第 2 节
作者:童舟      更新:2021-02-19 01:13      字数:8560
  For lo! the treees are full of sighs
  Whose leaves the morn admonisheth。
  Eastward the gradual dawn prevails
  Where softly…burning fires appear;
  Making to tremble all those veils
  Of grey and golden gossamer。
  While sweetly; gently; secretly;
  The flowery bells of morn are stirred
  And the wise choirs of faery
  Begin (innumerous!) to be heard。
  XVI
  O cool is the valley now
  And there; love; will we go
  For many a choir is singing now
  Where Love did sometime go。
  And hear you not the thrushes calling;
  Calling us away?
  O cool and pleasant is the valley
  And there; love; will we stay。
  XVII
  Because your voice was at my side
  I gave him pain;
  Because within my hand I held
  Your hand again。
  There is no word nor any sign
  Can make amend  …
  He is a stranger to me now
  Who was my friend。
  XVIII
  O Sweetheart; hear you
  Your lover's tale;
  A man shall have sorrow
  When friends him fail。
  For he shall know then
  Friends be untrue
  And a little ashes
  Their words come to。
  But one unto him
  Will softly move
  And softly woo him
  In ways of love。
  His hand is under
  Her smooth round breast;
  So he who has sorrow
  Shall have rest。
  XIX
  Be not sad because all men
  Prefer a lying clamour before you:
  Sweetheart; be at peace again  …
  Can they dishonour you?
  They are sadder than all tears;
  Their lives ascend as a continual sigh。
  Proudly answer to their tears:
  As they deny; deny。
  XX
  In the dark pine…wood
  I would we lay;
  In deep cool shadow
  At noon of day。
  How sweet to lie there;
  Sweet to kiss;
  Where the great pine…forest
  Enaisled is!
  Thy kiss descending
  Sweeter were
  With a soft tumult
  Of thy hair。
  O unto the pine…wood
  At noon of day
  Come with me now;
  Sweet love; away。
  XXI
  He who hath glory lost; nor hath
  Found any soul to fellow his;
  Among his foes in scorn and wrath
  Holding to ancient nobleness;
  That high unconsortable one  …
  His love is his companion。
  XXII
  Of that so sweet imprisonment
  My soul; dearest; is fain  …
  Soft arms that woo me to relent
  And woo me to detain。
  Ah; could they ever hold me there
  Gladly were I a prisoner!
  Dearest; through interwoven arms
  By love made tremulous;
  That night allures me where alarms
  Nowise may trouble us;
  But lseep to dreamier sleep be wed
  Where soul with soul lies prisoned。
  XXIII
  This heart that flutters near my heart
  My hope and all my riches is;
  Unhappy when we draw apart
  And happy between kiss and kiss:
  My hope and all my riches  … yes!  …
  And all my happiness。
  For there; as in some mossy nest
  The wrens will divers treasures keep;
  I laid those treasures I possessed
  Ere that mine eyes had learned to weep。
  Shall we not be as wise as they
  Though love live but a day?
  XXIV
  Silently she's combing;
  Combing her long hair
  Silently and graciously;
  With many a pretty air。
  The sun is in the willow leaves
  And on the dapplled grass;
  And still she's combing her long hair
  Before the looking…glass。
  I pray you; cease to comb out;
  Comb out your long hair;
  For I have heard of witchery
  Under a pretty air;
  That makes as one thing to the lover
  Staying and going hence;
  All fair; with many a pretty air
  And many a negligence。
  XXV
  Lightly come or lightly go:
  Though thy heart presage thee woe;
  Vales and many a wasted sun;
  Oread let thy laughter run;
  Till the irreverent mountain air
  Ripple all thy flying hair。
  Lightly; lightly  … ever so:
  Clouds that wrap the vales below
  At the hour of evenstar
  Lowliest attendants are;
  Love and laughter song…confessed
  When the heart is heaviest。
  XXVI
  Thou leanest to the shell of night;
  Dear lady; a divining ear。
  In that soft choiring of delight
  What sound hath made thy heart to fear?
  Seemed it of rivers rushing forth
  From the grey deserts of the north?
