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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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