第 2 节
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散发弄舟 更新:2024-01-16 22:40 字数:9322
Let each day pass; well ordered in its usefulness; Unlit by sunshine;
unscarred by storm; Dower me with strength and curb all foolish
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eagerness The law exacts obedience。 Instruct; I will conform。
A Japanese Wood…Carving
High up above the open; welcoming door It hangs; a piece of wood
with colours dim。 Once; long ago; it was a waving tree And knew the sun
and shadow through the leaves Of forest trees; in a thick eastern wood。
The winter snows had bent its branches down; The spring had swelled its
buds with coming flowers; Summer had run like fire through its veins;
While autumn pelted it with chestnut burrs; And strewed the leafy ground
with acorn cups。 Dark midnight storms had roared and crashed among Its
branches; breaking here and there a limb; But every now and then broad
sunlit days Lovingly lingered; caught among the leaves。 Yes; it had known
all this; and yet to us It does not speak of mossy forest ways; Of
whispering pine trees or the shimmering birch; But of quick winds; and
the salt; stinging sea! An artist once; with patient; careful knife; Had
fashioned it like to the untamed sea。 Here waves uprear themselves; their
tops blown back By the gay; sunny wind; which whips the blue And
breaks it into gleams and sparks of light。 Among the flashing waves are
two white birds Which swoop; and soar; and scream for very joy At the
wild sport。 Now diving quickly in; Questing some glistening fish。 Now
flying up; Their dripping feathers shining in the sun; While the wet drops
like little glints of light; Fall pattering backward to the parent sea。 Gliding
along the green and foam…flecked hollows; Or skimming some white crest
about to break; The spirits of the sky deigning to stoop And play with
ocean in a summer mood。 Hanging above the high; wide open door; It
brings to us in quiet; firelit room; The freedom of the earth's vast solitudes;
Where heaping; sunny waves tumble and roll; And seabirds scream in
wanton happiness。
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A Little Song
When you; my Dear; are away; away; How wearily goes the creeping
day。 A year drags after morning; and night Starts another year of candle
light。 O Pausing Sun and Lingering Moon! Grant me; I beg of you; this
boon。
Whirl round the earth as never sun Has his diurnal journey run。 And;
Moon; slip past the ladders of air In a single flash; while your streaming
hair Catches the stars and pulls them down To shine on some slumbering
Chinese town。 O Kindly Sun! Understanding Moon! Bring evening to
crowd the footsteps of noon。
But when that long awaited day Hangs ripe in the heavens; your
voyaging stay。 Be morning; O Sun! with the lark in song; Be afternoon for
ages long。 And; Moon; let you and your lesser lights Watch over a century
of nights。
Behind a Wall
I own a solace shut within my heart; A garden full of many a quaint
delight And warm with drowsy; poppied sunshine; bright; Flaming with
lilies out of whose cups dart Shining things With powdered
wings。
Here terrace sinks to terrace; arbors close The ends of dreaming
paths; a wanton wind Jostles the half…ripe pears; and then; unkind;
Tumbles a…slumber in a pillar rose; With content Grown
indolent。
By night my garden is o'erhung with gems Fixed in an onyx setting。
Fireflies Flicker their lanterns in my dazzled eyes。 In serried rows I
guess the straight; stiff stems Of hollyhocks Against the rocks。
So far and still it is that; listening; I hear the flowers talking in the
dawn; And where a sunken basin cuts the lawn; Cinctured with iris; pale
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and glistening; The sudden swish Of a waking fish。
A Winter Ride
Who shall declare the joy of the running! Who shall tell of the
pleasures of flight! Springing and spurning the tufts of wild heather;
Sweeping; wide…winged; through the blue dome of light。 Everything
mortal has moments immortal; Swift and God…gifted; immeasurably
bright。
So with the stretch of the white road before me; Shining
snowcrystals rainbowed by the sun; Fields that are white; stained with
long; cool; blue shadows; Strong with the strength of my horse as we run。
Joy in the touch of the wind and the sunlight! Joy! With the vigorous
earth I am one。
A Coloured Print by Shokei
It winds along the face of a cliff This path which I long to explore;
And over it dashes a waterfall; And the air is full of the roar And the
thunderous voice of waters which sweep In a silver torrent over some
steep。
It clears the path with a mighty bound And tumbles below and away;
And the trees and the bushes which grow in the rocks Are wet with its
jewelled spray; The air is misty and heavy with sound; And small; wet
wildflowers star the ground。
Oh! The dampness is very good to smell; And the path is soft to
tread; And beyond the fall it winds up and on; While little streamlets
thread Their own meandering way down the hill Each singing its own little
song; until
I forget that 't is only a pictured path; And I hear the water and wind;
And look through the mist; and strain my eyes To see what there is
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behind; For it must lead to a happy land; This little path by a waterfall
spanned。
Song
Oh! To be a flower Nodding in the sun; Bending; then upspringing
As the breezes run; Holding up A scent…brimmed cup; Full of summer's
fragrance to the summer sun。
Oh! To be a butterfly Still; upon a flower; Winking with its painted
wings; Happy in the hour。 Blossoms hold Mines of gold Deep within
the farthest heart of each chaliced flower。
Oh! To be a cloud Blowing through the blue; Shadowing the
mountains; Rushing loudly through Valleys deep Where torrents keep
Always their plunging thunder and their misty arch of blue。
Oh! To be a wave Splintering on the sand; Drawing back; but
leaving Lingeringly the land。 Rainbow light Flashes bright Telling
tales of coral caves half hid in yellow sand。
Soon they die; the flowers; Insects live a day; Clouds dissolve in
showers; Only waves at play Last forever。 Shall endeavor Make a sea
of purpose mightier than we dream to…day?
The Fool Errant
The Fool Errant sat by the highway of life And his gaze wandered up
and his gaze wandered down; A vigorous youth; but with no wish to walk;
Yet his longing was great for the distant town。
He whistled a little frivolous tune Which he felt to be pulsing with
ecstasy; For he thought that success always followed desire; Such a very
superlative fool was he。
A maiden came by on an ambling mule; Her gown was rose…red and
her kerchief blue; On her lap she carried a basket of eggs。 Thought the
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fool; 〃There is certainly room for two。〃
So he jauntily swaggered towards the maid And put out his hand to
the bridle…rein。 〃My pretty girl;〃 quo