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the home book of verse-3-第50部分
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A region of emptiness; howling and drear;
Which man hath abandoned from famine and fear;
Which the snake and the lizard inhabit alone;
With the twilight bat from the yawning stone;
Where grass; nor herb; nor shrub takes root;
Save poisonous thorns that pierce the foot;
And the bitter melon; for food and drink;
Is the pilgrim's fare by the salt…lake's brink;
A region of drought; where no river glides;
Nor rippling brook with osiered sides;
Where sedgy pool; nor bubbling fount;
Nor tree; nor cloud; nor misty mount;
Appears; to refresh the aching eye;
But the barren earth and the burning sky;
And the blank horizon; round and round;
Spread … void of living sight or sound。
And here; while the night…winds round me sigh;
And the stars burn bright in the midnight sky;
As I sit apart by the desert stone;
Like Elijah at Horeb's cave; alone;
〃A still small voice〃 comes through the wild;
Like a father consoling his fretful child;
Which banishes bitterness; wrath; and fear;
Saying … Man is distant; but God is near!
Thomas Pringle '1789…1834'
SPRING SONG IN THE CITY
Who remains in London;
In the streets with me;
Now that Spring is blowing
Warm winds from the sea;
Now that trees grow green and tall;
Now the sun shines mellow;
And with moist primroses all
English lanes are yellow?
Little barefoot maiden;
Selling violets blue;
Hast thou ever pictured
Where the sweetlings grew?
Oh; the warm wild woodland ways;
Deep in dewy grasses;
Where the wind…blown shadow strays;
Scented as it passes!
Peddler breathing deeply;
Toiling into town;
With the dusty highway
You are dusky brown;
Hast thou seen by daisied leas;
And by rivers flowing;
Lilac…ringlets which the breeze
Loosens lightly blowing?
Out of yonder wagon
Pleasant hay…scents float;
He who drives it carries
A daisy in his coat:
Oh; the English meadows; fair
Far beyond all praises!
Freckled orchids everywhere
Mid the snow of daisies!
Now in busy silence
Broods the nightingale;
Choosing his love's dwelling
In a dimpled dale;
Round the leafy bower they raise
Rose…trees wild are springing;
Underneath; through the green haze;
Bounds the brooklet singing。
And his love is silent
As a bird can be;
For the red buds only
Fill the red rose…tree;
Just as buds and blossoms blow
He'll begin his tune;
When all is green and roses glow
Underneath the moon。
Nowhere in the valleys
Will the wind be still;
Everything is waving;
Wagging at his will:
Blows the milkmaid's kirtle clean
With her hand pressed on it;
Lightly o'er the hedge so green
Blows the plowboy's bonnet。
Oh; to be a…roaming
In an English dell!
Every nook is wealthy;
All the world looks well;
Tinted soft the Heavens glow;
Over Earth and Ocean;
Waters flow; breezes blow;
All is light and motion!
Robert Buchanan '1841…1901'
IN CITY STREETS
Yonder in the heather there's a bed for sleeping;
Drink for one athirst; ripe blackberries to eat;
Yonder in the sun the merry hares go leaping;
And the pool is clear for travel…wearied feet。
Sorely throb my feet; a…tramping London highways;
(Ah! the springy moss upon a northern moor!)
Through the endless streets; the gloomy squares and byways;
Homeless in the City; poor among the poor!
London streets are gold … ah; give me leaves a…glinting
'Midst gray dykes and hedges in the autumn sun!
London water's wine; poured out for all unstinting …
God! For the little brooks that tumble as they run!
Oh; my heart is fain to hear the soft wind blowing;
Soughing through the fir…tops up on northern fells!
Oh; my eye's an ache to see the brown burns flowing
Through the peaty soil and tinkling heather…bells。
Ada Smith '18 …
THE VAGABOND
(To an Air of Schubert)
Give to me the life I love;
Let the lave go by me;
Give the jolly heaven above
And the byway nigh me。
Bed in the bush with stars to see;
Bread I dip in the river …
There's the life for a man like me;
There's the life for ever。
Let the blow fall soon or late;
Let what will be o'er me;
Give the face of earth around
And the road before me。
Wealth I seek not; hope nor love;
Nor a friend to know me;
All I seek; the heaven above
And the road below me。
Or let autumn fall on me
Where afield I linger;
Silencing the bird on tree;
Biting the blue finger。
White as meal the frosty field …
Warm the fireside haven …
Not to autumn will I yield;
Not to winter even!
