r. f. murray-his poems with a memoir-第18章
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In sunshine on the dancing sea;
It will be brighter for the sake
Of my return to home and thee!
FOR SCOTLAND
Beyond the Cheviots and the Tweed;
Beyond the Firth of Forth;
My memory returns at speed
To Scotland and the North。
For still I keep; and ever shall;
A warm place in my heart for Scotland;
Scotland; Scotland;
A warm place in my heart for Scotland。
Oh; cruel off St。 Andrew's Bay
The winds are wont to blow!
They either rest or gently play;
When there in dreams I go。
And there I wander; young again;
With limbs that do not tire;
Along the coast to Kittock's Den;
With whinbloom all afire。
I climb the Spindle Rock; and lie
And take my doubtful ease;
Between the ocean and the sky;
Derided by the breeze。
Where coloured mushrooms thickly grow;
Like flowers of brittle stalk;
To haunted Magus Muir I go;
By Lady Catherine's Walk。
In dreams the year I linger through;
In that familiar town;
Where all the youth I ever knew;
Burned up and flickered down。
There's not a rock that fronts the sea;
There's not an inland grove;
But has a tale to tell to me
Of friendship or of love。
And so I keep; and ever shall;
The best place in my heart for Scotland;
Scotland; Scotland;
The best place in my heart for Scotland!
THE HAUNTED CHAMBER
Life is a house where many chambers be;
And all the doors will yield to him who tries;
Save one; whereof men say; behind it lies
The haunting secret。 He who keeps the key;
Keeps it securely; smiles perchance to see
The eager hands stretched out to clutch the prize;
Or looks with pity in the yearning eyes;
And is half moved to let the secret free。
And truly some at every hour pass through;
Pass through; and tread upon that solemn floor;
Yet come not back to tell what they have found。
We will not importune; as others do;
With tears and cries; the keeper of the door;
But wait till our appointed hour comes round。
NIGHTFALL
Let me sleep。 The day is past;
And the folded shadows keep
Weary mortals safe and fast。
Let me sleep。
I am all too tired to weep
For the sunlight of the Past
Sunk within the drowning deep。
Treasured vanities I cast
In an unregarded heap。
Time has given rest at last。
Let me sleep。
IN TIME OF SICKNESS
Lost Youth; come back again!
Laugh at weariness and pain。
Come not in dreams; but come in truth;
Lost Youth。
Sweetheart of long ago;
Why do you haunt me so?
Were you not glad to part;
Sweetheart?
Still Death; that draws so near;
Is it hope you bring; or fear?
Is it only ease of breath;
Still Death?
Footnotes:
{1} Mr。 Butler lectures on Physics; or; as it is called in
Scotland; Natural Philosophy。
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