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the home book of verse-3-第30部分

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I hold you at last in my hand;

Exquisite child of the air。

Can I ever understand

How you grew to be so fair?



You came to my linden tree

To taste its delicious sweet;

I sitting here in the shadow and shine

Playing around its feet。



Now I hold you fast in my hand;

You marvelous butterfly;

Till you help me to understand

The eternal mystery。



From that creeping thing in the dust

To this shining bliss in the blue!

God give me courage to trust

I can break my chrysalis too!



Alice Freeman Palmer '1855…1902'





FIREFLIES



I saw; one sultry night above a swamp;

The darkness throbbing with their golden pomp!

And long my dazzled sight did they entrance

With the weird chaos of their dizzy dance!

Quicker than yellow leaves; when gales despoil;

Quivered the brilliance of their mute turmoil;

Within whose light was intricately blent

Perpetual rise; perpetual descent。

As though their scintillant flickerings had met

In the vague meshes of some airy net!

And now mysteriously I seemed to guess;

While watching their tumultuous loveliness;

What fervor of deep passion strangely thrives

In the warm richness of these tropic lives;

Whose wings can never tremble but they show

These hearts of living fire that beat below!



Edgar Fawcett '1847…1904'





THE BLOOD HORSE



Gamarra is a dainty steed;

Strong; black; and of a noble breed;

Full of fire; and full of bone;

With all his line of fathers known;

Fine his nose; his nostrils thin;

But blown abroad by the pride within!

His mane is like a river flowing;

And his eyes like embers glowing

In the darkness of the night;

And his pace as swift as light。



Look; … how 'round his straining throat

Grace and shifting beauty float!

Sinewy strength is in his reins;

And the red blood gallops through his veins;

Richer; redder; never ran

Through the boasting heart of man。

He can trace his lineage higher

Than the Bourbon dare aspire; …

Douglas; Guzman; or the Guelph;

Or O'Brien's blood itself!



He; who hath no peer; was born;

Here; upon a red March morn;

But his famous fathers dead

Were Arabs all; and Arab bred;

And the last of that great line

Trod like one of a race divine!

And yet; … he was but friend to one

Who fed him at the set of sun;

By some lone fountain fringed with green:

With him; a roving Bedouin;

He lived; (none else would he obey

Through all the hot Arabian day);

And died untamed upon the sands

Where Balkh amidst the desert stands。



Bryan Waller Procter '1787…1874'





BIRDS



Sure maybe ye've heard the storm…thrush 

Whistlin' bould in March;

Before there's a primrose peepin' out; 

Or a wee red cone on the larch;

Whistlin' the sun to come out o' the cloud;

An' the wind to come over the sea;

But for all he can whistle so clear an' loud;

He's never the bird for me。



Sure maybe ye've seen the song…thrush 

After an April rain

Slip from in…undher the drippin' leaves;

Wishful to sing again;

An' low wi' love when he's near the nest;

An' loud from the top o' the tree;

But for all he can flutter the heart in your breast;

He's never the bird for me。



Sure maybe ye've heard the cushadoo

Callin' his mate in May;

When one sweet thought is the whole of his life;

An' he tells it the one sweet way。

But my heart is sore at the cushadoo

Filled wid his own soft glee;

Over an' over his 〃me an' you!〃

He's never the bird for me。



Sure maybe ye've heard the red…breast

Singin' his lone on a thorn;

Mindin' himself o' the dear days lost;

Brave wid his heart forlorn。

The time is in dark November;

An' no spring hopes has he:

〃Remember;〃 he sings; 〃remember!〃

Ay; thon's the wee bird for me。



Moira O'Neill '18 …





BIRDS



Birds are singing round my window;

Tunes the sweetest ever heard;

And I hang my cage there daily;

But I never catch a bird。



So with thoughts my brain is peopled;

And they sing there all day long:

But they will not fold their pinions

In the little cage of Song!



Richard Henry Stoddard '1825…1903'





SEA…BIRDS



O lonesome sea…gull; floating far

Over the ocean's icy waste;

Aimless and wide thy wanderings are;

Forever vainly seeking rest: …

Where is thy mate; and where thy nest?



'Twixt wintry sea and wintry sky;

Cleaving the keen air with thy breast;

Thou sailest slowly; solemnly;

No fetter on thy wing is pressed: …

Where is thy mate; and where thy nest?



O restless; homeless human soul;

Following for aye thy nameless quest;

The gulls float; and the billows roll;

Thou watchest still; and questionest: …

Where is thy mate; and where thy nest?



Elizabeth Akers '1832…1911'





THE LITTLE BEACH…BIRD



Thou little bird; thou dweller by the sea;

Why takest thou its melancholy voice;

And with that boding cry

Why o'er the waves dost fly?

