the complete poetical works-第195部分
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Some seek for dissension; and trouble; and strife;
Like a dog and a cat live such man and wife。
Annie of Tharaw; such is not our love;
Thou art my lambkin; my chick; and my dove。
Whate'er my desire is; in thine may be seen;
I am king of the household; and thou art its queen。
It is this; O my Annie; my heart's sweetest rest;
That makes of us twain but one soul in one breast。
This turns to a heaven the hut where we dwell;
While wrangling soon changes a home to a hell。
THE STATUE OVER THE CATHEDRAL DOOR
BY JULIUS MOSEN
Forms of saints and kings are standing
The cathedral door above;
Yet I saw but one among them
Who hath soothed my soul with love。
In his mantle;wound about him;
As their robes the sowers wind;
Bore he swallows and their fledglings;
Flowers and weeds of every kind。
And so stands he calm and childlike;
High in wind and tempest wild;
O; were I like him exalted;
I would be like him; a child!
And my songs;green leaves and blossoms;
To the doors of heaven would hear;
Calling even in storm and tempest;
Round me still these birds of air。
THE LEGEND OF THE CROSSBILL
BY JULIUS MOSEN
On the cross the dying Saviour
Heavenward lifts his eyelids calm;
Feels; but scarcely feels; a trembling
In his pierced and bleeding palm。
And by all the world forsaken;
Sees he how with zealous care
At the ruthless nail of iron
A little bird is striving there。
Stained with blood and never tiring;
With its beak it doth not cease;
From the cross 't would free the Saviour;
Its Creator's Son release。
And the Saviour speaks in mildness:
〃Blest be thou of all the good!
Bear; as token of this moment;
Marks of blood and holy rood!〃
And that bird is called the crossbill;
Covered all with blood so clear;
In the groves of pine it singeth
Songs; like legends; strange to hear。
THE SEA HATH ITS PEARLS
BY HEINRICH HEINE
The sea hath its pearls;
The heaven hath its stars;
But my heart; my heart;
My heart hath its love。
Great are the sea and the heaven;
Yet greater is my heart;
And fairer than pearls and stars
Flashes and beams my love。
Thou little; youthful maiden;
Come unto my great heart;
My heart; and the sea; and the heaven
Are melting away with love!
POETIC APHORISMS
FROM THE SINNGEDICHTE OF FRIEDRICH VON LOGAU
MONEY
Whereunto is money good?
Who has it not wants hardihood;
Who has it has much trouble and care;
Who once has had it has despair。
THE BEST MEDICINES
Joy and Temperance and Repose
Slam the door on the doctor's nose。
SIN
Man…like is it to fall into sin;
Fiend…like is it to dwell therein;
Christ…like is it for sin to grieve;
God…like is it all sin to leave。
POVERTY AND BLINDNESS
A blind man is a poor man; and blind a poor man is;
For the former seeth no man; and the latter no man sees。
LAW OF LIFE
Live I; so live I;
To my Lord heartily;
To my Prince faithfully;
To my Neighbor honestly。
Die I; so die I。
CREEDS
Lutheran; Popish; Calvinistic; all these creeds and doctrines
three
Extant are; but still the doubt is; where Christianity may be。
THE RESTLESS HEART
A millstone and the human heart are driven ever round;
If they have nothing else to grind; they must themselves be
ground。
CHRISTIAN LOVE
Whilom Love was like a tire; and warmth and comfort it bespoke;
But; alas! it now is quenched; and only bites us; like the smoke。
ART AND TACT
Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined;
Often in a wooden house a golden room we find。
RETRIBUTION
Though the mills of God grind slowly; yet they grind exceeding
small;
Though with patience he stands waiting; with exactness grinds he
all。
TRUTH
When by night the frogs are croaking; kindle but a torch's fire;
Ha! how soon they all are silent! Thus Truth silences the liar。
RHYMES
If perhaps these rhymes of mine should sound not well in
strangers' ears;
They have only to bethink them that it happens so with theirs;
For so long as words; like mortals; call a fatherland their own;
They will be most highly valued where they are best and longest
known。
SILENT LOVE
Who love would seek;
Let him love evermore
And seldom speak;
For in love's domain
Silence must reign;
Or it brings the heart
Smart
And pain。
BLESSED ARE THE DEAD
BY SIMON DACH
Oh; how blest are ye whose toils are ended!
Who; through death; have unto God ascended!