  That mood of thine
  Is his; if thou but scan it well;
  Who a mad tale bequeaths to us
  At ghosting hour conjurable  …
  And all for some strange name he read
  In Purchas or in Holinshed。
  XXVII
  Though I thy Mithridates were;
  Framed to defy the poison…dart;
  Yet must thou fold me unaware
  To know the rapture of thy heart;
  And I but render and confess
  The malice of thy tenderness。
  For elegant and antique phrase;
  Dearest; my lips wax all too wise;
  Nor have I known a love whose praise
  Our piping poets solemnize;
  Neither a love where may not be
  Ever so little falsity。
  XXVIII
  Gentle lady; do not sing
  Sad songs about the end of love;
  Lay aside sadness and sing
  How love that passes is enough。
  Sing about the long deep sleep
  Of lovers that are dead; and how
  In the grave all love shall sleep:
  Love is aweary now。
  XXIX
  Dear heart; why will you use me so?
  Dear eyes that gently me upbraid;
  Still are you beautiful  … but O;
  How is your beauty raimented!
  Through the clear mirror of your eyes;
  Through the soft sigh of kiss to kiss;
  Desolate winds assail with cries
  The shadowy garden where love is。
  And soon shall love dissolved be
  When over us the wild winds blow  …
  But you; dear love; too dear to me;
  Alas! why will you use me so?
  XXX
  Love came to us in time gone by
  When one at twilight shyly played
  And one in fear was standing nigh  …
  For Love at first is all afraid。
  We were grave lovers。 Love is past
  That had his sweet hours many a one;
  Welcome to us now at the last
  The ways that we shall go upon。
  XXXI
  O; it was out by Donnycarney
  When the bat flew from tree to tree
  My love and I did walk together;
  And sweet were the words she said to me。
  Along with us the summer wind
  Went murmuring  … O; happily!  …
  But softer than the breath of summer
  Was the kiss she gave to me。
  XXXII
  Rain has fallen all the day。
  O come among the laden trees:
  The leaves lie thick upon the way
  Of memories。
  Staying a little by the way
  Of memories shall we depart。
  Come; my beloved; where I may
  Speak to your heart。
  XXXIII
  Now; O now; in this brown land
  Where Love did so sweet music make
  We two shall wander; hand in hand;
  Forbearing for old friendship' sake;
  Nor grieve because our love was gay
  Which now is ended in this way。
  A rogue in red and yellow dress
  Is knocking; knocking at the tree;
  And all around our loneliness
  The wind is whistling merrily。
  The leaves  … they do not sigh at all
  When the year takes them in the fall。
  Now; O now; we hear no more
  The vilanelle and roundelay!
  Yet will we kiss; sweetheart; before
  We take sad leave at close of day。
  Grieve not; sweetheart; for anything  …
  The year; the year is gathering。
  XXXIV
  Sleep now; O sleep now;
  O you unquiet heart!
  A voice crying 〃Sleep now〃
  Is heard in my heart。
  The voice of the winter
  Is heard at the door。
  O sleep; for the winter
  Is crying 〃Sleep no more。〃
  My kiss will give peace now
  And quiet to your heart  …
  Sleep on in peace now;
  O you unquiet heart!
  XXXV
  All day I hear the noise of waters
  Making moan;
  Sad as the sea…bird is when; going
  Forth alone;
  He hears the winds cry to the water's
  Monotone。
  The grey winds; the cold winds are blowing
  Where I go。
  I hear the noise of many waters
  Far below。
  All day; all night; I hear them flowing
  To and fro。
  XXXVI
  I hear an army charging upon the land;
  And the thunder of horses plunging; foam about their knees:
  Arrogant; in black armour; behind them stand;
  Disdaining the reins; with fluttering ships; the charioteers。
  They cry unto the night their battle…name:
  I moan in sleep when I hear afar their whirling laughter。
  They cleave the gloom of dreams; a blinding flame;
  Clanging; clanging upon the heart as upon an anvil。
  They come shaking in triumph their long; green hair:
  They come out of the sea and run shouting by the shore。
  My heart; have you no wisdom thus to despair?
  My love; my love; my love; why have you left me alone?
  End