八喜电子书 > 经管其他电子书 > the complete poetical works >

第5部分

the complete poetical works-第5部分

小说: the complete poetical works 字数: 每页4000字

按键盘上方向键 ← 或 → 可快速上下翻页,按键盘上的 Enter 键可回到本书目录页,按键盘上方向键 ↑ 可回到本页顶部!
————未阅读完?加入书签已便下次继续阅读!




And silver beech; and maple yellow…leaved;

Where Autumn; like a faint old man; sits down

By the wayside a…weary。  Through the trees

The golden robin moves。  The purple finch;

That on wild cherry and red cedar feeds;

A winter bird; comes with its plaintive whistle;

And pecks by the witch…hazel; whilst aloud

From cottage roofs the warbling blue…bird sings;

And merrily; with oft…repeated stroke;

Sounds from the threshing…floor the busy flail。



  O what a glory doth this world put on

For him who; with a fervent heart; goes forth

Under the bright and glorious sky; and looks

On duties well performed; and days well spent!

For him the wind; ay; and the yellow leaves;

Shall have a voice; and give him eloquent teachings。

He shall so hear the solemn hymn that Death

Has lifted up for all; that he shall go

To his long resting…place without a tear。







WOODS IN WINTER。



When winter winds are piercing chill;

  And through the hawthorn blows the gale;

With solemn feet I tread the hill;

  That overbrows the lonely vale。



O'er the bare upland; and away

  Through the long reach of desert woods;

The embracing sunbeams chastely play;

  And gladden these deep solitudes。



Where; twisted round the barren oak;

  The summer vine in beauty clung;

And summer winds the stillness broke;

  The crystal icicle is hung。



Where; from their frozen urns; mute springs

  Pour out the river's gradual tide;

Shrilly the skater's iron rings;

  And voices fill the woodland side。



Alas! how changed from the fair scene;

  When birds sang out their mellow lay;

And winds were soft; and woods were green;

  And the song ceased not with the day!



But still wild music is abroad;

  Pale; desert woods! within your crowd;

And gathering winds; in hoarse accord;

  Amid the vocal reeds pipe loud。



Chill airs and wintry winds! my ear

  Has grown familiar with your song;

I hear it in the opening year;

  I listen; and it cheers me long。







HYMN OF THE MORAVIAN NUNS OF BETHLEHEM



AT THE CONSECRATION OF PULASKI'S BANNER。



When the dying flame of day

Through the chancel shot its ray;

Far the glimmering tapers shed

Faint light on the cowled head;

And the censer burning swung;

Where; before the altar; hung

The crimson banner; that with prayer

Had been consecrated there。

And the nuns' sweet hymn was heard the while;

Sung low; in the dim; mysterious aisle。



   〃Take thy banner!  May it wave

    Proudly o'er the good and brave;

    When the battle's distant wail

    Breaks the sabbath of our vale。

    When the clarion's music thrills

    To the hearts of these lone hills;

    When the spear in conflict shakes;

    And the strong lance shivering breaks。



   〃Take thy banner! and; beneath

    The battle…cloud's encircling wreath;

    Guard it; till our homes are free!

    Guard it!  God will prosper thee!

    In the dark and trying hour;

    In the breaking forth of power;

    In the rush of steeds and men;

    His right hand will shield thee then。



    〃Take thy banner!  But when night

     Closes round the ghastly fight;

     If the vanquished warrior bow;

     Spare him!  By our holy vow;

     By our prayers and many tears;

     By the mercy that endears;

     Spare him! he our love hath shared!

     Spare him! as thou wouldst be spared!



    〃Take thy banner! and if e'er

     Thou shouldst press the soldier's bier;

     And the muffled drum should beat

     To the tread of mournful feet;

     Then this crimson flag shall be

     Martial cloak and shroud for thee。〃



The warrior took that banner proud;

And it was his martial cloak and shroud!







SUNRISE ON THE HILLS



  I stood upon the hills; when heaven's wide arch

Was glorious with the sun's returning march;

And woods were brightened; and soft gales

Went forth to kiss the sun…clad vales。

The clouds were far beneath me; bathed in light;

They gathered mid…way round the wooded height;

And; in their fading glory; shone

Like hosts in battle overthrown。

As many a pinnacle; with shifting glance。

Through the gray mist thrust up its shattered lance;

And rocking on the cliff was left

The dark pine blasted; bare; and cleft。

The veil of cloud was lifted; and below

Glowed the rich valley; and the river's flow

Was darkened by the forest's shade;

Or glistened in the white cascade;

Where upward; in the mellow blush of day;

The noisy bittern wheeled his spiral way。



  I heard the distant waters dash;

I saw the current whirl and flash;

And richly; by the blue lake's silver beach;

The woods were bending with a silent reach。

Then o'er the vale; with gentle swell;

