第 2 节
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悟来悟去 更新:2021-02-20 18:42 字数:9319
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Buried Love
I have come to bury Love Beneath a tree; In the forest tall and black
Where none can see。
I shall put no flowers at his head; Nor stone at his feet; For the
mouth I loved so much Was bittersweet。
I shall go no more to his grave; For the woods are cold。 I shall gather
as much of joy As my hands can hold。
I shall stay all day in the sun Where the wide winds blow; But oh;
I shall cry at night When none will know。
The Fountain
All through the deep blue night The fountain sang alone; It sang to
the drowsy heart Of the satyr carved in stone。
The fountain sang and sang; But the satyr never stirred Only the
great white moon In the empty heaven heard。
The fountain sang and sang While on the marble rim The milk…white
peacocks slept; And their dreams were strange and dim。
Bright dew was on the grass; And on the ilex; dew; The dreamy
milk…white birds Were all a…glisten; too。
The fountain sang and sang The things one cannot tell; The dreaming
peacocks stirred And the gleaming dew…drops fell。
I Shall Not Care
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When I am dead and over me bright April Shakes out her rain…
drenched hair; Though you should lean above me broken…hearted; I shall
not care。
I shall have peace; as leafy trees are peaceful When rain bends down
the bough; And I shall be more silent and cold…hearted Than you are
now。
After Parting
Oh; I have sown my love so wide That he will find it everywhere; It
will awake him in the night; It will enfold him in the air。
I set my shadow in his sight And I have winged it with desire; That it
may be a cloud by day; And in the night a shaft of fire。
A Prayer
Until I lose my soul and lie Blind to the beauty of the earth; Deaf
though shouting wind goes by; Dumb in a storm of mirth;
Until my heart is quenched at length And I have left the land of men;
Oh; let me love with all my strength Careless if I am loved again。
Spring Night
The park is filled with night and fog; The veils are drawn about the
world; The drowsy lights along the paths Are dim and pearled。
Gold and gleaming the empty streets; Gold and gleaming the misty
lake; The mirrored lights like sunken swords; Glimmer and shake。
Oh; is it not enough to be Here with this beauty over me? My throat
should ache with praise; and I Should kneel in joy beneath the sky。 O;
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beauty; are you not enough? Why am I crying after love; With youth; a
singing voice; and eyes To take earth's wonder with surprise?
Why have I put off my pride; Why am I unsatisfied; I; for whom the
pensive night Binds her cloudy hair with light; I; for whom all beauty
burns Like incense in a million urns? O beauty; are you not enough? Why
am I crying after love?
May Wind
I said; 〃I have shut my heart As one shuts an open door; That Love
may starve therein And trouble me no more。〃
But over the roofs there came The wet new wind of May; And a tune
blew up from the curb Where the street…pianos play。
My room was white with the sun And Love cried out in me; 〃I am
strong; I will break your heart Unless you set me free。〃
Tides
Love in my heart was a fresh tide flowing Where the starlike sea
gulls soar; The sun was keen and the foam was blowing High on the
rocky shore。
But now in the dusk the tide is turning; Lower the sea gulls soar; And
the waves that rose in resistless yearning Are broken forevermore。
After Love
There is no magic any more; We meet as other people do; You work
no miracle for me Nor I for you。
You were the wind and I the sea There is no splendor any more; I
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have grown listless as the pool Beside the shore。
But though the pool is safe from storm And from the tide has found
surcease; It grows more bitter than the sea; For all its peace。
New Love and Old
In my heart the old love Struggled with the new; It was ghostly
waking All night through。
Dear things; kind things; That my old love said; Ranged themselves
reproachfully Round my bed。
But I could not heed them; For I seemed to see The eyes of my new
love Fixed on me。
Old love; old love; How can I be true? Shall I be faithless to myself
Or to you?
The Kiss
I hoped that he would love me; And he has kissed my mouth; But I
am like a stricken bird That cannot reach the south。
For though I know he loves me; To…night my heart is sad; His kiss
was not so wonderful As all the dreams I had。
Swans
Night is over the park; and a few brave stars Look on the lights that
link it with chains of gold; The lake bears up their reflection in broken
bars That seem too heavy for tremulous water to hold。
We watch the swans that sleep in a shadowy place; And now and
again one wakes and uplifts its head; How still you are your gaze is on
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my face We watch the swans and never a word is said。
The River
I came from the sunny valleys And sought for the open sea; For I
thought in its gray expanses My peace would come to me。
I came at last to the ocean And found it wild and black; And I cried
to the windless valleys; 〃Be kind and take me back!〃
But the thirsty tide ran inland; And the salt waves drank of me; And I
who was fresh as the rainfall Am bitter as the sea。
November
The world is tired; the year is old; The fading leaves are glad to die;
The wind goes shivering with cold Where the brown reeds are dry。
Our love is dying like the grass; And we who kissed grow coldly
kind; Half glad to see our old love pass Like leaves along the wind。
Spring Rain
I thought I had forgotten; But it all came back again To…night with
the first spring thunder In a rush of rain。
I remembered a darkened doorway Where we stood while the storm
swept by; Thunder gripping the earth And lightning scrawled on the sky。
The passing motor busses swayed; For the street was a river of rain;
Lashed into little golden waves In the lamp light's stain。
With the wild spring rain and thunder My heart was wild and gay;
Your eyes said more to me that night Than your lips would ever say。 。 。 。
I thought I had forgotten; But it all came back again To…night with
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the first spring thunder In a rush of rain。
The Ghost
I went back to the clanging city; I went back where my old loves
stayed; But my heart was full of my new love's glory; My eyes were
laughing and unafraid。
I met one who had loved me madly And told his love for all to hear …
… But we talked of a thousand things together; The past was buried too
deep to fear。
I met the other; whose love was given With never a kiss and scarcely
a word Oh;