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the home book of verse-3-第41部分

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Nor is aught from the foaming reef to the snow…capped grandest

Peak; that is over the feathery palms; more fair

Than thou; so upright; so stately and still thou standest。



And yet; O splendid ship; unhailed and nameless;

I know not if; aiming a fancy; I rightly divine

That thou hast a purpose joyful; a courage blameless;

Thy port assured in a happier land than mine。

But for all I have given thee; beauty enough is thine;

As thou; aslant with trim tackle and shrouding;

From the proud nostril curve of a prow's line

In the offing scatterest foam; thy white sails crowding。



Robert Bridges '1844…1930'





OFF RIVIERE DU LOUP



O ship incoming from the sea

With all your cloudy tower of sail;

Dashing the water to the lee;

And leaning grandly to the gale;



The sunset pageant in the west

Has filled your canvas curves with rose;

And jeweled every toppling crest

That crashes into silver snows!



You know the joy of coming home;

After long leagues to France or Spain

You feel the clear Canadian foam

And the gulf water heave again。



Between these somber purple hills

That cool the sunset's molten bars;

You will go on as the wind wills;

Beneath the river's roof of stars。



You will toss onward toward the lights

That spangle over the lonely pier;

By hamlets glimmering on the heights;

By level islands black and clear。



You will go on beyond the tide;

Through brimming plains of olive sedge;

Through paler shadows light and wide;

The rapids piled along the ledge。



At evening off some reedy bay

You will swing slowly on your chain;

And catch the scent of dewy hay;

Soft blowing from the pleasant plain。



Duncan Campbell Scott '1862…





CHRISTMAS AT SEA



The sheets were frozen hard; and they cut the naked hand;

The decks were like a slide; where a seaman scarce could stand;

The wind was a nor'…wester; blowing squally off the sea;

And cliffs and spouting breakers were the only things a…lee。



They heard the surf a…roaring before the break of day;

But 'twas only with the peep of light we saw how ill we lay。

We tumbled every hand on deck instanter; with a shout;

And we gave her the maintops'l; and stood by to go about。



All day we tacked and tacked between the South Head and the North;

All day we hauled the frozen sheets; and got no further forth;

All day as cold as charity; in bitter pain and dread;

For very life and nature we tacked from head to head。



We gave the South a wider berth; for there the tide…race roared;

But every tack we made brought the North Head close aboard;

So's we saw the cliffs and houses; and the breakers running high;

And the coastguard in his garden; with his glass against his eye。



The frost was on the village roofs as white as ocean foam;

The good red fires were burning bright in every 'longshore home;


The windows sparkled clear; and the chimneys volleyed out;

And I vow we sniffed the victuals as the vessel went about。



The bells upon the church were rung with a mighty jovial cheer;

For it's just that I should tell you how (of all days in the year)

This day of our adversity was blessed Christmas morn;

And the house above the coastguard's was the house where I was born。



O well I saw the pleasant room; the pleasant faces there;

My mother's silver spectacles; my father's silver hair;

And well I saw the firelight; like a flight of homely elves;

Go dancing round the china…plates that stand upon the shelves。



And well I knew the talk they had; the talk that was of me;

Of the shadow on the household and the son that went to sea;

And O the wicked fool I seemed; in every kind of way;

To be here and hauling frozen ropes on blessed Christmas Day。



They lit the high sea…light; and the dark began to fall。

〃All hands to loose topgallant sails;〃 I heard the captain call。

〃By the Lord; she'll never stand it;〃 our first mate; Jackson; cried。

〃It's the one way or the other; Mr。 Jackson;〃 he replied。



She staggered to her bearings; but the sails were new and good;

And the ship smelt up to windward; just as though she understood。

As the winter's day was ending; in the entry of the night;

We cleared the weary headland; and passed below the light。



And they heaved a mighty breath; every soul on board but me;

As they saw her nose again pointing handsome out to sea;

But all that I could think of; in the darkness and the cold;

Was just that I was leaving home and my folks were growing old。



Robert Louis Stevenson '1850…1894'





THE PORT O' HEART'S DESIRE



Down around the quay they lie; the ships that sail to sea;

On shore the brown…cheeked sailormen they pass the jest with me;

But soon their ships will sail away with winds that never tire;

And there's one that will be sailing to the Port o' Heart's Desire。



The Port o' Heart's Desire; and it's; oh; that port for me;

And that's the ship that I love best of all that sail the sea;

Its hold is filled with memories; its prow it points away

To the Port o' Heart's Desire; where I roamed a boy at play。



Ships that sail for gold there be; and ships that sail for fame;

