robert falconer-第147章
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Twilight is near; and the day grows old;
The spiders of care are weaving their net;
All night 'twill be blowing and rainy and cold;
I cower at his door from the wind and wet。
He sent me out the world to see;
Drest for the road in a garment new;
It is clotted with clay; and worn beggarly
The porter will hardly let me through!
I bring in my hand a few dusty ears
Once I thought them a tribute meet!
I bring in my heart a few unshed tears:
Which is my harvestthe pain or the wheat?
A broken man; at the door of his hall
I listen; and hear it go merry within;
The sounds are of birthday…festival!
Hark to the trumpet! the violin!
I know the bench where the shadowed folk
Sit 'neath the music…loftthere none upbraids!
They will make me room who bear the same yoke;
Dear publicans; sinners; and foolish maids!
An ear has been hearing my heart forlorn!
A step comes soft through the dancing…din!
Oh Love eternal! oh woman…born!
Son of my Father to take me in!
One moment; low at our Father's feet
Loving I lie in a self…lost trance;
Then walk away to the sinners' seat;
With them; at midnight; to rise and dance!
THE END
FOOTNOTES:
1 In Scotch the ch and gh are almost always guttural。 The gh
according to Mr。 Alexander Ellis; the sole authority in the past
pronunciation of the country; was guttural in England in the time of
Shakspere。
2 An exclamation of pitiful sympathy; inexplicable to the
understanding。 Thus the author covers his philological ignorance of
the cross…breeding of the phrase。
3 Extraover allower a'orraone more than is wanted。
4 Tennyson's Morte d'Arthur。
Atque animum nunc huc celerem; nunc dividit illuc。
?neid: IV。 285
5 This line is one of many instances in which my reader will see
both the carelessness of Ericson and my religion towards his
remains。
6 Why should Sir Walter Scott; who felt the death of Camp; his
bullterrier; so much that he declined a dinner engagement in
consequence; say on the death of his next favourite; a grayhound
bitch'Rest her body; since I dare not say soul!'? Where did he
get that dare not? Is it well that the daring of genius should be
circumscribed by an unbelief so common…place as to be capable only
of subscription?
7 Amongst Ericson's papers I find the following sonnets; which
belong to the mood here embodied:
Oft; as I rest in quiet peace; am I
Thrust out at sudden doors; and madly driven
Through desert solitudes; and thunder…riven
Black passages which have not any sky。
The scourge is on me now; with all the cry
Of ancient life that hath with murder striven。
How many an anguish hath gone up to heaven!
How many a hand in prayer been lifted high
When the black fate came onward with the rush
Of whirlwind; avalanche; or fiery spume!
Even at my feet is cleft a shivering tomb
Beneath the waves; or else with solemn hush
The graveyard opens; and I feel a crush
As if we were all huddled in one doom。
Comes there; O Earth; no breathing time for thee?
No pause upon thy many…chequered lands?
