第 3 节
作者:悟来悟去      更新:2021-02-20 18:42      字数:9276
  deep to fear。
  I met the other; whose love was given            With never a kiss and scarcely
  a   word      Oh;   it   was   then   the   terror   took   me Of   words   unuttered   that
  breathed and stirred。
  Oh; love that lives its life with laughter         Or love that lives its life with
  tears Can die  but love that is never spoken              Goes like a ghost through
  the winding years。 。 。 。
  I   went   back   to   the   clanging   city; I   went   back   where   my   old   loves
  stayed; My heart was full of my new love's glory;                  But my eyes were
  suddenly afraid。
  Summer Night; Riverside
  In   the   wild;  soft   summer   darkness   How   many   and   many  a   night   we
  two together Sat in the park and watched the Hudson Wearing her lights
  like   golden   spangles   Glinting   on   black   satin。  The   rail   along   the   curving
  pathway Was low in a happy place to let us cross; And down the hill a tree
  that dripped with bloom Sheltered us; While your kisses and the flowers;
  Falling; falling; Tangled my hair。 。 。 。
  The frail white stars moved slowly over the sky。
  And now; far off In the fragrant darkness The tree is tremulous again
  with bloom; For June comes back。
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  To…night   what   girl   Dreamily   before   her   mirror   shakes   from   her   hair
  This year's blossoms; clinging in its coils?
  Jewels
  If I should see your eyes again;       I know how far their look would go …
  … Back to a morning in the park        With sapphire shadows on the snow。
  Or back to oak trees in the spring         When you unloosed my hair and
  kissed    The   head    that  lay  against   your   knees    In   the  leaf  shadow's
  amethyst。     And still another shining place         We would remember  how
  the dun Wild mountain held us on its crest           One diamond morning white
  with sun。
  But I will turn my eyes from you           As women turn to put away The
  jewels they have worn at night        And cannot wear in sober day。
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  II
  Interlude:              Songs out of Sorrow
  I。    Spirit's House
  From naked stones of agony I will build a house for me; As a mason
  all alone I will raise it; stone by stone; And every stone where I have bled
  Will show a sign of dusky red。 I have not gone the way in vain; For I have
  good of all my pain; My spirit's quiet house will be Built of naked stones I
  trod On roads where I lost sight of God。
  II。    Mastery
  I would not have a god come in To shield me suddenly from sin; And
  set   my   house   of   life   to   rights;   Nor   angels   with  bright   burning  wings
  Ordering my  earthly  thoughts   and   things; Rather  my  own   frail   guttering
  lights Wind blown and nearly beaten out; Rather the terror of the nights
  And long; sick groping after doubt; Rather be lost than let my soul Slip
  vaguely from my own control  Of my own spirit let me be In sole though
  feeble mastery。
  III。     Lessons
  Unless I learn to ask no help       From any other soul but mine; To seek
  no strength in waving reeds       Nor shade beneath a straggling pine; Unless
  I learn to look at Grief     Unshrinking from her tear…blind eyes; And take
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  from Pleasure fearlessly       Whatever gifts will make me wise  Unless I
  learn these things on earth; Why was I ever given birth?
  IV。     Wisdom
  When I have ceased to break my wings Against the faultiness of things;
  And    learned   that  compromises      wait  Behind    each   hardly  opened    gate;
  When I can look Life in the eyes; Grown calm and very coldly wise; Life
  will have given me the Truth; And taken in exchange  my youth。
  V。     In a Burying Ground
  This   is   the   spot   where   I   will lie When   life has   had   enough of   me;
  These are the grasses that will blow        Above me like a living sea。
  These gay old lilies will not shrink        To draw their life from death of
  mine; And I will give my body's fire        To make blue flowers on this vine。
  〃O Soul;〃 I said; 〃have you no tears?        Was not the body dear to you?〃
  I   heard   my   soul   say   carelessly; 〃The   myrtle   flowers   will   grow   more
  blue。〃
  VI。     Wood Song
  I heard a wood thrush in the dusk         Twirl three notes and make a star …
  … My heart that walked with bitterness        Came back from very far。
  Three shining notes were all he had;         And yet they made a starry call
  I caught life back against my breast       And kissed it; scars and all。
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  VII。      Refuge
  From my spirit's gray defeat; From my pulse's flagging beat; From my
  hopes that turned to sand Sifting through my close…clenched hand; From
  my own fault's slavery; If I can sing; I still am free。
  For with my singing I can make A refuge for my spirit's sake; A house
  of shining words; to be My fragile immortality。
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  III
  The Flight
  Look back with longing eyes and know that I will follow; Lift me up in
  your love as a light wind lifts a swallow; Let our flight be far in sun or
  blowing rain  *But what if I heard my first love calling me again?*
  Hold me on your heart as the brave sea holds the foam; Take me far
  away to the hills that hide your home; Peace shall thatch the roof and love
  shall latch the door  *But what if I heard my first love calling me once
  more?*
  Dew
  As   dew   leaves   the   cobweb   lightly  Threaded   with   stars;   Scattering
  jewels on the fence      And the pasture bars; As dawn leaves the dry grass
  bright    And the tangled weeds Bearing a rainbow gem            On each of their
  seeds;    So  has  your   love;  my   lover;  Fresh   as  the  dawn;   Made    me   a
  shining   road    To   travel   on;   Set   every   common   sight Of   tree   or   stone
  Delicately alight     For me alone。
  To…night
  The moon is a curving flower of gold;         The sky is still and blue; The
  moon was made for the sky to hold;         And I for you。
  The moon is a flower without a stem;         The sky is luminous; Eternity
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  was made for them;       To…night for us。
  Ebb Tide
  When the long day goes by         And I do not see your face; The old wild;
  restless sorrow     Steals from its hiding place。
  My day is barren and broken;          Bereft of light and song; A sea beach
  bleak and windy       That moans the whole day long。
  To the empty beach at ebb tide;         Bare with its rocks and scars; Come
  back like the sea with singing;      And light of a million stars。
  I Would Live in Your Love
  I would live in your love as the sea…grasses live in the sea; Borne up by
  each wave as it passes; drawn down by each wave that recedes; I would
  empty my soul of the dreams that have gathered in me; I would beat with
  your heart as it beats; I would follow your soul          as it leads。
  Because
  Oh; because you never tried To bow my will or break my pride; And
  nothing of the cave…man made You want to keep me half afraid; Nor ever
  with a conquering air You thought to draw me unaware  Take me; for I
  love you more Than I ever loved before。
  And   since   the   body's   maidenhood Alone   were   neither   rare   nor   good
  Unless   with   it   I   gave   to   you   A   spirit   still   untrammeled;   too;   Take   my
  dreams and take my mind That were masterless as wind; And 〃Master!〃 I
  shall say to you Since you never asked me to。