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the home book of verse-3-第15部分
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And; lifting dark green tresses of the pines;
Till every lock is luminous; gently float;
Fraught with hale odors up the heavens afar;
To faint when twilight on her virginal throat
Wears for a gem the tremulous vesper star。
Paul Hamilton Hayne '1830…1886'
UNDER THE LEAVES
Oft have I walked these woodland paths;
Without the blessed foreknowing
That underneath the withered leaves
The fairest buds were growing。
To…day the south…wind sweeps away
The types of autumn's splendor;
And shows the sweet arbutus flowers; …
Spring's children; pure and tender。
O prophet…flowers! … with lips of bloom;
Outvying in your beauty
The pearly tints of ocean shells; …
Ye teach me faith and duty!
Walk life's dark ways; ye seem to say;
With love's divine foreknowing
That where man sees but withered leaves;
God sees sweet flowers growing。
Albert Laighton '1829…1887'
〃ON WENLOCK EDGE〃
On Wenlock Edge the wood's in trouble;
His forest fleece the Wrekin heaves;
The gale; it plies the saplings double;
And thick on Severn snow the leaves。
'Twould blow like this through holt and hanger
When Uricon the city stood:
'Tis the old wind in the old anger;
But then it threshed another wood。
Then; 'twas before my time; the Roman
At yonder heaving hill would stare:
The blood that warms an English yeoman;
The thoughts that hurt him; they were there。
There; like the wind through woods in riot;
Through him the gale of life blew high;
The tree of man was never quiet:
Then 'twas the Roman; now 'tis I。
The gale; it plies the saplings double;
It blows so hard; 'twill soon be gone:
To…day the Roman and his trouble
Are ashes under Uricon。
Alfred Edward Housman '1859…1936'
〃WHAT DO WE PLANT?〃
What do we plant when we plant the tree?
We plant the ship; which will cross the sea。
We plant the mast to carry the sails;
We plant the planks to withstand the gales …
The keel; the keelson; the beam; the knee;
We plant the ship when we plant the tree。
What do we plant when we plant the tree?
We plant the houses for you and me。
We plant the rafters; the shingles; the floors;
We plant the studding; the lath; the doors;
The beams and siding; all parts that be;
We plant the house when we plant the tree。
What do we plant when we plant the tree?
A thousand things that we daily see;
We plant the spire that out…towers the crag;
We plant the staff for our country's flag;
We plant the shade; from the hot sun free;
We plant all these when we plant the tree。
Henry Abbey '1842…1911'
THE TREE
I love thee when thy swelling buds appear;
And one by one their tender leaves unfold;
As if they knew that warmer suns were near;
Nor longer sought to hide from winter's cold;
And when with darker growth thy leaves are seen
To veil from view the early robin's nest;
I love to lie beneath thy waving screen;
With limbs by summer's heat and toil oppressed;
And when the autumn winds have stripped thee bare;
And round thee lies the smooth; untrodden snow;
When naught is thine that made thee once so fair;
I love to watch thy shadowy form below;
And through thy leafless arms to look above
On stars that brighter beam when most we need their love。
Jones Very '1813…1880'
THE BRAVE OLD OAK
A song to the oak; the brave old oak;
Who hath ruled in the greenwood long;
Here's health and renown to his broad green crown;
And his fifty arms so strong。
There's fear in his frown when the sun goes down;
And the fire in the west fades out;
And he showeth his might on a wild midnight;
When the storms through his branches shout。
Then here's to the oak; the brave old oak;
Who stands in his pride alone;
And still flourish he; a hale green tree;
When a hundred years are gone!
In the days of old; when the spring with cold
Had; brightened his branches gray;
Through the grass at his feet crept maidens sweet;
To gather the dew of May。
And on that day to the rebeck gay
They frolicked with lovesome swains;
They are gone; they are dead; in the churchyard laid;
But the tree it still remains。
He saw the rare times when the Christmas chimes
Were a merry sound to hear;
When the squire's wide hall and the cottage small
Were filled with good English cheer。
Now gold hath sway we all obey;
And a ruthless king is he;
But he never shall send our ancient friend
To be tossed on the stormy sea。
Henry Fothergill Chorley '1808…1872'
〃THE GIRT WOAK TREE THAT'S IN THE DELL〃
The girt woak tree that's in the dell!