O; rather; bird; with me

Through the fair land rejoice!



Thy flitting form comes ghostly dim and pale;

As driven by a beating storm at sea;

Thy cry is weak and scared;

As if thy mates had shared

The doom of us。  Thy wail; …

What doth it bring to me?



Thou call'st along the sand; and haunt'st the surge;

Restless; and sad; as if; in strange accord

With the motion and the roar

Of waves that drive to shore;

One spirit did ye urge …

The Mystery … the Word。



Of thousands; thou; both sepulchre and pall;

Old Ocean!  A requiem o'er the dead;

From out thy gloomy cells;

A tale of mourning tells; …

Tells of man's woe and fall;

His sinless glory fled。



Then turn thee; little bird; and take thy flight

Where the complaining sea shall sadness bring

Thy spirit nevermore。

Come; quit with me the shore;

For gladness and the light;

Where birds of summer sing。



Richard Henry Dana '1787…1879'





THE BLACKBIRD



How sweet the harmonies of afternoon:

The Blackbird sings along the sunny breeze

His ancient song of leaves; and summer boon;

Rich breath of hayfields streams through whispering trees;

And birds of morning trim their bustling wings;

And listen fondly … while the Blackbird sings。



How soft the lovelight of the West reposes

On this green valley's cheery solitude;

On the trim cottage with its screen of roses;

On the gray belfry with its ivy hood;

And murmuring mill…race; and the wheel that flings

Its bubbling freshness … while the Blackbird sings。



The very dial on the village church

Seems as 'twere dreaming in a dozy rest;

The scribbled benches underneath the porch

Bask in the kindly welcome of the West;

But the broad casements of the old Three Kings

Blaze like a furnace … while the Blackbird sings。



And there beneath the immemorial elm

Three rosy revellers round a table sit;

And through gray clouds give laws unto the realm;

Curse good and great; but worship their own wit。

And roar of fights; and fairs; and junketings;

Corn; colts; and curs … the while the Blackbird sings。



Before her home; in her accustomed seat;

The tidy Grandam spins beneath the shade

Of the old honeysuckle; at her feet

The dreaming pug; and purring tabby laid;

To her low chair a little maiden clings;

And spells in silence … while the Blackbird sings。



Sometimes the shadow of a lazy cloud

Breathes o'er the hamlet with its gardens green。

While the far fields with sunlight overflowed

Like golden shores of Fairyland are seen;

Again; the sunshine on the shadow springs;

And fires the thicket where the Blackbird sings。



The woods; the lawn; the peaked Manorhouse;

With its peach…covered walls; and rookery loud;

The trim; quaint garden alleys; screened with boughs。

The lion…headed gates; so grim and proud;

The mossy fountain with its murmurings;

Lie in warm sunshine … while the Blackbird sings。



The ring of silver voices; and the sheen

Of festal garments … and my Lady streams

With her gay court across the garden green;

Some laugh; and dance; some whisper their love…dreams;

And one calls for a little page; he strings

Her lute beside her … while the Blackbird sings。



A little while … and lo! the charm is heard;

A youth; whose life has been all Summer; steals

Forth from the noisy guests around the board;

Creeps by her softly; at her footstool kneels;

And; when she pauses; murmurs tender things

Into her fond ear … while the Blackbird sings。



The smoke…wreaths from the chimneys curl up higher;

And dizzy things of eve begin to float

Upon the light; the breeze begins to tire;

Half way to sunset with a drowsy note

The ancient clock from out the valley swings;

The Grandam nods … and still the Blackbird sings。



Far shouts and laughter from the farmstead peal;

Where the great stack is piling in the sun;

Through narrow gates o'erladen wagons reel;

And barking curs into the tumult run;

While the inconstant wind bears off; and brings

The merry tempest … and the Blackbird sings。



On the high wold the last look of the sun

Burns; like a beacon; over dale and stream;

The shouts have ceased; the laughter and the fun;

The Grandam sleeps; and peaceful be her dream;

Only a hammer on an anvil rings;

The day is dying … still the Blackbird sings。



Now the good Vicar passes from his gate

Serene; with long white hair; and in his eye

Burns the clear spirit that hath conquered Fate;

And felt the wings of immortality;

His heart is thronged with great imaginings;

And tender mercies … while the Blackbird sings。



Down by the brook he bends his steps; and through

A lowly wicket; and at last he stands

Awful beside the bed of one who grew

From boyhood with him … who; with lifted hands

And eyes; seems listening to far welcomings;

And sweeter music than the Blackbird sings。



Two golden stars; like tokens from the Blest;

Strike on his dim orbs from the setting sun;

His sinking hands seem pointing to the West;
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