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the home book of verse-3-第31部分
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Strike on his dim orbs from the setting sun;
His sinking hands seem pointing to the West;
He smiles as though he said … 〃Thy will be done〃:
His eyes; they see not those illuminings;
His ears; they hear not what the Blackbird sings。
Frederick Tennyson '1807…1898'
THE BLACKBIRD
When smoke stood up from Ludlow
And mist blew off from Teme;
And blithe afield to ploughing
Against the morning beam
I strode beside my team;
The blackbird in the coppice
Looked out to see me stride;
And hearkened as I whistled
The trampling team beside;
And fluted and replied:
〃Lie down; lie down; young yeoman;
What use to rise and rise?
Rise man a thousand mornings
Yet down at last he lies;
And then the man is wise。〃
I heard the tune he sang me;
And spied his yellow bill;
I picked a stone and aimed it
And threw it with a will:
Then the bird was still。
Then my soul within me
Took up the blackbird's strain;
And still beside the horses
Along the dewy lane
It sang the song again:
〃Lie down; lie down; young yeoman;
The sun moves always west;
The road one treads to labor
Will lead one home to rest;
And that will be the best。〃
Alfred Edward Housman '1859…1936'
THE BLACKBIRD
The nightingale has a lyre of gold;
The lark's is a clarion call;
And the blackbird plays but a box…wood flute;
But I love him best of all。
For his song is all of the joy of life;
And we in the mad; spring weather;
We too have listened till he sang
Our hearts and lips together。
William Ernest Henley '1849…1903'
THE BLACKBIRD
Ov all the birds upon the wing
Between the zunny showers o' spring;…
Vor all the lark; a…swingen high;
Mid zing below a cloudless sky;
An' sparrows; clust'ren roun' the bough;
Mid chatter to the men at plough; …
The blackbird; whisslen in among
The boughs; do zing the gayest zong。
Vor we do hear the blackbird zing
His sweetest ditties in the spring;
When nippen win's noo mwore do blow
Vrom northern skies; wi' sleet or snow;
But dreve light doust along between
The leane…zide hedges; thick an' green;
An' zoo the blackbird in among
The boughs do zing the gayest zong。
'Tis blithe; wi' newly…opened eyes;
To zee the mornen's ruddy skies;
Or; out a…haulen frith or lops
Vrom new…pleshed hedge or new…velled copse;
To rest at noon in primrwose beds
Below the white…barked woak…trees' heads;
But there's noo time; the whole day long;
Lik' evenen wi' the blackbird's zong。
Vor when my work is all a…done
Avore the zetten o' the zun;
Then blushen Jeane do walk along
The hedge to meet me in the drong;
An' stay till all is dim an' dark
Bezides the ashen tree's white bark;
An' all bezides the blackbird's shrill
An' runnen evenen…whissle's still。
An' there in bwoyhood I did rove
Wi' pryen eyes along the drove
To vind the nest the blackbird meade
O' grass…stalks in the high bough's sheade;
Or climb aloft; wi' clingen knees;
Vor crows' aggs up in swayen trees;
While frightened blackbirds down below
Did chatter o' their little foe。
An' zoo there's noo pleace lik' the drong;
Where I do hear the blackbird's zong。
William Barnes '1801…1886'
ROBERT OF LINCOLN
Merrily swinging on brier and weed
Near to the nest of his little dame;
Over the mountain…side or mead;
Robert of Lincoln is telling his name:
Bob…o'…link; bob…o'…link;
Spink; spank; spink;
Snug and safe is that nest of ours;
Hidden among the summer flowers。
Chee; chee; chee。
Robert of Lincoln is gayly dressed;
Wearing a bright black wedding…coat;
White are his shoulders and white his crest。
Hear him call in his merry note:
Bob…o'…link; bob…o'…link;
Spink; spank; spink;
Look; what a nice new coat is mine;
Sure there was never a bird so fine。
Chee; chee; chee。
Robert of Lincoln's Quaker wife;
Pretty and quiet; with plain brown wings;
Passing at home a patient life;
Broods in the grass while her husband sings:
Bob…o'…link; bob…o'…link;
Spink; spank; spink;
Brood; kind creature; you need not fear
Thieves and robbers while I am here。
Chee; chee; chee。
Modest and shy as a nun is she;
One weak chirp is her only note。
Braggart and prince of braggarts is he;
Pouring boasts from his little throat:
Bob…o'…link; bob…o'…link;
Spink; spank; spink;
Never was I afraid of man;
Catch me; cowardly knaves; if you can!
Chee; chee; chee。
Six white eggs on a bed of hay;
Flecked with purple; a pretty sight!
