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the home book of verse-1-第51部分

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Had been heaping field and highway

With a silence deep and white。



Every pine and fir and hemlock

Wore ermine too dear for an earl;

And the poorest twig on the elm…tree

Was ridged inch deep with pearl。



From sheds new…roofed with Carrara

Came Chanticleer's muffled crow;

The stiff rails softened to swan's…down;

And still fluttered down the snow。



I stood and watched by the window

The noiseless work of the sky;

And the sudden flurries of snow…birds;

Like brown leaves whirling by。



I thought of a mound in sweet Auburn

Where a little headstone stood;

How the flakes were folding it gently;

As did robins the babes in the wood。



Up spoke our own little Mabel;

Saying; 〃Father; who makes it snow?〃

And I told of the good All…father

Who cares for us here below。



Again I looked at the snow…fall;

And thought of the leaden sky

That arched o'er our first great sorrow;

When that mound was heaped so high。



I remembered the gradual patience

That fell from that cloud like snow;

Flake by flake; healing and hiding

The scar that renewed our woe。



And again to the child I whispered;

〃The snow that husheth all;

Darling; the merciful Father

Alone can make it fall〃



Then; with eyes that saw not; I kissed her;

And she; kissing back; could not know

That my kiss was given to her sister;

Folded close under deepening snow。



James Russell Lowell '1819…1891'





〃WE ARE SEVEN〃



A simple Child;

That lightly draws its breath;

And feels its life in every limb;

What should it know of death?



I met a little cottage Girl:

She was eight years old; she said:

Her hair was thick with many a curl

That clustered round her head。



She had a rustic; woodland air;

And she was wildly clad:

Her eyes were fair; and very fair;

… Her beauty made me glad。



〃Sisters and brothers; little Maid;

How many may you be?〃

〃How many? Seven in all;〃 she said;

And wondering looked at me。



〃And where are they?  I pray you tell。〃

She answered; 〃Seven are we;



And two of us at Conway dwell;

And two are gone to sea;



〃Two of us in the church…yard lie;

My sister and my brother;

And; in the church…yard cottage; I

Dwell near them with my mother。〃



〃You say that two at Conway dwell;

And two are gone to sea;


Yet ye are seven … I pray you tell;

Sweet Maid; how this may be。〃



Then did the little Maid reply;

〃Seven boys and girls are we;

Two of us in the church…yard lie

Beneath the church…yard tree。〃



〃You run about; my little Maid;

Your limbs they are alive;

If two are in the church…yard laid;

Then ye are only five。〃



〃Their graves are green; they may be seen;〃

The little Maid replied:

〃Twelve steps or more from my mother's door;

And they are side by side。



〃My stockings there I often knit;

My kerchief there I hem;

And there upon the ground I sit;

And sing a song to them。



〃And often after sunset; Sir;

When it is light and fair;

I take my little porringer;

And eat my supper there。



〃The first that died was sister Jane;

In bed she moaning lay;

Till God released her of her pain;

And then she went away。



〃So in the church…yard she was laid;

And; when the grass was dry;

Together round her grave we played;

My brother John and I。



〃And when the ground was white with snow;

And I could run and slide;

My brother John was forced to go;

And he lies by her side。〃



〃How many are you; then;〃 said I;

〃If they two are in heaven?〃

Quick was the little Maid's reply;

〃O Master! we are seven。〃



〃But they are dead; those two are dead!

Their spirits are in heaven!〃

'Twas throwing words away; for still

The little Maid would have her will;

And said; 〃Nay; we are seven!〃



William Wordsworth '1770…1850'





MY CHILD



I cannot make him dead!

His fair sunshiny head

Is ever bounding round my study chair;

Yet when my eyes; now dim

With tears; I turn to him;

The vision vanishes; … he is not there!



I walk my parlor floor;

And; through the open door;

I hear a footfall on the chamber stair;

I'm stepping toward the hall

To give my boy a call;

And then bethink me that … he is not there!



I thread the crowded street;

A satchelled lad I meet;

With the same beaming eyes and colored hair;

And; as he's running by;

Follow him with my eye;

Scarcely believing that … he is not there!



I know his face is hid

Under the coffin…lid;

Closed are his eyes; cold is his forehead fair;

My hand that marble felt;

O'er it in prayer I knelt;

Yet my heart whispers that … he is not there!



I cannot make him dead!

When passing by the bed;

So long watched over with parental care;

My spirit and my eye;

Seek him inquiringly;

Before the thought comes that … he is not there!



