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the home book of verse-1-第50部分
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Love lit her eyes with lovelier hues
Than the eve…star was shedding。
She looked a sweet good…bye to me;
And o'er the stile went singing。
Down all the lonely night I heard
But bridal bells a…ringing。
III
I met a mother on the moor;
By a new grave a…praying。
The happy swallows in the blue
Upon the winds were playing。
〃Would I were in his grave;〃 I said;
〃And he beside her standing!〃
There was no heart to break if death
For me had made demanding。
Cale Young Rice '1872…
EPITAPH OF DIONYSIA
Here doth Dionysia lie:
She whose little wanton foot;
Tripping (ah; too carelessly!)
Touched this tomb; and fell into 't。
Trip no more shall she; nor fall。
And her trippings were so few!
Summers only eight in all
Had the sweet child wandered through。
But; already; life's few suns
Love's strong seeds had ripened warm。
All her ways were winning ones;
All her cunning was to charm。
And the fancy; in the flower;
While the flesh was in the bud;
Childhood's dawning sex did dower
With warm gusts of womanhood。
Oh what joys by hope begun;
Oh what kisses kissed by thought;
What love…deeds by fancy done;
Death to endless dust hath wrought!
Had the fates been kind as thou;
Who; till now; was never cold;
Once Love's aptest scholar; now
Thou hadst been his teacher bold;
But; if buried seeds upthrow
Fruits and flowers; if flower and fruit
By their nature fitly show
What the seeds are; whence they shoot;
Dionysia; o'er this tomb;
Where thy buried beauties be;
From their dust shall spring and bloom
Loves and graces like to thee。
Unknown
FOR CHARLIE'S SAKE
The night is late; the house is still;
The angels of the hour fulfil
Their tender ministries; and move
From couch to couch in cares of love。
They drop into thy dreams; sweet wife;
The happiest smile of Charlie's life;
And lay on baby's lips a kiss;
Fresh from his angel…brother's bliss;
And; as they pass; they seem to make
A strange; dim hymn; 〃For Charlie's sake。〃
My listening heart takes up the strain;
And gives it to the night again;
Fitted with words of lowly praise;
And patience learned of mournful days;
And memories of the dead child's ways。
His will be done; His will be done!
Who gave and took away my son;
In 〃the far land〃 to shine and sing
Before the Beautiful; the King;
Who every day doth Christmas make;
All starred and belled for Charlie's sake。
For Charlie's sake I will arise;
I will anoint me where he lies;
And change my raiment; and go in
To the Lord's house; and leave my sin
Without; and seat me at his board;
Eat; and be glad; and praise the Lord。
For wherefore should I fast and weep;
And sullen moods of mourning keep?
I cannot bring him back; nor he;
For any calling; come to me。
The bond the angel Death did sign;
God sealed … for Charlie's sake; and mine。
I'm very poor … this slender stone
Marks all the narrow field I own;
Yet; patient husbandman; I till
With faith and prayers; that precious hill;
Sow it with penitential pains;
And; hopeful; wait the latter rains;
Content if; after all; the spot
Yield barely one forget…me…not …
Whether or figs or thistles make
My crop; content for Charlie's sake。
I have no houses; builded well …
Only that little lonesome cell;
Where never romping playmates come;
Nor bashful sweethearts; cunning…dumb …
An April burst of girls and boys;
Their rainbowed cloud of glooms and joys
Born with their songs; gone with their toys;
Nor ever is its stillness stirred
By purr of cat; or chirp of bird;
Or mother's twilight legend; told
Of Horner's pie; or Tiddler's gold;
Or fairy hobbling to the door;
Red…cloaked and weird; banned and poor;
To bless the good child's gracious eyes;
The good child's wistful charities;
And crippled changeling's hunch to make
Dance on his crutch; for good child's sake。
How is it with the child? 'Tis well;
Nor would I any miracle
Might stir my sleeper's tranquil trance;
Or plague his painless countenance:
I would not any seer might place
His staff on my immortal's face;
Or lip to lip; and eye to eye;
Charm back his pale mortality。
No; Shunamite! I would not break
God's stillness。 Let them weep who wake。
For Charlie's sake my lot is blest:
No comfort like his mother's breast;
No praise like hers; no charm expressed
In fairest forms hath half her zest。
For Charlie's sake this bird's caressed
That death left lonely in the nest;
For Charlie's sake my heart is dressed;
As for its birthday; in its best;
For Charlie's sake we leave the rest
To Him who gave; and who did take;
And saved us twice; for Charlie's sake。
John Williamson Palmer '1825…1906'
〃ARE THE CHILDREN AT HOME?〃
Each day; when the glow of sunset
Fades in the western sky;
And the wee ones; tired of playing;
Go tripping lightly by;
I steal away from my husband;
Asleep in his easy…chair;
And watch from the open doorway
Their faces fresh and fair。
Alone in the dear old homestead
That once was full of life;
Ringing with girlish laughter;
Echoing boyish strife;
We two are waiting together;
And oft; as the shadows come;
With tremulous voice he calls me;
〃It is night! are the children home?〃
〃Yes; love!〃 I answer him gently;
〃They're all home long ago;〃 …
And I sing; in my quivering treble;
A song so soft and low;
Till the old man drops to slumber;
With his head upon his hand;
And I tell to myself the number
At home in the better land。
At home; where never a sorrow
Shall dim their eyes with tears!
