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the home book of verse-3-第27部分

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And passes in a tear; …



Some boyish vision of his Eastern village;

Of uneventful toil;

Where golden harvests followed quiet tillage

Above a peaceful soil。



One moment only; for the pick; uplifting;

Through root and fibre cleaves;

And on the muddy current slowly drifting

Are swept thy bruised leaves。



And yet; O poet; in thy homely fashion;

Thy work thou dost fulfil;

For on the turbid current of his passion

Thy face is shining still!



Bret Harte '1839…1902'





THE PRIMROSE



Ask me why I send you here

This sweet Infanta of the year?

Ask me why I send to you

This Primrose; thus bepearled with dew?

I will whisper to your ears: …

The sweets of love are mixed with tears。



Ask me why this flower does show

So yellow…green; and sickly too?

Ask me why the stalk is weak

And bending; yet it doth not break?

I will answer: … These discover

What fainting hopes are in a lover。



Robert Herrick '1591…1674'





TO PRIMROSES FILLED WITH MORNING DEW



Why do ye weep; sweet babes?  Can tears

Speak grief in you;

Who were but born

Just as the modest morn

Teemed her refreshing dew?

Alas; you have not known that shower

That mars a flower;

Nor felt the unkind

Breath of a blasting wind;

Nor are ye worn with years;

Or warped; as we;

Who think it strange to see

Such pretty flowers; like to orphans young;

To speak by tears; before ye have a tongue。



Speak; whimpering younglings; and make known

The reason why

Ye droop and weep;

Is it for want of sleep;

Or childish lullaby?

Or that ye have not seen as yet

The violet?

Or brought a kiss

From that Sweet…heart; to this?

… No; no; this sorrow shown

By your tears shed;

Would have this lecture read;

That things of greatest; so of meanest worth;

Conceived with grief are; and with tears brought forth。



Robert Herrick '1591…1674'





TO AN EARLY PRIMROSE



Mild offspring of a dark and sullen sire!

Whose modest form; so delicately fine;

Was nursed in whirling storms

And cradled in the winds;



Thee; when young Spring first questioned Winter's sway;

And dared the sturdy blusterer to the fight;

Thee on this bank he threw

To mark his victory。



In this low vale; the promise of the year;

Serene; thou openest to the nipping gale;

Unnoticed and alone;

Thy tender elegance。



So Virtue blooms; brought forth amid the storms

Of chill adversity; in some lone walk

Of life she rears her head;

Obscure and unobserved;



While every bleaching breeze that on her blows

Chastens her spotless purity of breast;

And hardens her to bear

Serene the ills of life。



Henry Kirke White '1785…1806'





THE RHODORA

On Being Asked Whence Is The Flower



In May; when sea…winds pierced our solitudes;

I found the fresh Rhodora in the woods;

Spreading its leafless blooms in a damp nook;

To please the desert and the sluggish brook。

The purple petals; fallen in the pool;

Made the black water with their beauty gay;

Here might the red…bird come his plumes to cool;

And court the flower that cheapens his array。

Rhodora! if the sages ask thee why

This charm is wasted on the earth and sky;

Tell them; dear; that if eyes were made for seeing;

Then Beauty is its own excuse for being:

Why thou wert there; O rival of the rose!

I never thought to ask; I never knew:

But; in my simple ignorance; suppose

The self…same Power that brought me there brought you。



Ralph Waldo Emerson '1803…1882'





THE ROSE



A rose; as fair as ever saw the North;

Grew in a little garden all alone;

A sweeter flower did Nature ne'er put forth;

Nor fairer garden yet was never known:

The maidens danced about it morn and noon;

And learned bards of it their ditties made;

The nimble fairies by the pale…faced moon

Watered the root and kissed her pretty shade。

But well…a…day! … the gardener careless grew;

The maids and fairies both were kept away;

And in a drought the caterpillars threw

Themselves upon the bud and every spray。

God shield the stock!  If heaven send no supplies;

The fairest blossom of the garden dies。



William Browne '1591…1643'





WILD ROSES



On long; serene midsummer days

Of ripening fruit and yellow grain;

How sweetly; by dim woodland ways;

In tangled hedge or leafy lane;

Fair wild…rose thickets; you unfold

Those pale pink stars with hearts of gold!



Your sleek patrician sisters dwell

On lawns where gleams the shrub's trim bosk;

In terraced gardens; tended well;

Near pebbled walk and quaint kiosk。

In costliest urns their colors rest;

They beam on beauty's fragrant breast!



But you in lowly calm abide;

Scarce heeded save by breeze or bee;

You know what splendor; pomp and pride

Full oft your brilliant sisters see;

What sorrow too; and bitter fears;

What mad farewells and hopeless tears。



How some are kept in old; dear books;

That once in bridal wreaths were worn;

How some are kissed; with tender looks;

And later tossed aside with scorn;

How some their taintless petals lay

On icy foreheads; pale as they!



