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the home book of verse-3-第32部分
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Primo Cantante!
Scherzo! Andante!
Piano; pianissimo!
Presto; prestissimo!
Hark! are there nine birds or ninety and nine?
And now a miraculous gurgling gushes
Like nectar from Hebe's Olympian bottle;
The laughter of tune from a rapturous throttle!
Such melody must be a hermit…thrush's!
But that other caroler; nearer;
Outrivaling rivalry with clearer
Sweetness incredibly fine!
Is it oriole; redbird; or bluebird;
Or some strange; un…Auduboned new bird?
All one; sir; both this bird and that bird;
The whole flight are all the same catbird!
The whole visible and invisible choir you see
On one lithe twig of yon green tree。
Flitting; feathery Blondel!
Listen to his rondel!
To his lay romantical!
To his sacred canticle!
Hear him lilting;
See him tilting
His saucy head and tail; and fluttering
While uttering
All the difficult operas under the sun
Just for fun;
Or in tipsy revelry;
Or at love devilry;
Or; disdaining his divine gift and art;
Like an inimitable poet
Who captivates the world's heart
And don't know it。
Hear him lilt!
See him tilt!
Then suddenly he stops;
Peers about; flirts; hops;
As if looking where he might gather up
The wasted ecstasy just spilt
From the quivering cup
Of his bliss overrun。
Then; as in mockery of all
The tuneful spells that e'er did fall
From vocal pipe; or evermore shall rise;
He snarls; and mews; and flies。
William Henry Venable '1836…1920'
THE HERALD CRANE
Oh! say you so; bold sailor
In the sun…lit deeps of sky!
Dost thou so soon the seed…time tell
In thy imperial cry;
As circling in yon shoreless sea
Thine unseen form goes drifting by?
I cannot trace in the noon…day glare
Thy regal flight; O crane!
From the leaping might of the fiery light
Mine eyes recoil in pain;
But on mine ear; thine echoing cry
Falls like a bugle strain。
The mellow soil glows beneath my feet;
Where lies the buried grain;
The warm light floods the length and breadth
Of the vast; dim; shimmering plain;
Throbbing with heat and the nameless thrill
Of the birth…time's restless pain。
On weary wing; plebeian geese
Push on their arrowy line
Straight into the north; or snowy brant
In dazzling sunshine; gloom and shine;
But thou; O crane; save for thy sovereign cry;
At thy majestic height
On proud; extended wings sweep'st on
In lonely; easeful flight。
Then cry; thou martial…throated herald!
Cry to the sun; and sweep
And swing along thy mateless; tireless course
Above the clouds that sleep
Afloat on lazy air … cry on! Send down
Thy trumpet note … it seems
The voice of hope and dauntless will;
And breaks the spell of dreams。
Hamlin Garland '1860…
THE CROW
With rakish eye and plenished crop;
Oblivious of the farmer's gun;
Upon the naked ash…tree top
The Crow sits basking in the sun。
An old ungodly rogue; I wot!
For; perched in black against the blue;
His feathers; torn with beak and shot;
Let woeful glints of April through。
The year's new grass; and; golden…eyed;
The daisies sparkle underneath;
And chestnut…trees on either side
Have opened every ruddy sheath。
But doubtful still of frost and snow;
The ash alone stands stark and bare;
And on its topmost twig the Crow
Takes the glad morning's sun and air。
William Canton '1845…
TO THE CUCKOO
Hail; beauteous stranger of the grove!
Thou messenger of Spring!
Now Heaven repairs thy rural seat;
And woods thy welcome ring。
What time the daisy decks the green;
Thy certain voice we hear:
Hast thou a star to guide thy path;
Or mark the rolling year?
Delightful visitant! with thee
I hail the time of flowers;
And hear the sound of music sweet
From birds among the bowers。
The school…boy; wandering through the wood
To pull the primrose gay;
Starts; the new voice of Spring to hear;
And imitates thy lay。
What time the pea puts on the bloom;
Thou fli'st thy vocal vale;
An annual guest in other lands;
Another Spring to hail。
Sweet bird! thy bower is ever green;
Thy sky is ever clear;
Thou hast no sorrow in thy song;
No Winter in thy year!
O could I fly; I'd fly with thee!
We'd make; with joyful wing;
Our annual visit o'er the globe;
Companions of the Spring。
John Logan '1748…1788'
THE CUCKOO
We heard it calling; clear and low;
That tender April morn; we stood
And listened in the quiet wood;
We heard it; ay; long years ago。
It came; and with a strange; sweet cry;
A friend; but from a far…off land;
We stood and listened; hand in hand;
And heart to heart; my Love and I。
In dreamland then we found our joy;
And so it seemed as 'twere the Bird
That Helen in old times had heard
At noon beneath the oaks of Troy。
O time far off; and yet so near!
