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the home book of verse-3-第16部分
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What then so cheerful as the Holly…tree? …
So; serious should my youth appear among
The thoughtless throng;
So would I seem; amid the young and gay;
More grave than they;
That in my age as cheerful I might be
As the green winter of the Holly…tree。
Robert Southey '1774…1843'
THE PINE
The elm lets fall its leaves before the frost;
The very oak grows shivering and sere;
The trees are barren when the summer's lost:
But one tree keeps its goodness all the year。
Green pine; unchanging as the days go by;
Thou art thyself beneath whatever sky:
My shelter from all winds; my own strong pine;
'Tis spring; 'tis summer; still; while thou art mine。
Augusta Webster '1837…1894'
〃WOODMAN; SPARE THAT TREE〃
Woodman; spare that tree!
Touch not a single bough!
In youth it sheltered me;
And I'll protect it now。
'Twas my forefather's hand
That placed it near his cot;
There; woodman; let it stand;
Thy axe shall harm it not!
That old familiar tree;
Whose glory and renown
Are spread o'er land and sea; …
And wouldst thou hew it down?
Woodman; forbear thy stroke!
Cut not its earth…bound ties;
O; spare that aged oak;
Now towering to the skies!
When but an idle boy
I sought its grateful shade;
In all their gushing joy
Here; too; my sisters played。
My mother kissed me here;
My father pressed my hand …
Forgive this foolish tear;
But let that old oak stand!
My heart…strings round thee cling;
Close as thy bark; old friend!
Here shall the wild…bird sing;
And still thy branches bend。
Old tree! the storm still brave!
And; woodman; leave the spot;
While I've a hand to save;
Thy axe shall harm it not。
George Pope Morris '1802…1864'
THE BEECH TREE'S PETITION
O leave this barren spot to me!
Spare; woodman; spare the beechen tree!
Though bush or floweret never grow
My dark unwarming shade below;
Nor summer bud perfume the dew
Of rosy blush; or yellow hue;
Nor fruits of autumn; blossom…born;
My green and glossy leaves adorn;
Nor murmuring tribes from me derive
Th' ambrosial amber of the hive;
Yet leave this barren spot to me:
Spare; woodman; spare the beechen tree!
Thrice twenty summers I have seen
The sky grow bright; the forest green;
And many a wintry wind have stood
In bloomless; fruitless solitude;
Since childhood in my pleasant bower
First spent its sweet and sportive hour;
Since youthful lovers in my shade
Their vows of truth and rapture made;
And on my trunk's surviving frame
Carved many a long…forgotten name。
Oh! by the sighs of gentle sound;
First breathed upon this sacred ground;
By all that Love has whispered here;
Or Beauty heard with ravished ear;
As Love's own altar honor me:
Spare; woodman; spare the beechen tree!
Thomas Campbell '1777…1844'
THE POPLAR FIELD
The poplars are felled; farewell to the shade;
And the whispering sound of the cool colonnade;
The winds play no longer and sing in the leaves;
Nor Ouse on his bosom their image receives。
Twelve years have elapsed since I first took a view
Of my favorite field; and the bank where they grew;
And now in the grass behold they are laid;
And the tree is my seat that once lent me a shade。
The blackbird has fled to another retreat;
Where the hazels afford him a screen from the heat;
And the scene where his melody charmed me before
Resounds with his sweet…flowing ditty no more。
My fugitive years are all hasting away;
And I must ere long lie as lowly as they;
With a turf on my breast and a stone at my head;
Ere another such grove shall arise in its stead。
'Tis a sight to engage me; if anything can;
To muse on the perishing pleasures of man;
Though his life be a dream; his enjoyments; I see;
Have a being less durable even than he。
William Cowper '1731…1800'
THE PLANTING OF THE APPLE…TREE
Come; let us plant the apple…tree。
Cleave the tough greensward with the spade;
Wide let its hollow bed be made;
There gently lay the roots; and there
Sift the dark mould with kindly care;
And press it o'er them tenderly;
As; round the sleeping infant's feet;
We softly fold the cradle…sheet;
So plant we the apple…tree。
What plant we in this apple…tree?
Buds; which the breath of summer days
Shall lengthen into leafy sprays;
Boughs where the thrush; with crimson breast;
Shall haunt; and sing; and hide her nest;
We plant; upon the sunny lea;
A shadow for the noontide hour;
A shelter from the summer shower;
When we plant the apple…tree。
What plant we in this apple…tree?
Sweets for a hundred flowery springs
To load the May…winds restless wings;
When; from the orchard…row; he pours
Its fragrance through our open doors;
A world of blossoms for the bee;
Flowers for the sick girl's silent room;
For the glad infant sprigs of bloom;
We plant with the apple…tree。
What plant we in this apple…tree?