And some were filled with jewels bright when from Cathay they came;

But give me still yon white sail in the sunset's mystic fire;

That the running tides will carry to the Port o' Heart's Desire。



It's you may have the gold and fame; and all the jewels; too;

And all the ships; if they were mine; I'd gladly give to you;

I'd give them all right gladly; with their gold and fame entire;

If you would set me down within the Port o' Heart's Desire。



Oh; speed you; white…winged ship of mine; oh; speed you to the sea;

Some other day; some other tide; come back again for me;

Come back with all the memories; the joys and e'en the pain;

And take me to the golden hills of boyhood once again。



John S。 McGroarty '1862…





ON THE QUAY



I've never traveled for more'n a day;

I never was one to roam;

But I likes to sit on the busy quay;

Watchin' the ships that says to me …

〃Always somebody goin' away;

Somebody gettin' home。〃



I likes to think that the world's so wide …

'Tis grand to be livin' there;

Takin' a part in its goin's on。 。 。 。

Ah; now ye're laughin' at poor old John;

Talkin' o' works o' the world wi' pride

As if he was doin' his share!



But laugh if ye will!  When ye're old as me

Ye'll find 'tis a rare good plan

To look at the world … an' love it too! …

Though never a job are ye fit to do。 。 。 。

Oh! 'tisn't all sorrow an' pain to see

The work o' another man。



'Tis good when the heart grows big at last;

Too big for trouble to fill …

Wi' room for the things that was only stuff

When workin' an' winnin' seemed more'n enough …

Room for the world; the world so vast;

Wi' its peoples an' all their skill。



That's what I'm thinkin' on all the days

I'm loafin' an' smokin' here;

An' the ships do make me think the most

(Of readin' in books 'tis little I'd boast); …

But the ships; they carries me long; long ways;

An' draws far places near。



I sees the things that a sailor brings;

I hears the stories he tells。 。 。 。

'Tis surely a wonderful world; indeed!

'Tis more'n the peoples can ever need!

An' I praises the Lord … to myself I sings …

For the world in which I dwells。



An' I loves the ships more every day

Though I never was one to roam。

Oh! the ships is comfortin' sights to see;

An' they means a lot when they says to me …

〃Always somebody goin' away;

Somebody gettin' home。〃



John Joy Bell '1871…1934'





THE FORGING OF THE ANCHOR



Come; see the Dolphin's anchor forged! 'tis at a white heat now …

The bellows ceased; the flames decreased; though; on the forge's brow;

The little flames still fitfully play through the sable mound;

And fitfully you still may see the grim smiths ranking round;

All clad in leathern panoply; their broad hands only bare;

Some rest upon their sledges here; some work the windlass there。



The windlass strains the tackle…chains … the black mold heaves below;

And red and deep; a hundred veins burst out at every throe。

It rises; roars; rends all outright … O Vulcan; what a glow!

'Tis blinding white; 'tis blasting bright … the high sun shines not so!

The high sun sees not; on the earth; such fiery fearful show!

The roof…ribs swarth; the candent hearth; the ruddy lurid row



Of smiths that stand; an ardent band; like men before the foe!

As; quivering through his fleece of flame; the sailing monster slow

Sinks on the anvil … all about; the faces fiery grow:

〃Hurrah!〃 they shout; 〃leap out; leap out!〃 bang; bang! the sledges go;

Hurrah! the jetted lightnings are hissing high and low;

A hailing fount of fire is struck at every squashing blow;

The leathern mail rebounds the hail; the rattling cinders strow

The ground around; at every bound the sweltering fountains flow;

And; thick and loud; the swinking crowd at every stroke pant 〃ho!〃



Leap out; leap out; my masters! leap out; and lay on load!

Let's forge a goodly anchor … a bower thick and broad;

For a heart of oak is hanging on every blow; I bode;

And I see the good ship riding; all in a perilous road; …

The low reef roaring on her lee; the roll of ocean poured

From stem to stern; sea after sea; the mainmast by the board;

The bulwarks down; the rudder gone; the boats stove at the chains;

But courage still; brave mariners … the bower yet remains!

And not an inch to flinch he deigns … save when ye pitch sky high;

Then moves his head; as though he said; 〃Fear nothing … here am I!〃



Swing in your strokes in order; let foot and hand keep time;

Your blows make music sweeter far than any steeple's chime。

But while ye swing your sledges; sing; and let the burthen be …

The anchor is the anvil king; and royal craftsmen we!

Strike in; strike in! … the sparks begin to dull their rustling red;

Our hammers ring with sharper din … o
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