It came to her in that hushed grove;
It warbled while the wooing throve;
It sang the song she loved to hear。
And now I hear its voice again;
And still its message is of peace;
It sings of love that will not cease …
For me it never sings in vain。
Frederick Locker…Lampson '1821…1895'
TO THE CUCKOO
O blithe New…comer! I have heard;
I hear thee and rejoice。
O Cuckoo! shall I call thee Bird;
Or but a wandering Voice?
While I am lying on the grass
Thy twofold shout I hear;
From hill to hill it seems to pass;
At once far off; and near。
Though babbling only to the Vale
Of sunshine and of flowers;
Thou bringest unto me a tale
Of visionary hours。
Thrice welcome; darling of the Spring!
Even yet thou art to me
No bird; but an invisible thing;
A voice; a mystery;
The same whom in my school…boy days
I listened to; that Cry
Which made me look a thousand ways;
In bush; and tree; and sky。
To seek thee did I often rove
Through woods and on the green;
And thou wert still a hope; a love;
Still longed for; never seen。
And I can listen to thee yet;
Can lie upon the plain
And listen; till I do beget
That golden time again。
O blessed Bird! the earth we pace
Again appears to be
An unsubstantial; faery place;
That is fit home for Thee!
William Wordsworth '1770…1850'
THE EAGLE
A Fragment
He clasps the crag with crooked hands;
Close to the sun in lonely lands;
Ringed with the azure world; he stands。
The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;
He watches from his mountain walls;
And like a thunderbolt he falls。
Alfred Tennyson '1809…1892'
THE HAWKBIT
How sweetly on the autumn scene;
When haws are red amid the green;
The hawkbit shines with face of cheer;
The favorite of the faltering year!
When days grow short and nights grow cold;
How fairly gleams its eye of gold
On pastured field and grassy hill;
Along the roadside and the rill!
It seems the spirit of a flower;
This offspring of the autumn hour;
Wandering back to earth to bring
Some kindly afterthought of spring。
A dandelion's ghost might so
Amid Elysian meadows blow;
Become more fragile and more fine
Breathing the atmosphere divine。
Charles G。 D。 Roberts '1860…
THE HERON
O melancholy bird; a winter's day
Thou standest by the margin of the pool;
And; taught by God; dost thy whole being school
To Patience; which all evil can allay。
God has appointed thee the Fish thy prey;
And given thyself a lesson to the Fool
Unthrifty; to submit to moral rule;
And his unthinking course by thee to weigh。
There need not schools; nor the Professor's chair;
Though these be good; true wisdom to impart;
He; who has not enough for these to spare
Of time; or gold; may yet amend his heart;
And teach his soul; by brooks and rivers fair:
Nature is always wise in every part。
Edward Hovell…Thurlow '1781…1829'
THE JACKDAW
There is a bird; who by his coat;
And by the hoarseness of his note;
Might be supposed a crow;
A great frequenter of the church;
Where bishop…like he finds a perch;
And dormitory too。
Above the steeple shines a plate;
That turns and turns; to indicate
From what point blows the weather;
Look up … your brains begin to swim;
'Tis in the clouds … that pleases him;
He chooses it the rather。
Fond of the speculative height;
Thither he wings his airy flight;
And thence securely sees
The bustle and the raree…show;
That occupy mankind below;
Secure and at his ease。
You think; no doubt; he sits and muses
On future broken bones and bruises;
If he should chance to fall。
No: not a single thought like that
Employs his philosophic pate;
Or troubles it at all。
He sees that this great roundabout;
The world; with all its medley rout;
Church; army; physic; law;
Its customs; and its businesses
Is no concern at all of his;
And says … what says he? … 〃Caw。〃
Thrice happy bird! I too have seen
Much of the vanities of men;
And; sick of having seen 'em;
Would cheerfully these limbs resign
For such a pair of wings as thine;
And such a head between 'em。
From the Latin of Vincent Bourne;
by William Cowper '1731…1800'
THE GREEN LINNET
Beneath these fruit…tree boughs that shed
Their snow…white blossoms on my head;
With brightest sunshine round me spread
Of Spring's unclouded weather;
In this sequestered nook how sweet
To sit upon my orchard…seat!
And flowers and birds once more to greet;
My last year's friends together。
One have I marked; the happiest guest
In all this covert of the blest:
Hail to Thee; far above the rest
In joy of voice and pinion!
Thou; Linnet! in thy green array
Presiding Spirit here to…day
Dost lead the revels of the May;
And this is thy dominion。
While birds; and butterflies; and flowers
Make all one band of paramours;
Thou; ranging up and down the bow
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