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the home book of verse-3-第28部分
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TO A WOOD…VIOLET
In this secluded shrine;
O miracle of grace;
No mortal eye but mine
Hath looked upon thy face。
No shadow but mine own
Hath screened thee from the sight
Of Heaven; whose love alone
Hath led me to thy light。
Whereof … as shade to shade
Is wedded in the sun …
A moment's glance hath made
Our souls forever one。
John Banister Tabb '1845…1909'
THE VIOLET AND THE ROSE
The violet in the wood; that's sweet to…day;
Is longer sweet than roses of red June;
Set me sweet violets along my way;
And bid the red rose flower; but not too soon。
Ah violet; ah rose; why not the two?
Why bloom not all fair flowers the whole year through?
Why not the two; young violet; ripe rose?
Why dies one sweetness when another blows?
Augusta Webster '1837…1894'
TO A WIND…FLOWER
Teach me the secret of thy loveliness;
That; being made wise; I may aspire to be
As beautiful in thought; and so express
Immortal truths to earth's mortality;
Though to my soul ability be less
Than 'tis to thee; O sweet anemone。
Teach me the secret of thy innocence;
That in simplicity I may grow wise;
Asking from Art no other recompense
Than the approval of her own just eyes;
So may I rise to some fair eminence;
Though less than thine; O cousin of the skies。
Teach me these things; through whose high knowledge; I; …
When Death hath poured oblivion through my veins;
And brought me home; as all are brought; to lie
In that vast house; common to serfs and thanes; …
I shall not die; I shall not utterly die;
For beauty born of beauty … that remains。
Madison Cawein '1865…1914'
TO BLOSSOMS
Fair pledges of a fruitful tree;
Why do ye fall so fast?
Your date is not so past
But you may stay yet here awhile
To blush and gently smile;
And go at last。
What! were ye born to be
An hour or half's delight;
And so to bid good…night?
'Twas pity Nature brought you forth
Merely to show your worth
And lose you quite。
But you are lovely leaves; where we
May read how soon things have
Their end; though ne'er so brave:
And after they have shown their pride
Like you awhile; they glide
Into the grave。
Robert Herrick '1591…1674'
〃TIS THE LAST ROSE OF SUMMER〃
'Tis the last rose of summer;
Left blooming alone;
All her lovely companions
Are faded and gone;
No flower of her kindred;
No rose…bud is nigh;
To reflect back her blushes;
Or give sigh for sigh。
I'll not leave thee; thou lone one!
To pine on the stem;
Since the lovely are sleeping;
Go; sleep thou with them。
Thus kindly I scatter
Thy leaves o'er the bed
Where thy mates of the garden
Lie scentless and dead。
So soon may I follow;
When friendships decay;
And from Love's shining circle
The gems drop away。
When true hearts lie withered;
And fond ones are flown;
O who would inhabit
This bleak world alone?
Thomas Moore '1779…1852'
THE DEATH OF THE FLOWERS
The melancholy days are come; the saddest of the year;
Of wailing winds; and naked woods; and meadows brown and sere。
Heaped in the hollows of the grove; the autumn leaves lie dead;
They rustle to the eddying gust; and to the rabbit's tread;
The robin and the wren are flown; and from the shrubs the jay;
And from the wood…top calls the crow through all the gloomy day。
Where are the flowers; the fair young flowers; that lately sprang and stood
In brighter light and softer airs; a beauteous sisterhood?
Alas! they all are in their graves; the gentle race of flowers
Are lying in their lowly beds; with the fair and good of ours。
The rain is falling where they lie; but the cold November rain
Calls not from out the gloomy earth the lovely ones again。
The wind…flower and the violet; they perished long ago;
And the brier…rose and the orchis died amid the summer glow;
But on the hill the golden…rod; and the aster in the wood;
And the yellow sun…flower by the brook; in autumn beauty stood;
Till fell the frost from the clear cold heaven; as falls the plague on men;
And the brightness of their smile was gone; from upland; glade; and glen。
And now; when comes the calm mild day; as still such days will come;
To call the squirrel and the bee from out their winter home;
When the sound of dropping nuts is heard; though all the trees are still;
And twinkle in the smoky light the waters of the rill;
The south wind searches for the flowers whose fragrance late he bore;
And sighs to find them in the wood and by the stream no more。
And then I think of one who in her youthful beauty died;
The fair meek blossom that grew up and faded by my side。
In the cold moist earth we laid her; when the forest cast the leaf;
And we wept that one so lovely should have a life so brief:
Yet not unmeet it was that one like that young friend of ours;
So gentle and so beautiful; should perish with the flowers。
William Cullen Bryant '1794…1878'
GOD'S CREATURES
ONCE ON A TIME
Once on a time I used to dream
Strange spirits moved about my way;
And I might catch a vagrant gleam;
A glint of pixy or of fay;
Their lives were mingled with my own;
So far they roamed; so near they drew;
And when I from a child had grown;
I woke … and found my dream was true。
For one is clad in coat of fur;
And one is decked with feathers gay;
Another; wiser; will prefer
A sober suit of Quaker gray:
This one's your servant from his birth;
And that a Princess you must please;
And this one loves to wake your mirth;
And that one likes to share your ease。
O gracious creatures; tiny souls!