Fruits that shall swell in sunny June;
And redden in the August noon;
And drop; when gentle airs come by;
That fan the blue September sky;
While children come; with cries of glee;
And seek them where the fragrant grass
Betrays their bed to those who pass;
At the foot of the apple…tree。
And when; above this apple…tree;
The winter stars are quivering bright;
And winds go howling through the night;
Girls; whose young eyes o'erflow with mirth;
Shall peel its fruit by cottage…hearth;
And guests in prouder homes shall see;
Heaped with the grape of Cintra's vine
And golden orange of the line;
The fruit of the apple…tree。
The fruitage of this apple…tree
Winds and our flag of stripe and star
Shall bear to coasts that lie afar;
Where men shall wonder at the view;
And ask in what fair groves they grew;
And sojourners beyond the sea
Shall think of childhood's careless day;
And long; long hours of summer play;
In the shade of the apple…tree。
Each year shall give this apple…tree
A broader flush of roseate bloom;
A deeper maze of verdurous gloom;
And loosen; when the frost…clouds lower;
The crisp brown leaves in thicker shower。
The years shall come and pass; but we
Shall hear no longer; where we lie;
The summer's songs; the autumn's sigh;
In the boughs of the apple…tree。
And time shall waste this apple…tree。
Oh; when its aged branches throw
Thin shadows on the ground below;
Shall fraud and force and iron will
Oppress the weak and helpless still?
What shall the tasks of mercy be;
Amid the toils; the strifes; the tears
Of those who live when length of years
Is wasting this little apple…tree?
〃Who planted this old apple…tree?〃
The children of that distant day
Thus to some aged man shall say;
And; gazing on its mossy stem;
The gray…haired man shall answer them:
〃A poet of the land was he;
Born in the rude but good old times;
'Tis said he made some quaint old rhymes;
On planting the apple…tree。〃
William Cullen Bryant '1794…1878'
OF AN ORCHARD
Good is an Orchard; the Saint saith;
To meditate on life and death;
With a cool well; a hive of bees;
A hermit's grot below the trees。
Good is an Orchard: very good;
Though one should wear no monkish hood。
Right good; when Spring awakes her flute;
And good in yellowing time of fruit。
Very good in the grass to lie
And see the network 'gainst the sky;
A living lace of blue and green;
And boughs that let the gold between。
The bees are types of souls that dwell
With honey in a quiet cell;
The ripe fruit figures goldenly
The soul's perfection in God's eye。
Prayer and praise in a country home;
Honey and fruit: a man might come;
Fed on such meats; to walk abroad;
And in his Orchard talk with God。
Katherine Tynan Hinkson '1861…1931'
AN ORCHARD AT AVIGNON
The hills are white; but not with snow:
They are as pale in summer time;
For herb or grass may never grow
Upon their slopes of lime。
Within the circle of the hills
A ring; all flowering in a round;
An orchard…ring of almond fills
The plot of stony ground。
More fair than happier trees; I think;
Grown in well…watered pasture land
These parched and stunted branches; pink
Above the stones and sand。
O white; austere; ideal place;
Where very few will care to come;
Where spring hath lost the waving grace
She wears for us at home!
Fain would I sit and watch for hours
The holy whiteness of thy hills;
Their wreath of pale auroral flowers;
Their peace the silence fills。
A place of secret peace thou art;
Such peace as in an hour of pain
One moment fills the amazed heart;
And never comes again。
A。 Mary F。 Robinson '1857…
THE TIDE RIVER
From 〃The Water Babies〃
Clear and cool; clear and cool;
By laughing shallow and dreaming pool;
Cool and clear; cool and clear;
By shining shingle and foaming weir;
Under the crag where the ouzel sings;
And the ivied wall where the church…bell rings;
Undefiled; for the undefiled;
Play by me; bathe in me; mother and child。
Dank and foul; dank and foul;
By the smoky town in its murky cowl;
Foul and dank; foul and dank;
By wharf and sewer and slimy bank;
Darker and darker the farther I go;
Baser and baser the richer I grow;
Who dare sport with the sin…defiled?
Shrink from me; turn from me; mother and child。
Strong and free; strong and free;
The flood…gates are open; away to the sea。
Free and strong; free and strong;
Cleansing my streams as I hurry along;
To the golden sands; and the leaping bar;
And the taintless tide that awaits me afar。
As I lose myself in the infinite main;
Like a soul that has sinned and is pardoned again;
Undefiled; for the undefiled;
Play by me; bathe in me; mother and child。
Charles Kingsley '1819…1875'
THE BROOK'S SONG
From 〃The
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