There as the mother sits all day;
Robert is singing with all his might:
Bob…o'…link; bob…o'…link;
Spink; spank; spink;
Nice good wife; that never goes out;
Keeping house while I frolic about。
Chee; chee; chee。
Soon as the little ones chip the shell;
Six wide mouths are open for food;
Robert of Lincoln bestirs him well;
Gathering seeds for the hungry brood。
Bob…o'…link; bob…o'…link;
Spink; spank; spink;
This new life is likely to be
Hard for a gay young fellow like me。
Chee; chee; chee。
Robert of Lincoln at length is made
Sober with work; and silent with care;
Off is his holiday garment laid。
Half forgotten that merry air:
Bob…o'…link; bob…o'…link;
Spink; spank; spink;
Nobody knows but my mate and I
Where our nest and our nestlings lie。
Chee; chee; chee。
Summer wanes; the children are grown;
Fun and frolic no more he knows;
Robert of Lincoln's a humdrum crone;
Off he flies; and we sing as he goes:
Bob…o'…link; bob…o'…link;
Spink; spank; spink;
When you can pipe that merry old strain;
Robert of Lincoln; come back again。
Chee; chee; chee。
William Cullen Bryant '1794…1878'
THE O'LINCON FAMILY
A flock of merry singing…birds were sporting in the grove;
Some were warbling cheerily; and some were making love:
There were Bobolincon; Wadolincon; Winterseeble; Conquedle; …
A livelier set was never led by tabor; pipe; or fiddle; …
Crying; 〃Phew; shew; Waldolincon; see; see; Bobolincon;
Down among the tickletops; hiding in the buttercups!
I know a saucy chap; I see his shining cap
Bobbing in the clover there … see; see; see!〃
Up flies Bobolincon; perching on an apple…tree;
Startled by his rival's song; quickened by his raillery;
Soon he spies the rogue afloat; curveting in the air;
And merrily he turns about; and warns him to beware!
〃'Tis you that would a…wooing go; down among the rushes O!
But wait a week; till flowers are cheery; … wait a week; and;
ere you marry;
Be sure of a house wherein to tarry!
Wadolink; Whiskodink; Tom Denny; wait; wait; wait!〃
Every one's a funny fellow; every one's a little mellow;
Follow; follow; follow; follow; o'er the hill and in the hollow!
Merrily; merrily; there they hie; now they rise and now they fly;
They cross and turn; and in and out; and down in the middle
and wheel about; …
With a 〃Phew; shew; Wadolincon! listen to me; Bobolincon! …
Happy's the wooing that's speedily doing; that's speedily doing;
That's merry and over with the bloom of the clover!
Bobolincon; Wadolincon; Winterseeble; follow; follow; follow me!〃
Wilson Flagg '1805…1884'
THE BOBOLINK
Bobolink! that in the meadow;
Or beneath the orchard's shadow;
Keepest up a constant rattle
Joyous as my children's prattle;
Welcome to the north again!
Welcome to mine ear thy strain;
Welcome to mine eye the sight
Of thy buff; thy black and white。
Brighter plumes may greet the sun
By the banks of Amazon;
Sweeter tones may weave the spell
Of enchanting Philomel;
But the tropic bird would fail;
And the English nightingale;
If we should compare their worth
With thine endless; gushing mirth。
When the ides of May are past;
June and Summer nearing fast;
While from depths of blue above
Comes the mighty breath of love。
Calling out each bud and flower
With resistless; secret power;
Waking hope and fond desire;
Kindling the erotic fire;
Filling youths' and maidens' dreams
With mysterious; pleasing themes;
Then; amid the sunlight clear
Floating in the fragrant air;
Thou dost fill each heart with pleasure
By thy glad ecstatic measure。
A single note; so sweet and low;
Like a full heart's overflow;
Forms the prelude; but the strain
Gives no such tone again;
For the wild and saucy song
Leaps and skips the notes among;
With such quick and sportive play;
Ne'er was madder; merrier lay。
Gayest songster of the Spring!
Thy melodies before me bring
Visions of some dream…built land;
Where; by constant zephyrs fanned;
I might walk the livelong day;
Embosomed in perpetual May。
Nor care nor fear thy bosom knows;
For thee a tempest never blows;
But when our northern Summer's o'er;
By Delaware's or Schuylkil's shore
The wild rice lifts its airy head;
And royal feasts for thee are spread。
And when the Winter threatens there;
Thy tireless wings yet own no fear。
But bear thee to more southern coasts;
Far beyond the reach of frosts。
Bobolink! still may thy gladness
Take from me all taint of sadness;
Fill my soul with trust unshaken
In that Being who has taken
Care for every living thing;
In Summer; Winter; Fall; and Spring。
Thomas Hill '1818…1891'
MY CATBIRD
A Capriccio
Nightingale I never heard;
Nor skylark; poet's bird;
But there is an aether…winger
So surpasses every singer;
(Though unknown to lyric fame;)
That at morning; or at nooning;
When I hear his pipe a…tuning;
Down I fling Keats; Shelley; Wordsworth; …
What are all their songs of birds worth?
All their soaring
Souls' outpouring?
When my Mimus Carolinensis;
(That's his Latin name;)
When my warbler wild commences
Song's hilarious rhapsody;
Just to please himself and me!
Primo Cantante!
Scherzo! Andante!
Piano; pianissimo!
Presto; prestissimo!
Ha
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