Where the smile of God is on them
Through all the summer years!
I know; … yet my arms are empty;
That fondly folded seven;
And the mother…heart within me
Is almost starved for heaven。
Sometimes; in the dusk of evening;
I only shut my eyes;
And the children are all about me;
A vision from the skies:
The babes whose dimpled fingers
Lost the way to my breast;
And the beautiful ones; the angels;
Passed to the world of the blest。
With never a cloud upon them;
I see their radiant brows;
My boys that I gave to freedom; …
The red sword sealed their vows!
In a tangled Southern forest;
Twin brothers bold and brave;
They fell; and the flag they died for;
Thank God! floats over their grave。
A breath; and the vision is lifted
Away on wings of light;
And again we two are together;
All alone in the night。
They tell me his mind is failing;
But I smile at idle fears;
He is only back with the children;
In the dear and peaceful years。
And still; as the summer sunset
Fades away in the west;
And the wee ones; tired of playing;
Go trooping home to rest;
My husband calls from his corner;
〃Say; love; have the children come?〃
And I answer; with eyes uplifted;
〃Yes; dear! they are all at home。〃
Margaret Sangster '1838…1919'
THE MORNING…GLORY
We wreathed about our darling's head
The morning…glory bright;
Her little face looked out beneath;
So full of life and light;
So lit as with a sunrise;
That we could only say;
〃She is the morning…glory true;
And her poor types are they。〃
So always from that happy time
We called her by their name;
And very fitting did it seem …
For; sure as morning came;
Behind her cradle bars she smiled
To catch the first faint ray;
As from the trellis smiles the flower
And opens to the day。
But not so beautiful they rear
Their airy cups of blue;
As turned her sweet eyes to the light;
Brimmed with sleep's tender dew;
And not so close their tendrils fine
Round their supports are thrown;
As those dear arms whose outstretched plea
Clasped all hearts to her own。
We used to think how she had come;
Even as comes the flower;
The last and perfect added gift
To crown Love's morning hour;
And how in her was imaged forth
The love we could not say;
As on the little dewdrops round
Shines back the heart of day。
We never could have thought; O God;
That she must wither up;
Almost before a day was flown;
Like the morning…glory's cup;
We never thought to see her droop
Her fair and noble head;
Till she lay stretched before our eyes;
Wilted; and cold; and dead!
The morning…glory's blossoming
Will soon be coming round …
We see the rows of heart…shaped leaves
Upspringing from the ground;
The tender things the winter killed
Renew again their birth;
But the glory of our morning
Has passed away from earth。
O Earth! in vain our aching eyes
Stretch over thy green plain!
Too harsh thy dews; too gross thine air
Her spirit to sustain;
But up in groves of Paradise
Full surely we shall see
Our morning…glory beautiful
Twine round our dear Lord's knee。
Maria White Lowell '1821…1855'
SHE CAME AND WENT
As a twig trembles; which a bird
Lights on to sing; then leaves unbent;
So is my memory thrilled and stirred; …
I only know she came and went。
As clasps some lake; by gusts unriven;
The blue dome's measureless content;
So my soul held that moment's heaven; …
I only know she came and went。
As; at one bound; our swift spring heaps
The orchards full of bloom and scent;
So clove her May my wintry sleeps; …
I only know she came and went。
An angel stood and met my gaze;
Through the low doorway of my tent;
The tent is struck; the vision stays; …
I only know she came and went。
Oh; when the room grows slowly dim;
And life's last oil is nearly spent;
One gush of light these eyes will brim;
Only to think she came and went。
James Russell Lowell '1819…1891'
THE FIRST SNOW…FALL
The snow had begun in the gloaming;
And busily all the night
Had been heaping field and highway
With a silence deep and white。
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