Ye have arisen
From the cares which keep us still in prison。
We are still as in a dungeon living;
Still oppressed with sorrow and misgiving;
Our undertakings
Are but toils; and troubles; and heart…breakings。
Ye meanwhile; are in your chambers sleeping;
Quiet; and set free from all our weeping;
No cross nor trial
Hinders your enjoyments with denial。
Christ has wiped away your tears for ever;
Ye have that for which we still endeavor。
To you are chanted
Songs which yet no mortal ear have haunted。
Ah! who would not; then; depart with gladness;
To inherit heaven for earthly sadness?
Who here would languish
Longer in bewailing and in anguish?
Come; O Christ; and loose the chains that bind us!
Lead us forth; and cast this world behind us!
With Thee; the Anointed;
Finds the soul its joy and rest appointed。
WANDERER'S NIGHT…SONGS
BY JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
I
Thou that from the heavens art;
Every pain and sorrow stillest;
And the doubly wretched heart
Doubly with refreshment fillest;
I am weary with contending!
Why this rapture and unrest?
Peace descending
Come; ah; come into my breast!
II
O'er all the hill…tops
Is quiet now;
In all the tree…tops
Hearest thou
Hardly a breath;
The birds are asleep in the trees:
Wait; soon like these
Thou too shalt rest。
REMORSE
BY AUGUST VON PLATEN
How I started up in the night; in the night;
Drawn on without rest or reprieval!
The streets; with their watchmen; were lost to my sight;
As I wandered so light
In the night; in the night;
Through the gate with the arch mediaeval。
The mill…brook rushed from the rocky height;
I leaned o'er the bridge in my yearning;
Deep under me watched I the waves in their flight;
As they glided so light
In the night; in the night;
Yet backward not one was returning。
O'erhead were revolving; so countless and bright;
The stars in melodious existence;
And with them the moon; more serenely bedight;
They sparkled so light
In the night; in the night;
Through the magical; measureless distance。
And upward I gazed in the night; in the night;
And again on the waves in their fleeting;
Ah woe! thou hast wasted thy days in delight;
Now silence thou light;
In the night; in the night;
The remorse in thy heart that is beating。
FORSAKEN。
Something the heart must have to cherish;
Must love and joy and sorrow learn;
Something with passion clasp or perish;
And in itself to ashes burn。
So to this child my heart is clinging;
And its frank eyes; with look intense;
Me from a world of sin are bringing
Back to a world of innocence。
Disdain must thou endure forever;
Strong may thy heart in danger be!
Thou shalt not fail! but ah; be never
False as thy father was to me。
Never will I forsake thee; faithless;
And thou thy mother ne'er forsake;
Until her lips are white and breathless;
Until in death her eyes shall break。
ALLAH
BY SIEGFRIED AUGUST MAHLMANN
Allah gives light in darkness;
Allah gives rest in pain;
Cheeks that are white with weeping
Allah paints red again。
The flowers and the blossoms wither;
Years vanish with flying fleet;
But my heart will live on forever;
That here in sadness beat。
Gladly to Allah's dwelling
Yonder would I take flight;
There will the darkness vanish;
There will my eyes have sight。
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FROM THE ANGLO…SAXON
THE GRAVE
For thee was a house built
Ere thou wast born;
For thee was a mould meant
Ere thou of mother camest。
But it is not made ready;
Nor its depth measured;
Nor is it seen
How long it shall be。
Now I bring thee
Where thou shalt be;
Now I shall measure thee;
And the mould afterwards。
Thy house is not
Highly timbered;
It is unhigh and low;
When thou art therein;
The heel…ways are low;
The side…ways unhigh。
The roof is built
Thy breast full nigh;
So thou shalt in mould
Dwell full cold;
Dimly and dark。
Doorless is that house;
And dark it is within;
There thou art fast detained
And Death hath the key。
Loathsome is that earth…house;
And grim within to dwell。
There thou shalt dwell;
And worms shall divide thee。
Thus thou art laid;
And leavest thy friends
Thou hast no friend;
Who will come to thee;
Who will ever see
How that house pleaseth thee;
Who will ever open
The door for thee;
And descend after thee;
For soon thou art loathsome
And hateful to see。
BEOWULF'S EXPEDITION TO HEORT。
Thus then; much care…worn;
The son of Healfden
Sorrowed evermore;
Nor might the prudent hero
His woes avert。
The war was too hard;
Too loath and longsome;
That on the people came;
Dire wrath and grim;
Of night…woes the worst。
This from home heard
Higelac's Thane;
Good among the Goths;
Grendel's deeds。
He was of mankind
In might the strongest;
At that day
Of this life;
Noble and stalwart。
He bade hi