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the home book of verse-3-第54部分
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Till on his last…won wilderness an Empire's outposts stand!
Rudyard Kipling '1865…1936'
THE LONG TRAIL
There's a whisper down the field where the year has shot her yield;
And the ricks stand gray to the sun;
Singing: 〃Over then; come over; for the bee has quit the clover;
And your English summer's done。〃
You have heard the beat of the off…shore wind;
And the thresh of the deep…sea rain;
You have heard the song … how long? how long?
Pull out on the trail again!
Ha' done with the Tents of Shem; dear lass;
We've seen the seasons through;
And it's time to turn on the old trail; our own trail; the out trail;
Pull out; pull out; on the Long Trail … the trail that is always new!
It's North you may run to the rime…ringed sun;
Or South to the blind Horn's hate;
Or East all the way into Mississippi Bay;
Or West to the Golden Gate;
Where the blindest bluffs hold good; dear lass;
And the wildest tales are true;
And the men bulk big on the old trail; our own trail; the out trail;
And life runs large on the Long Trail … the trail that is always new。
The days are sick and cold; and the skies are gray and old;
And the twice…breathed airs blow damp;
And I'd sell my tired soul for the bucking beam…sea roll
Of a black Bilbao tramp;
With her load…line over her hatch; dear lass;
And a drunken Dago crew;
And her nose held down on the old trail; our own trail;
the out trail;
From Cadiz south on the Long Trail … the trail that is always new。
There be triple ways to take; of the eagle or the snake;
Or the way of a man with a maid;
But the sweetest way to me is a ship's upon the sea
In the heel of the North…East Trade。
Can you hear the crash on her bows; dear lass;
And the drum of the racing screw;
As she ships it green on the old trail; our own trail; the out trail;
As she lifts and 'scends on the Long Trail … the trail that is always new?
See the shaking funnels roar; with the Peter at the fore;
And the fenders grind and heave;
And the derricks clack and grate; as the tackle hooks the crate;
And the fall…rope whines through the sheave;
It's 〃Gang…plank up and in;〃 dear lass;
It's 〃Hawsers warp her through!〃
And it's 〃All clear aft〃 on the old trail; our own trail; the out trail;
We're backing down on tile Long Trail … the trail that is always new。
O the mutter overside; when the port…fog holds us tied;
And the sirens hoot their dread!
When foot by foot we creep o'er the hueless viewless deep
To the sob of the questing lead!
It's down by the Lower Hope; dear lass;
With the Gunfleet Sands in view;
Till the Mouse swings green on the old trail; our own trail; the out trail;
And the Gull Light lifts on the Long Trail … the trail that is always new。
O the blazing tropic night; when the wake's a welt of light
That holds the hot sky tame;
And the steady fore…foot snores through the planet…powdered floors
Where the scared whale flukes in flame!
Her plates are flaked by the sun; dear lass;
And her ropes are taut with the dew;
For we're booming down on the old trail; our own trail; the out trail;
We're sagging south on the Long Trail … the trail that is always new。
Then home; get her home; where the drunken rollers comb;
And the shouting seas drive by;
And the engines stamp and ring; and the wet bows reel and swing;
And the Southern Cross rides high!
Yes; the old lost stars wheel back; dear lass;
That blaze in the velvet blue。
They're all old friends on the old trail; our own trail; the out trail;
They're God's own guides on the Long Trail … the trail that is always new。
Fly forward; O my heart; from the Foreland to the Start …
We're steaming all too slow;
And it's twenty thousand mile to our little lazy isle
Where the trumpet…orchids blow!
You have heard the call of the off…shore wind
And the voice of the deep…sea rain;
You have heard the song … how long … how long?
Pull out on the trail again!
The Lord knows what we may find; dear lass;
And the Deuce knows what we may do …
But we're back once more on the old trail; our own trail; the out trail;
We're down; hull down; on the Long Trail … the trail that is always new!
Rudyard Kipling '1865…1936'
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