When; at the cool gray break

Of day; from sleep I wake;

With my first breathing of the morning air

My soul goes up; with joy;

To Him who gave my boy;

Then comes the sad thought that … he is not there!





When at the day's calm close;

Before we seek repose;

I'm with his mother; offering up our prayer;

Whate'er I may be saying;

I am; in spirit; praying

For our boy's spirit; though … he is not there!



Not there! … Where; then; is he?

The form I used to see

Was but the raiment that he used to wear。

The grave; that now doth press

Upon that cast…off dress;

Is but his wardrobe locked; … he is not there!



He lives! … In all the past

He lives; nor; to the last;

Of seeing him again will I despair;

In dreams I see him now;

And on his angel brow;

I see it written; 〃Thou shalt see me there!〃



Yes; we all live to God!

Father; thy chastening rod

So help us; thine afflicted ones; to bear;

That; in the spirit…land;

Meeting at thy right hand;

'Twill be our heaven to find that … he is there!



John Pierpont '1785…1866'





THE CHILD'S WISH GRANTED



Do you remember; my sweet; absent son;

How in the soft June days forever done

You loved the heavens so warm and clear and high;

And when I lifted you; soft came your cry; …

〃Put me 'way up … 'way; 'way up in blue sky〃?



I laughed and said I could not; … set you down;

Your gray eyes wonder…filled beneath that crown

Of bright hair gladdening me as you raced by。

Another Father now; more strong than I;

Has borne you voiceless to your dear blue sky。



George Parsons Lathrop '1851…1898'





CHALLENGE



This little child; so white; so calm;

Decked for her grave;

Encountered death without a qualm。

Are you as brave?



So small; and armed with naught beside

Her mother's kiss;

Alone she stepped; unterrified;

Into the abyss。



〃Ah;〃 you explain; 〃she did not know …

This babe of four …

Just what it signifies to go。〃

Do you know more?



Kenton Foster Murray '18 …





TIRED MOTHERS



A little elbow leans upon your knee;

Your tired knee that has so much to bear;

A child's dear eyes are looking lovingly

From underneath a thatch of tangled hair。

Perhaps you do not heed the velvet touch

Of warm; moist fingers; folding yours so tight;

You do not prize this blessing overmuch; …

You almost are too tired to pray to…night。



But it is blessedness!  A year ago

I did not see it as I do to…day; …

We are so dull and thankless; and too slow

To catch the sunshine till it slips away。

And now it seems surpassing strange to me

That; while I wore the badge of motherhood;

I did not kiss more oft and tenderly

The little child that brought me only good。



And if some night when you sit down to rest;

You miss this elbow from your tired knee; …

This restless; curling head from off your breast …

This lisping tongue that chatters constantly;

If from your own the dimpled hands had slipped;

And ne'er would nestle in your palm again;

If the white feet into; their grave had tripped;

I could not blame you for your heartache then!



I wonder so that mothers ever fret

At little children clinging to their gown;

Or that the footprints; when the days are wet;

Are ever black enough to make them frown。

If I could find a little muddy boot;

Or cap; or jacket; on my chamber…floor; …

If I could kiss a rosy; restless foot;

And hear its patter in my house once more; …



If I could mend a broken cart to…day;

To…morrow make a kite to reach the sky;

There is no woman in God's world could say

She was more blissfully content than I。

But ah! the dainty pillow next my own

Is never rumpled by a shining head;

My singing birdling from its nest has flown;

The little boy I used to kiss is dead。



May Riley Smith '1842…1927'





MY DAUGHTER LOUISE



In the light of the moon; by the side of the water;

My seat on the sand and her seat on my knees;

We watch the bright billows; do I and my daughter;

My sweet little daughter Louise。

We wonder what city the pathway of glory;

That broadens away to the limitless west;

Leads up to … she minds her of some pretty story

And says: 〃To the city that mortals love best。〃

Then I say: 〃It must lead to the far away city;

The beautiful City of Rest。〃



In the light of the moon; by the side of the water;

Stand two in the shadow of whispering trees;

And one loves my daughter; my beautiful daughter;

My womanly daughter Louise。

She steps to the boat with a touch of his fingers;

And out on the diamonded pathway they move;

The shallop is lost in the distance; it lingers;

It waits; but I know that its coming will prove

That it went to the walls of the wonderful city;

The magical City of Love。



In the light of the moon; by the side of the water;

I wait for her coming from over the seas;

I wait but to welcome the dust of my daughter;

To weep for my daughter Louise。

The path; as of old; reaching out in its splendor;

Gleams bright; like a way that an angel has trod;

I kis
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