There's noo tree I do love so well;
Vor times an' times when I wer young;
I there've a…climbed; an' there've a…zwung;
An' picked the eacorns green; a…shed
In wrestlen storms vrom his broad head。
An' down below's the cloty brook
Where I did vish with line an' hook;
An' beat; in playsome dips and zwims;
The foamy stream; wi' white…skinned lim's。
An' there my mother nimbly shot
Her knitten…needles; as she zot
At evenen down below the wide
Woak's head; wi' father at her zide。
An' I've a…played wi' many a bwoy;
That's now a man an' gone awoy;
Zoo I do like noo tree so well
'S the girt woak tree that's in the dell。
An' there; in leater years; I roved
Wi' thik poor maid I fondly loved; …
The maid too feair to die so soon; …
When evenen twilight; or the moon;
Cast light enough 'ithin the pleace
To show the smiles upon her feace;
Wi' eyes so clear's the glassy pool;
An' lips an' cheaks so soft as wool。
There han' in han'; wi' bosoms warm;
Wi' love that burned but thought noo harm;
Below the wide…boughed tree we passed
The happy hours that went too vast;
An' though she'll never be my wife;
She's still my leaden star o' life。
She's gone: an' she've a…left to me
Her mem'ry in the girt woak tree;
Zoo I do love noo tree so well
'S the girt woak tree that's in the dell。
An' oh! mid never ax nor hook
Be brought to spweil his steately look;
Nor ever roun' his ribby zides
Mid cattle rub ther heairy hides;
Nor pigs rout up his turf; but keep
His lwonesome sheade vor harmless sheep;
An' let en grow; an' let en spread;
An' let en live when I be dead。
But oh! if men should come an' vell
The girt woak tree that's in the dell;
An' build his planks 'ithin the zide
O' zome girt ship to plough the tide;
Then; life or death! I'd goo to sea;
A sailen wi' the girt woak tree:
An' I upon his planks would stand;
An' die a…fighten vor the land; …
The land so dear; … the land so free; …
The land that bore the girt woak tree;
Vor I do love noo tree so well
'S the girt woak tree that's in the dell。
William Barnes '1801…1886'
TO THE WILLOW…TREE
Thou art to all lost love the best;
The only true plant found;
Wherewith young men and maids distressed;
And left of love; are crowned。
When once the lover's rose is dead;
Or laid aside forlorn:
Then willow…garlands 'bout the head
Bedewed with tears are worn。
When with neglect; the lovers' bane;
Poor maids rewarded be
For their love lost; their only gain
Is but a wreath from thee。
And underneath thy cooling shade;
When weary of the light;
The love…spent youth and love…sick maid
Come to weep out the night。
Robert Herrick '1591…1674'
ENCHANTMENT
The deep seclusion of this forest path; …
O'er which the green boughs weave a canopy;
Along which bluet and anemone
Spread dim a carpet; where the Twilight hath
Her cool abode; and; sweet as aftermath;
Wood…fragrance roams; … has so enchanted me;
That yonder blossoming bramble seems to be
A Sylvan resting; rosy from her bath:
Has so enspelled me with tradition's dreams;
That every foam…white stream that; twinkling; flows;
And every bird that flutters wings of tan;
Or warbles hidden; to my fancy seems
A Naiad dancing to a Faun who blows
Wild woodland music on the pipes of Pan。
Madison Cawein '1865…1914'
TREES
I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree。
A tree whose hungry mouth is pressed
Against the earth's sweet flowing breast;
A tree that looks at God all day
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;
A tree that may in summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;
Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain。
Poems are made by fools like me;
But only God can make a tree。
Joyce Kilmer '1886…1918'
THE HOLLY…TREE
O reader! hast thou ever stood to see
The Holly…tree?
The eye that contemplates it well perceives
Its glossy leaves
Ordered by an Intelligence so wise
As might confound the Atheist's sophistries。
Below; a circling fence; its leaves are seen;
Wrinkled and keen;
No grazing cattle; through their prickly round;
Can reach to wound;
But; as they grow where nothing is to fear;
Smooth and unarmed the pointless leaves appear。
I love to view these things with curious eyes;
And moralize;
And in this wisdom of the Holly…tree
Can emblem see
Wherewith; perchance; to make a pleasant rhyme; …
One which may profit in the after…time。
Thus; though abroad; perchance; I might appear
Harsh and austere;
To those who on my leisure would intrude;
Reserved and rude;
Gentle at home amid my friends I'd be;
Like the high leaves upon the Holly…tree。
And should my youth … as youth is apt; I know; …
Some harshness show;
All vain asperities I; day by day;
Would wear away;
Till the smooth temper of my age should be
Like the high leaves upon the Holly…tree。
And as; when all the summer trees are seen
So bright and green;
The Holly…leaves their fadeless hues display
Less bright than they;
But when the bare and wintry woods we see;
What then so cheerful as the Holly…tree? …
So; serious should my youth appear among
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