;

Seven white flowerlike stars in Heaven;

All are types unmeet to be

For a birthday's crown of seven。



Not the radiance of the roses;

Not the blessing of the bread;

Not the breeze that ere day grows is

Fresh for sails and swans; and closes

Wings above the sun's grave spread

When the starshine on the snows is

Sweet as sleep on sorrow shed。



Nothing sweeter; nothing best;

Holds so good and sweet a treasure

As the love wherewith once blest

Joy grows holy; grief takes rest;

Life; half tired with hours to measure;

Fills his eyes and lips and
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