Now resting on my bed with listless hands;
I mourn thee resting not。 Continually
Hear I the plashing borders of the sea
Answer each other from the rocks and sands。
Troop all the rivers seawards; nothing stands;
But with strange noises hasteth terribly。
Loam…eared hyenas go a moaning by。
Howls to each other all the bloody crew
Of Afric's tigers。 But; O men; from you
Comes this perpetual sound more loud and high
Than aught that vexes air。 I hear the cry
Of infant generations rising too。
8 This sonnet and the preceding are both one line deficient。
9 To these two sonnets Falconer had appended this note。
'Something I wrote to Ericson concerning these; during my first
college vacation; produced a reply of which the following is a
passage: 〃On writing the first I was not aware that James and John
were the Sons of Thunder。 For a time it did indeed grieve me to
think of the spiritual…minded John as otherwise than a still and
passionless lover of Christ。〃'
Word;Definition;Notes
a';all; every;also have
a' gait;everywhere;
a' thing;everything; anything;
abeelity;ability;
abettin';abetting;
a'body;everyone; everybody;
aboon;above; up; over;
aboord;aboard;
aboot;about;
aboot it an' aboot it;all about;
abune;above; up; over;
accep's;accepts;
accoont;account;
accoonts;accounts;
accordin';according;
acquant;acquainted;
a'…creatin';all…creating;
ae;one;
aff;off; away; past; beyond;
aff…gang;outlet;
afflickit;afflicted;
affoord;afford;
affront;affront; disgrace; shame;
affrontet;affronted; disgraced;also ashamed; shamed
afit;afoot; on foot;
afore;before; in front of;
aforehan';beforehand;
aften;often;
aftener;more often;
agen;against;
aheid;ahead;
ahin';behind; after; at the back of;
ahint;behind; after; at the back of;
aiblins;perhaps; possibly;
aidin';aiding;
ailin';ailing; sick;
ain;own;also one
airin';airing;
airm;arm;
airm…cheir;armchair;
airms;arms;also coat of arms; crest
airmy;army;
airth;earth;
aise;ashes;
ait;eat;
aither;either;
aiths;oaths;
aitin';eating;
aits;oats;
alane;alone;
alang;along;
Algerine;Algerian;
alloo;allow;
allooed;allowed;
Almichty;Almighty; God;
amaist;almost;
amang;among; in; together with;
amen's;amends;
amo';among;
amuntit;amounted;
an';and;
ance;once;
ane;one;also a single person or thing
aneath;beneath; under;
anent;opposite to; in front of;also concerning
Anerew;Andrew;
anes;ones;
angert;angered; angry;also grieved
anither;another;
answerin';answering;
answert;answered;
a'ready;already;
aricht;aright;
aside;beside;also aside
aspirin';aspiring;
astarn;astern;
'at;that;
ate;hate;also eat
a'thegither;all together;
a'thing;everything; anything;
'at's;that is; that has;
attreebuted;attributed;
atweel;indeed; truely; of course;
atween;between;
aucht;eight; eighth;also ought; own; possess
aul';old;
auld;old;
aulder;older;
aumrie;cupboard; pantry; store…closet;
aumry;cupboard; pantry; store…closet;
a'…uphaudin';all…upholding; all…supporting;
ava;at all; of all;exclamation of banter; ridicule
awa;away; distant;also off; go away
awa';away; distant;also off; go away
awaur;aware;
Awbrahawm;Abraham;
aweel;ah well; well then; well;
awfu';awful;
awpron;apron;
ay;yes; indeed;exclamation of surprise; wonder
aye;yes; indeed;
ayont;beyond; after;
bade;did bide;
badena;did not bide;
bagonet;bayonet;
bailey;civic dignitary; magistrate;
bairn;child;
bairnie;little child;diminutive
bairns;children;
baith;both;
bakehoose;bakery;
baneless;insipid; without pith;
banes;bones;
barfut;barefoot;
barrin';barring;
barrowfu';wheelbarrow full;
baubee;halfpenny;
baubees;halfpennies;
bauchles;old pair of shoes;also shoes down at the heel
baukie;bat;
beggit;begged;
beginnin';beginning;
begud;began;
behaud;withhold; wait; delay;also behold
behavin';behaving;
bein';being;
beir;bear;
beirer;bearer;
beirs;bears;
bejan;first year's student;at a Scottish university
belangs;belongs;
believin';believing;
ben' leather;thick leather for soling boots/shoes;
bena;be not; is not;
bend…leather;thick leather for soling boots/shoes;
benn;in; inside; into; within; inwards;also inner room
benn the hoose;in/into the parlour;best room of the house
beowty;beauty;
beuks;books;
beyon';beyond;
bide;endure; bear; remain; live;also desire; wish
bides;endures; bears; remains; lives;also stays for
biggit;built;
bilin';boiling;also the whole quantity
bin';bind;
binna;be not;
birse;bristle; hair; plume of hair;
bit;but; bit;also small; littlediminutive
bitch;;term of contempt usually applied to a man
bitin';bit