Let the blow fall soon or late;
Let what will be o'er me;
Give the face of earth around;
And the road before me。
Wealth I ask not; hope nor love;
Nor a friend to know me;
All I ask; the heaven above
And the road below me。
Robert Louis Stevenson '1850…1894'
IN THE HIGHLANDS
In the highlands; in the country places;
Where the old plain men have rosy faces;
And the young fair maidens
Quiet eyes;
Where essential silence cheers and blesses
And for ever in the hill…recesses
Her more lovely music
Broods and dies。 …
O to mount again where erst I haunted;
Where the old red hills are bird…enchanted;
And the low green meadows
Bright with sward;
And when even dies; the million…tinted;
And the night has come; and planets glinted;
Lo; the valley hollow
Lamp…bestarred!
O to dream; O to awake and wander
There; and with delight to take and render;
Through the trance of silence;
Quiet breath!
Lo! for there; among the flowers and grasses;
Only the mightier movement sounds and passes;
Only winds and rivers;
Life and Death。
Robert Louis Stevenson '1850…1894'
THE SONG MY PADDLE SINGS
West wind; blow from your prairie nest;
Blow from the mountains; blow from the west。
The sail is idle; the sailor too;
O wind of the west; we wait for you!
Blow; blow!
I have wooed you so;
But never a favor you bestow。
You rock your cradle the hills between;
But scorn to notice my white lateen。
I stow the sail and unship the mast:
I wooed you long; but my wooing's past;
My paddle will lull you into rest:
O drowsy wind of the drowsy west;
Sleep; sleep!
By your mountains steep;
Or down where the prairie grasses sweep;
Now fold in slumber your laggard wings;
For soft is the song my paddle sings。
Be strong; O paddle! be brave; canoe!
The reckless waves you must plunge into。
Reel; reel;
On your trembling keel;
But never a fear my craft will feel。
We've raced the rapids; we're far ahead:
The river slips through its silent bed。
Sway; sway;
As the bubbles spray
And fall in tinkling tunes away。
And up on the hills against the sky;
A fir tree rocking its lullaby
Swings; swings;
Its emerald wings;
Swelling the song that my paddle sings。
E。 Pauline Johnson '1862…1913'
THE GIPSY TRAIL
The white moth to the closing vine;
The bee to the opened clover;
And the gipsy blood to the gipsy blood
Ever the wide world over。
Ever the wide world over; lass;
Ever the trail held true;
Over the world and under the world;
And back at the last to you。
Out of the dark of the gorgio camp;
Out of the grime and the gray
(Morning waits at the end of the world);
Gipsy; come away!
The wild boar to the sun…dried swamp;
The red crane to her reed;
And the Romany lass to the Romany lad
By the tie of a roving breed。
Morning waits at the end of the world
Where winds unhaltered play;
Nipping the flanks of their plunging ranks;
Till the white sea…horses neigh。
The pied snake to the rifted rock;
The buck to the stony plain;
And the Romany lass to the Romany lad;
And both to the road again。
Both to the road again; again!
Out on a clean sea…track …
Follow the cross of the gipsy trail
Over the world and back!
Follow the Romany patteran
North where the blue bergs sail;
And the bows are gray with the frozen spray;
And the masts are shod with mail。
Follow the Romany patteran
Sheer to the Austral Light;
Where the besom of God is the wild south wind;
Sweeping the sea…floors white。
Follow the Romany patteran
West to the sinking sun;
Till the junk…sails lift through the houseless drift;
And the east and the west are one。
Follow the Romany patteran
East where the silence broods
By a purple wave on an opal beach
In the hush of the Mahirn woods。
The wild hawk to the wind…swept sky;
The deer to the wholesome wold;
And the heart of a man to the heart of a maid;
As it was in the days of old。
The heart of a man to the heart of a maid …
Light of my tents; be fleet!
Morning waits at the end of the world;
And the world is all at our feet!
Rudyard Kipling '1865…1936'
WANDERLUST
Beyond the East the sunrise; beyond the West the sea;
And East and West the wanderlust that will not let me be;
It works in me like madness; dear; to bid me say good…by!
For the seas call and the stars call; and oh; the call of the sky!
I know not where the white road runs; nor what the blue hills are;
But man can have the sun for friend; and for his guide a star;
And there's no end of voyaging when once the voice is heard;
For the river calls and the road calls; and oh; the call of a bird!
Yonder the long horizon lies; and there by night and day
The old ships draw to home again; the young ships sail away;
And come I may; but go I must; and if men ask you why;
You may put the blame on the stars and the sun and the white road
and the sky!
Gerald Gould '1885…1936'
THE FOOTPATH WAY
The winding road lies white and bare;
Heavy in dust that takes the glare;
The thirsty hedgerows and parched grass
Dream of a time when no road was。
Beyond; the fields are full in view;
Heavy in herbage and in dew;
The
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