anthology of massachusetts poets-第5章
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A frenziedly leaping and mingling crowd;
Dancing; pursuing groups。
At high noon the trumpets peal;
Neptune's chariot passes by;
Trains of sirens; tritons; Trevi's jets heat
Then trumpets' echoes sigh。
Tolling bell and sunset;
Twittering birds and calm;
Medici's fountain; shimmering net;
Into the night brings balm。
JESSICA CARR
CRETONNE TROPICS
THE cretonne in your willow chair
Shows through a zone of rosy air;
A tree of parrots; agate…eyed;
With blue…green crests and plumes of pride
And beaks most formidably curved。
I hear the river; silver…nerved;
To their shrill protests make reply;
And the palm forest stir and sigh。
Curious; the spell that colors cast;
Binding the fancy coweb…fast;
And you would smile if you could know
I like your cretonne parrots so!
But I have seen them sail toward night
Superbly homeward; the last light
Lifting them like a purple sea
Scorned and made use of arrogantly;
And I have heard them cry aloud
》From out a tall palm's emerald cloud;
And I brought home a brilliant feather;
Lost like a flake of sunset weather。
Here in the north the sea is white
And mother…of…pearl in morning light;
Quite lovely; but there is a glare
That daunts me。
Now the willow chair
Suggests a more perplexing sea;
Till my heart aches with memory
And parrots dye the air around;
And I forget the pallid Sound。
GRACE HAZARD
TO HILDA OF HER ROSES
ENOUGH has been said about roses
To fill thirty thick volumes;
There are as many songs about roses
As there are roses in the world
That includes Mexico 。 。 。 the Azores 。。。 Oregon 。。。
It is a pity your roses
Are too late for Omar 。 。 。
It is a pity Keats has gone 。 。 。
Yet there must be something left to say
Of flowers like these!
Adventurers;
They pushed their way
Through dewy tunnels of the June night
Now they confer。。。。。
A little tremulous。。。。。
Dazzled by the yellow sea…beach of morning
If Herrick would tiptoe back 。 。 。
If Blake were to look this way
Ledwidge; even!
GRACE HAZARD CONKLING
DANDELION
LITTLE soldier with the golden helmet;
O What are you guarding on my lawn?
You with your green gun
And your yellow beard;
Why do you stand so stiff?
There is only the grass to fight!
HILDA CONKLING
RED ROOSTER
RED ROOSTER in your gray coop;
O stately creature with tail…feathers red and
blue;
Yellow and black;
You have a comb gay as a parade
On your head:
You have pearl trinkets
On your feet:
The short feathers smooth along your back
Are the dark color of wet rocks;
Or the rippled green of ships
When I look at their sides through water。
I don't know how you happened to be made
So proud; so foolish;
Wearing your coat of many colors;
Shouting all day long your crooked words;
Loud 。 。 。 sharp 。 。 。 not beautiful!
HILDA CONKLING
VELVETS
(BY A BED OF PANSIES)
THIS pansy has a thinking face
Like the yellow moon。
This one has a face with white blots;
I call him the clown。
Here goes one down the grass
With a pretty look of plumpness;
She is a little girl going to school
With her hands in the pockets of her pinafore。
Her name is Sue。
I like this one; in a bonnet;
Waiting;
Her eyes are so deep!
But these on the other side;
These that wear purple and blue;
They are the Velvets;
The king with his cloak;
The queen with her gown;
The prince with his feather。
These are dark and quiet
And stay alone。
I know you; Velvets;
Color of Dark;
Like the pine…tree on the hill
When stars shine!
