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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!

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