You seem so near; so far away;
Yet while the cloudland round us rolls;
We love you better every day。
Margaret Benson '18 …
TO A MOUSE
On Turning Up Her Nest With The Plow; November; 1785
Wee; sleekit; cow'rin'; tim'rous beastie;
O; what a panic's in thy breastie!
Thou need na start awa' sae hasty;
Wi' bickering brattle!
I wad be laith to rin an' chase thee;
Wi' murd'ring pattle!
I'm truly sorry man's dominion
Has broken Nature's social union;
An' justifies that ill opinion;
Which makes thee startle
At me; thy poor; earth…born companion;
An' fellow…mortal!
I doubt na; whiles; but thou may thieve;
What then? poor beastie; thou maun live!
A daimen icker in a thrave
'S a sma' request;
I'll get a blessin' wi' the laive;
And never miss't!
Thy wee bit housie; too; in ruin!
Its silly wa's the win's are strewin'!
An' naething; now; to big a new ane;
O' faggage green!
An' bleak December's winds ensuin';
Baith snell an' keen!
Thou saw the fields laid bare an' waste;
An' weary winter comin' fast;
An' cozie here; beneath the blast;
Thou thought to dwell; …
Till; crash! the cruel coulter passed
Out through thy cell。
That wee bit heap o' leaves an' stibble
Has cost thee mony a weary nibble!
Now thou's turned out; for a' thy trouble;
But house or hald;
To thole the winter's sleety dribble;
An' cranreuch cauld!
But; Mousie; thou art no thy lane;
In proving foresight may be vain: …
The best…laid schemes o' mice an' men;
Gang aft a…gley;
An' lea'e us naught but grief an' pain;
For promised joy!
Still thou art blest; compared wi' me!
The present only toucheth thee:
But; och! I backward cast my e'e
On prospects drear!
An' forward; though I canna see;
I guess an' fear!
Robert Burns '1759…1796'
THE GRASSHOPPER
Happy insect; what can be
In happiness compared to thee?
Fed with nourishment divine;
The dewy morning's gentle wine!
Nature waits upon thee still;
And thy verdant cup does fill;
'Tis filled wherever thou dost tread;
Nature's self's thy Ganymede。
Thou dost drink; and dance; and sing;
Happier than the happiest king!
All the fields which thou dost see;
All the plants belong to thee;
All the summer hours produce;
Fertile made with early juice。
Man for thee does sow and plow;
Farmer he; and landlord thou!
Thou dost innocently enjoy;
Nor does thy luxury destroy。
The shepherd gladly heareth thee;
More harmonious than he。
Thee country hinds with gladness hear;
Prophet of the ripened year!
Thee Phoebus loves; and does inspire
Phoebus is himself thy sire。
To thee; of all things upon earth;
Life is no longer than thy mirth。
Happy insect! happy thou;
Dost neither age nor winter know;
But when thou'st drunk; and danced; and sung
Thy fill; the flowery leaves among;
(Voluptuous and wise withal;
Epicurean animal!)
Sated with thy summer feast;
Thou retir'st to endless rest。
After Anacreon; by Abraham Cowley '1618…1667'
ON THE GRASSHOPPER AND CRICKET
The poetry of earth is never dead:
When all the birds are faint with the hot sun;
And hide in cooling trees; a voice will run
From hedge to hedge about the new…mown mead:
That is the Grasshopper's … he takes the lead
In summer luxury; … he has never done
With his delights; for when tired out with fun;
He rests at ease beneath some pleasant weed。
The poetry of earth is ceasing never:
On a lone winter evening; when the frost
Has wrought a silence; from the stove there shrills
The Cricket's song; in warmth increasing ever;
And seems to one in drowsiness half…lost;
The Grasshopper's among the grassy hills。
John Keats '1795…1821'
TO THE GRASSHOPPER AND THE CRICKET
Green little vaulter in the sunny grass;
Catching your heart up at the feel of June;
Sole voice that's heard amidst the lazy noon;
When even the bees lag at the summoning brass;
And you; warm little housekeeper; who class
With those who think the candles come too soon;
Loving the fire; and with your tricksome tune
Nick the glad silent moments as they pass;
O sweet and tiny cousins; t
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