HILDA CONKLING
THE MOODS
THE Moods have laid their hands across my hair:
The Moods have drawn their fingers through my heart;
My hair shall never more lie smooth and bright;
But stir like tide…worn sea…weed; and my heart
Shall never more be glad of small sweet things;…
A wild rose; or a crescent moon;…a book
Of little verses; or a dancing child。
My heart turns crying from the rose and book;
My heart turns crying from the thin bright moon;
And weeps with useless sorrow for the child。
The Moods have loosed a wind to vex my hair;
And made my heart too wise; that was a child。
Now I shall blow like smitten candle…flame:
I shall desire all things that may not be:
The years; the stars; the souls of ancient men;
All tears that must; and smiles that may not be;
Yes; glimmering lights across a windy ford;
And vagrant voices on a darkened plain;
And holy things; and outcast things; and things;
Far too remote; frail…bodied to be plain。
My pity and my joy are grown alike。
I cannot sweep the strangeness from my heart。
The Moods have laid swift hands across my hair:
The Moods have drawn swift fingers through my heart。
FANNIE STEARNS DAVIS
HILL…FANTASY
SITTETH by the red cairn a brown One; a
hoofed One;
High upon the mountain; where the grasses fail。
Where the ash…trees flourish far their blazing
Bunches to the sun;
A brown One; a hoofed One; pipes against the gale。
Up scrambled I then; furry fingers helping me。
I was on the mountain; wandering; wandering;
No one but the pine trees and the white birch knew。
Over rocks I scrambled; looked up and saw that
Strange Thing;
Peaked ears and sharp horns; pricked against the
blue。
Oh; and; how he piped there! piped upon the high
reeds
Till the blue air crackled like a frost…film on a pool!
Oh; and how he spread himself; like a child whom
no one heeds;
Tumbled chuckling in the brook; all sleek and kind
and cool!
He had berries 'twixt his horns; crimson…red as
cochineal。;
Bobbing; wagging wantonly they tickled him; and oh;
How his deft lips puckered round the reed;
seemed to chase and steal
Sky…music; earth…music; tree…music low!
I said 〃Good…day; Thou!〃 He said; 〃Good…day;
Thou!〃
Wiped his reed against the spotted doe…skin on his back;
He said; 〃Come up here; and I will teach thee piping
now。
While the earth is singing so; for tunes we shall not
Lack。〃
Up scrambled I then; furry fingers helping me。
Up scrambled I。 So we sat beside the cairn。
Broad into my face laughed that horned Thing so
Naughtily。
Oh; it was a rascal of a woodland Satyr's bairn!
'So blow; and so; Thou! Move thy fingers faster; look!
Move them like the little leaves and whirling midges。
So!
Soon ‘twill twist like tendrils and out…twinkle like
the lost brook。
Move thy fingers merrily; and blow! Blow! Blow!〃
Brown One! Hoofed One! Beat time to keep me
Straight。
Kick it on the red stone; whistle in my ear。
Brush thy crimson berries in my face; then hold
Thy breath; for…wait!
Joy comes bubbling to me lips。 I pipe; oh; hear!
Blue sky; art glad of us? Green wood; art glad of
us?
Old hard…heart mountain; dost thou hear me; how
I blow?
Far away the sea…isles swim in sun…haze luminous。
Each one has a color like the seven…splendor bow。
Wind; wind; wind; dost thou mind me how I pipe;
Now?
Chipmunk chatt'ring in the beech; rabbit in the
brake?
Furry arm around my neck: 〃Oh; Thou art a brave
one; Thou!〃
Satyr; little satyr…friend; my heart with joy doth
ache !
Sky…music; earth…music; tree…music tremulous;
Water over steaming rocks; water in the shade;
Storm…tune and sun…tune; how they flock up unto us;
Sitting by the red cairn; gay and unafraid!
Brown One; Hoofed One; give me nimble hoofs;
Thou!
Give me furry fingers and a secret furry tail!
Pleasant are thy smooth horns: if their like were
on my brow
Might I not abide here; till the strong sun fail?
Oh; the sorry brown eyes! Oh; the soft kind hand…
touch;
Sudden brush of velvet ears across my wind…cool
cheek!
〃Play…mate; Pipe…mate; thou askest one good boon
too much。
I could never find thee horns; though day…long
I seek。
〃Yet; keep the pipe; Thou: I w