贝壳电子书 > 英文原著电子书 > a reading of life >

第6章

a reading of life-第6章

小说: a reading of life 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!




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

返回目录 上一页 下一页 回到顶部 0 0

你可能喜欢的