So; while these truths you vaguely guess;

A…bloom in many a lonesome spot;

Shy roadside roses; may you bless

The fate that rules your modest lot;

Like rustic maids that meekly stand

Below the ladies of their land!



Edgar Fawcett '1847…1904'





THE ROSE OF MAY



Ah! there's the lily; marble pale;

The bonny broom; the cistus frail;

The rich sweet pea; the iris blue;

The larkspur with its peacock hue;

All these are fair; yet hold I will

That the Rose of May is fairer still。



'Tis grand 'neath palace walls to grow;

To blaze where lords and ladies go;

To hang o'er marble founts; and shine

In modern gardens; trim and fine;

But the Rose of May is only seen

Where the great of other days have been。



The house is mouldering stone by stone;

The garden…walks are overgrown;

The flowers are low; the weeds are high;

The fountain…stream is choked and dry;

The dial…stone with moss is green;

Where'er the Rose of May is seen。



The Rose of May its pride displayed

Along the old stone balustrade;

And ancient ladies; quaintly dight;

In its pink blossoms took delight;

And on the steps would make a stand

To scent its fragrance … fan in hand。



Long have been dead those ladies gay;

Their very heirs have passed away;

And their old portraits; prim and tall;

Are mouldering in the mouldering hall;

The terrace and the balustrade

Lie broken; weedy and decayed。



But blithe and tall the Rose of May

Shoots upward through the ruin gray;

With scented flower; and leaf pale green;

Such rose as it hath never been;

Left; like a noble deed; to grace

The memory of an ancient race。



Mary Howitt '1799…1888'





A ROSE



Blown in the morning; thou shalt fade ere noon。

What boots a life which in such haste forsakes thee?

Thou'rt wondrous frolic; being to die so soon;

And passing proud a little color makes thee。

If thee thy brittle beauty so deceives;

Know then the thing that swells thee is thy bane;

For the same beauty cloth; in bloody leaves;

The sentence of thy early death contain。

Some clown's coarse lungs will poison thy sweet flower;

If by the careless plough thou shalt be torn;

And many Herods lie in wait each hour

To murder thee as soon as thou art born …

Nay; force thy bud to blow … their tyrant breath

Anticipating life; to hasten death!



Richard Fanshawe '1608…1666'





THE SHAMROCK



When April rains make flowers bloom

And Johnny…jump…ups come to light;

And clouds of color and perfume

Float from the orchards pink and white;

I see my shamrock in the rain;

An emerald spray with raindrops set;

Like jewels on Spring's coronet;

So fair; and yet it breathes of pain。



The shamrock on an older shore

Sprang from a rich and sacred soil

Where saint and hero lived of yore;

And where their sons in sorrow toil;

And here; transplanted; it to me

Seems weeping for the soil it left:

The diamonds that all others see

Are tears drawn from its heart bereft。



When April rain makes flowers grow;

And sparkles on their tiny buds

That in June nights will over…blow

And fill the world with scented floods;

The lonely shamrock in our land …

So fine among the clover leaves …

For the old springtime often grieves; …

I feel its tears upon my hand。



Maurice Francis Egan '1852…1924'





TO VIOLETS



Welcome; maids of honor;

You do bring

In the Spring;

And wait upon her。



She has virgins many;

Fresh and fair;

Yet you are

More sweet than any。



You're the maiden posies;

And; so graced;

To be placed

'Fore damask roses。



Yet; though thus respected;

By and by

Ye do lie;

Poor girls; neglected。



Robert Herrick '1591…1674'





THE VIOLET



O faint; delicious; spring…time violet!

Thine odor; like a key;

Turns noiselessly in memory's wards to let

A thought of sorrow free。



The breath of distant fields upon my brow

Blows through that open door

The sound of wind…borne bells; more sweet and low;

And sadder than of yore。



It comes afar; from that beloved place;

And that beloved hour;

When life hung ripening in love's golden grace;

Like grapes above a bower。



A spring goes singing through its reedy grass;

The lark sings o'er my head;

Drowned in the sky … O; pass; ye visions; pass!

I would that I were dead! …



Why hast thou opened that forbidden door;

From which I ever flee?

O vanished Joy!  O Love; that art no more;

Let my vexed spirit be!



O violet! thy odor through my brain

Hath searched; and stung to grief

This sunny day; as if a curse did stain

Thy velvet leaf。



William Wetmore Story '1819…1895'





TO A WOOD…VIOLET



In this secluded shrine;

O miracle of grace;

No mortal eye but mine

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