a reading of life-第6章
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Her woman's intuition of the bliss …
Their tempter's moment o'er the black abyss;
Across the narrow plank … he could abjure。
Then came a day that clipped for him the thread;
And their first touch of lips; as he lay cold;
Was all of earthly in their love untold;
Beyond all earthly known to them who wed。
So has there come the gust at South…west flung
By sudden volt on eves of freezing mist;
When sister snowflake sister snowdrop kissed;
And one passed out; and one the bell…head hung。
Poem: Song In The Songless
They have no song; the sedges dry;
And still they sing。
It is within my breast they sing;
As I pass by。
Within my breast they touch a string;
They wake a sigh。
There is but sound of sedges dry;
In me they sing。
Poem: Union In Disseverance
Sunset worn to its last vermilion he;
She that star overhead in slow descent:
That white star with the front of angel she;
He undone in his rays of glory spent
Halo; fair as the bow…shot at his rise;
He casts round her; and knows his hour of rest
Incomplete; were the light for which he dies;
Less like joy of the dove that wings to nest。
Lustrous momently; near on earth she sinks;
Life's full throb over breathless and abased:
Yet stand they; though impalpable the links;
One; more one than the bridally embraced。
Poem: The Burden Of Strength
If that thou hast the gift of strength; then know
Thy part is to uplift the trodden low;
Else in a giant's grasp until the end
A hopeless wrestler shall thy soul contend。
Poem: The Main Regret
'Written for the Charing Cross Album'
I。
Seen; too clear and historic within us; our sins of omission
Frown when the Autumn days strike us all ruthlessly bare。
They of our mortal diseases find never healing physician;
Errors they of the soul; past the one hope to repair。
II。
Sunshine might we have been unto seed under soil; or have scattered
Seed to ascendant suns brighter than any that shone。
Even the limp…legged beggar a sick desperado has flattered
Back to a half…sloughed life cheered by the mere human tone。
Poem: Alternation
Between the fountain and the rill
I passed; and saw the mighty will
To leap at sky; the careless run;
As earth would lead her little son。
Beneath them throbs an urgent well;
That here is play; and there is war。
I know not which had most to tell
Of whence we spring and what we are。
Poem: Hawarden
When comes the lighted day for men to read
Life's meaning; with the work before their hands
Till this good gift of breath from debt is freed;
Earth will not hear her children's wailful bands
Deplore the chieftain fall'n in sob and dirge;
Nor they look where is darkness; but on high。
The sun that dropped down our horizon's verge;
Illumes his labours through the travelled sky;
Now seen in sum; most glorious; and 'tis known
By what our warrior wrought we hold him fast。
A splendid image built of man has flown;
His deeds inspired of God outstep a Past。
Ours the great privilege to have had one
Among us who celestial tasks has done。
Poem: At The Close
To Thee; dear God of Mercy; both appeal;
Who straightway sound the call to arms。 Thou know'st;
And that black spot in each embattled host;
Spring of the blood…stream; later wilt reveal。
Now is it red artillery and white steel;
Till on a day will ring the victor's boast;
That 'tis Thy chosen towers uppermost;
Where Thy rejected grovels under heel。
So in all times of man's descent insane
To brute; did strength and craft combining strike;
Even as a God of Armies; his fell blow。
But at the close he entered Thy domain;
Dear God of Mercy; and if lion…like
He tore the fall'n; the Eternal was his Foe。
Poem: Forest History
I。
Beneath the vans of doom did men pass in。
Heroic who came out; for round them hung
A wavering phantom's red volcano tongue;
With league…long lizard tail and fishy fin:
II。
Old Earth's original Dragon; there retired
To his last fastness; overthrown by few。
Him a laborious thrust of roadway slew。
Then man to play devorant straight was fired。
III。
More intimate became the forest fear
While pillared darkness hatched malicious life
At either elbow; wolf or gnome or knife
And wary slid the glance from ear to ear。
IV。
In chillness; like a clouded lantern…ray;
The forest's heart of fog on mossed morass;
On purple pool and silky cotton…grass;
Revealed where lured the swallower byway。
V。
Dead outlook; flattened back with hard rebound
Off walls of distance; left each mounted height。
It seemed a giant hag…fiend; churning spite
Of humble human being; held the ground。
VI。
Through friendless wastes; through treacherous woodland; slow
The feet sustained by track of feet pursued
Pained steps; and found the common brotherhood
By sign of Heaven indifferent; Nature foe。
VII。
Anon a mason's work amazed the sight;
And long…frocked men; called Brothers; there abode。
They pointed up; bowed head; and dug and sowed;
Whereof was shelter; loaf; and warm firelight。
VIII。
What words they taught were nails to scratch the head。
Benignant works explained the chanting brood。
Their monastery lit black solitude;
As one might think a star that heavenward led。
IX。
Uprose a fairer nest for weary feet;
Like some gold flower nightly inward curled;
Where gentle maidens fled a roaring world;
Or played with it; and had their white retreat。
X。
Into big books of metal clasps they pored。
They governed; even as men; they welcomed lays。
The treasures women are whose aim is praise;
Was shown in them: the Garden half restored。
XI。
A deluge billow scoured the land off seas;
With widened jaws; and slaughter was its foam。
For food; for clothing; ambush; refuge; home;
The lesser savage offered bogs and trees。
XII。
Whence reverence round grey…haired story grew:
And inmost spots of ancient horror shone
As temples under beams of trials bygone;
For in them sang brave times with God in view。
XIII。
Till now trim homesteads bordered spaces green;
Like night's first little stars through clearing showers。
Was rumoured how a castle's falcon towers
The wilderness commanded with fierce mien。
XIV。
Therein a serious Baron stuck his lance;
For minstrel songs a beauteous Dame would pout。
Gay knights and sombre; felon or devout;
Pricked onward; bound for their unsung romance。
XV。
It might be that two errant lords across
The block of each came edged; and at sharp cry
They charged forthwith; the better man to try。
One rode his way; one couched on quiet moss。
XVI。
Perchance a lady sweet; whose lord lay slain;
The robbers into gruesome durance drew。
Swift should her hero come; like lightning's blue!
She prayed for him; as crackling drought for rain。
XVII。
As we; that ere the worst her hero haps;
Of Angels guided; nigh that loathly den:
A toady cave beside an ague fen;
Where long forlorn the lone dog whines and yaps。
XVIII。
By daylight now the forest fear could read
Itself; and at new wonders chuckling went。
Straight for the roebuck's neck the bowman spent
A dart that laughed at distance and at speed。
XIX。
Right loud the bugle's hallali elate
Rang forth of merry dingles round the tors;
And deftest hand was he from foreign wars;
But soon he hailed the home…bred yeoman mate。
XX。
Before the blackbird pecked the turf they woke;
At dawn the deer's wet nostrils blew their last。
To forest; haunt of runs and prime repast;
With paying blows; the yokel strained his yoke。
XXI。
The city urchin mooned on forest air;
On grassy sweeps and fly