anthology of massachusetts poets-第13章
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Horseman; flying wild and free;
Tell me what shall be thy road
Whither speedest far from me?〃
〃From the dark into the light;
》From the small unto the great;
》From the valleys dark I ride
O'er the hills to conquer fate!〃
〃Take me with thee; horseman mine!
Let me madly rode with thee!〃
As he turned I met his eyes;
My own soul looked back at me!
LILLA CABOT PERRY
THREE QUATRAINS
THE CUP
SHE said; 〃Lift high the cup!〃
Of her arm's weariness she gave no sign;
But; smiling; raised it up
That none might see or guess it held no wine。
FORGIVE ME NOT!
FORGIVE me not! Hate me and I shall know
Some of Love's fire still burns within your breast!
Forgiveness finds its home in hearts at rest;
On dead volcanoes only lies the snow。
THE ROSE
ONE deep red rose I dropped into his grave;
So small a thing to give so great a friend!
Yet well he knew it was my heart I gave
And must fare on without it to the end;
LILLA CABOT PERRY
A VALENTINE; UNSENT
STAY; flaming rose; 'twould grieve her heart
To see you fade away;
Unloved; unwelcome and apart
》From every joy to…day。
Once long ago your tale was new;
Days distant yet so dear;
Why say her lover still is true;
When that is all her fear?
Why thus recall another's pain;
Her tender heart to fret?
Best let her think he loves again;
Who never can forget!
MARGARET PERRY
SHIPBUILDERS
THE German people reared them
An idol made of wood;
And Hindenburg before them
Lifelike and stupid stood。
To clothe him all in iron
And thus his soul express;
With nails and spikes they covered
His wooden nakedness。
And when they; thus had clothed him
All in a suit of mail;
Still came they; wild…eyed; looking
For space to drive a nail。
Whenever Teuton airmen
Slay boys and girls at play;
Or U…boats; drowning babies;
Create a holiday。
Then; gathering round their statue;
A happy German throng
Drive nails into the idol
To make him still more strong。
Avenge the babes; shipbuilders;
That on the seas have died;
Avenge the little children
Murdered for Wilhelm's pride。
Come; gather at the shipyards;
And let your hammers ring;
For more than ships and cargoes
Waits on your fashioning。
Come; gather at the shipyards;
With every bolt you drive
Bethink you ‘tis the Kaiser
Whose brutish head you rive。
Come; gather at the shipyards;
And swing with might and main;
‘Tis Tirpitz and the Crown Prince
That you to…day have slain。
Come; gather at the shipyards;
And heat the metal hot;
For it is Bethmann Hollweg
You're boiling in the pot。
Come; gather at the shipyards;
And when the day is done;
You've spent it in driving spikes;
In Hindernburg the Hun。
Come; gather at the shipyards;
And toil with healthy hate;
For only you can save the world;
The Hun is at the gate。
ARTHUR STANWOOD PIE
UNFADING PICTURES
(〃The air from the sea came blowing in again;
mixed with the perfume of the flowers。 。 。 。
The old…fashioned furniture brightly rubbed and pol…
ished; my aunt's inviolable chair and table by the
round green fan in the bow…window; the drugget…
covered carpet; the cat; the kettle…holder; the two
canaries; the old china 。。。 and; wonderfully out of
keeping with the rest; my dusty self upon the sofa;
taking note of everything。〃
…〃David Copperfield;〃 Chapter XIII。)
HOW many are the scenes he limned;
With artist strokes; clear…cut and free…
Our Dickens; time shall not efface
Their charm; and they will ever grace
The halls of memory。
Oft and again we turn to them;
To contemplate in pleased review;
And like some picture on the screen
Comes now to mind a favorite scene
His master…pencil drew:…
Upon a sofa; stretched in sleep;
I see a small lad; spent and worn;
And by the window; stern and grim;
A silent figure watching him;
So dusty; ragged; torn。
Ah; now she rises from behind
The round green fan beside her chair;
〃Poor fellow!〃 croons…and pity lends
Her voice new softness…and she bends
And brushes back his hair。
Then in his sleep he softly stirs。
Was that a dream; these murmured words?
He wakes! There by the casement sat
Miss Trotwood still; close by; her cat
And her canary birds。
The peaceful calm of that quaint room;
Its marks of comfort everywhere
Old china and mahogany
And blowing in; fresh from the sea;
The perfume…laden air。
Poor little pilgrim so bereft;
So weary at his journey's end!
What joy must then have filled his soul
To reach at last such happy goal…
To findoh; such a friend! 。 。 。
And then night came; and from his bed
He saw the sea; moonlit and bright;
And dreamed there came; to bless her son;
His mother; with her little one;
Adown that path of light。
Ah; greater blessing I'd not crave;
When my life's pilgrimage is o'er;
Than such repose; content; and love;
Some shining path that leads above
To dear ones gone before!
LOUELLA C。 POOLE
WITH WAVES AND WINGS
WAVES and Wings and Growing Things!
As through the gladden sight ye flow
And flit and glow;
Ye win me so
In soul to go;
I too am waves; I too am wings;
And kindred motion in me springs。
With thee I pass; glad growing grass!…
I climb the air with lissome mien;
Unsheathing keen
The vivid sheen
Of springing green;
I thrill the crude; exalt the crass
Fine…flex'd and fluent from Earth's mass。
And impulse craves with thee; Sea Waves!…
To make all mutable the floor
Of Earth's firm shore;
With flashing pour
Whose brimming o'er
Impassion'd motion loves and laves
And livens sombre slumbering caves。
Then soaring where the wild birds fare;
My song would sweep the windy lyre
Of Heaven's choir;
Pulsing desire
For starry fire;
Abashing chilling vagues of air
With throbbing of warm breasts that dare!
CHARLOTTE PORTER
BLUEBERRIES
UPON the hills of Garlingtown
Beneath the summer sky;
In many pleasant pastures
On sunny slopes and high;
Their skins abloom with dusty blue;
Asleep; the berries lie。
And all the lads of Garlingtown;
And all the lasses too;
Still climb the tranquil hillsides;
A merry; barefoot crew;
Still homeward plod with unfilled pails
And mouths of berry blue。
And all the birds of Garlingtown;
When flocking back to nest;
Remember well the patches
Where berries are the best;
They pick the ripest ones at dawn
And leave the lads the rest。
Upon the hills of Garlingtown
When berry…time was o'er;
I looked into the sunset;
And saw an open door;
And from the hills of Garlingtown
I went; and came no more。
FRANK PRENTICE RAND
NOCTURNE
NIGHT of infinite power and infinite silence and
space;
》From you may mortals infer; if ever; the scope
divine!
The jealous sun conceals all but his arrogant face;
You bid the Milky Way and a million suns to shine。
Each star to numberless planets gives light and
motion and heat;
But you enmantle them all; the nearest and most remote;
And the lustres of all the suns are but spangles
under your feet;…
Mere bubbles and beads of noon; they circle and
shine and float。
WILLIAM ROSCOE THAYER
ENVOI
I WALKED with poets in my youth;
Because the world they drew
Was beautiful and glorious
Beyond the world I knew。
The poets are my comrades still;
But dearer than in youth;
For now I know that they alone
Picture the world of truth。
WILLIAM ROSCOE THAYER
THERE WHERE THE SEA
THERE where the sea enwrapt
A strip of land and wind…swept dune;
Where nature was quiescent in the glimmering
Noonday sun of early June;
The Placid sea lay shimmering
In a mist of blue;
》From which the sky now drew
Its wealth of hu