The music of the village bell

Came sweetly to the echo…giving hills;

And the wild horn; whose voice the woodland fills;

Was ringing to the merry shout;

That faint and far the glen sent out;

Where; answering to the sudden shot; thin smoke;

Through thick…leaved branches; from the dingle broke。



  If thou art worn and hard beset

With sorrows; that thou wouldst forget;

If thou wouldst read a lesson; that will keep

Thy heart from fainting and thy soul from sleep;

Go to the woods and hills!  No tears

Dim the sweet look that Nature wears。







THE SPIRIT OF POETRY



There is a quiet spirit in these woods;

That dwells where'er the gentle south…wind blows;

Where; underneath the white…thorn; in the glade;

The wild flowers bloom; or; kissing the soft air;

The leaves above their sunny palms outspread。

With what a tender and impassioned voice

It fills the nice and delicate ear of thought;

When the fast ushering star of morning comes

O'er…riding the gray hills with golden scarf;

Or when the cowled and dusky…sandaled Eve;

In mourning weeds; from out the western gate;

Departs with silent pace!  That spirit moves

In the green valley; where the silver brook;

From its full laver; pours the white cascade;

And; babbling low amid the tangled woods;

Slips down through moss…grown stones with endless laughter。

And frequent; on the everlasting hills;

Its feet go forth; when it doth wrap itself

In all the dark embroidery of the storm;

And shouts the stern; strong wind。  And here; amid

The silent majesty of these deep woods;

lts presence shall uplift thy thoughts from earth;

As to the sunshine and the pure; bright air

Their tops the green trees lift。  Hence gifted bards

Have ever loved the calm and quiet shades。

For them there was an eloquent voice in all

The sylvan pomp of woods; the golden sun;

The flowers; the leaves; the river on its way;

Blue skies; and silver clouds; and gentle winds;

The swelling upland; where the sidelong sun

Aslant the wooded slope; at evening; goes;

Groves; through whose broken roof the sky looks in;

Mountain; and shattered cliff; and sunny vale;

The distant lake; fountains; and mighty trees;

In many a lazy syllable; repeating

Their old poetic legends to the wind。



   And this is the sweet spirit; that doth fill

The world; and; in these wayward days of youth;

My busy fancy oft embodies it;

As a bright image of the light and beauty

That dwell in nature; of the heavenly forms

We worship in our dreams; and the soft hues

That stain the wild bird's wing; and flush the clouds

When the sun sets。  Within her tender eye

The heaven of April; with its changing light;

And when it wears the blue of May; is hung;

And on her lip the rich; red rose。  Her hair

Is like the summer tresses of the trees;

When twilight makes them brown; and on her cheek

Blushes the richness of an autumn sky;

With ever…shifting beauty。  Then her breath;

It is so like the gentle air of Spring;

As; front the morning's dewy flowers; it comes

Full of their fragrance; that it is a joy

To have it round us; and her silver voice

Is the rich music of a summer bird;

Heard in the still night; with its passionate cadence。







BURIAL OF THE MINNISINK



On sunny slope and beechen swell;

The shadowed light of evening fell;

And; where the maple's leaf was brown;

With soft and silent lapse came down;

The glory; that the wood receives;

At sunset; in its golden leaves。



Far upward in the mellow light

Rose the blue hills。  One cloud of white;

Around a far uplifted cone;

In the warm blush of evening shone;

An image of the silver lakes;

By which the Indian's soul awakes。



But soon a funeral hymn was heard

Where the soft breath of evening stirred

The tall; gray forest; and a band

Of stern in heart; and strong in hand;

Came winding down beside the wave;

To lay the red chief in his grave。



They sang; that by his native bowers

He stood; in the last moon of flowers;

And thirty snows had not yet shed

Their glory on the warrior's head;

But; as the summer fruit decays;

So died he in those naked days。



A dark cloak of the roebuck's skin

Covered the warrior; and within

Its heavy folds the weapons; made

For the hard toils of war; were laid;

The cuirass; woven of plaited reeds;

And the broad belt of shells and beads。



Before; a dark…haired virgin train

Chanted the death dirge of the slain;

Behind; the long procession came

Of hoary men and chiefs of fame;

With heavy hearts; and eyes of grief;

Leading the war…horse of their chief。



Stripped of his proud and martial dress;

Uncurbed; unreined; and riderless;

With darting eye; and nostril spread;

And heavy and impatient tread;

He came; and oft that eye so proud

Asked for his rider in the crowd。



They buried the dark chief; they freed

Beside the grave his battle steed;

And swift an arrow cleaved its way

To his stern heart!  One piercing neigh

Arose; and; on the dead man's plain;

The rider grasps his steed again。







L' ENVOI



Ye voices; that arose

After the Evening's close;

And whispered to my restless heart rep

返回目录 上一页 下一页 回到顶部 0 0

你可能喜欢的