第 214 节
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Fruits of the earth ennobles to heavenly things; and removes
all
Sin and the guerdon of sin。 Only Love with his arms wide
extended;
Penitence wee ping and praying; the Will that is tried; and
whose gold flows
Purified forth from the flames; in a word; mankind by Atonement
Breaketh Atonement's bread; and drinketh Atonement's wine…cup。
But he who cometh up hither; unworthy; with hate in his bosom;
Scoffing at men and at God; is guilty of Christ's blessed body;
And the Redeemer's blood! To himself he eateth and drinketh
Death and doom ! And from this; preserve us; thou heavenly
Father!
Are ye ready; ye children; to eat of the bread of Atonement?
Thus with emotion he asked; and together answered the children;
〃Yes!〃 with deep sobs interrupted。 Then read he the due
supplications;
Read the Form of Communion; and in chimed the organ and anthem:
〃O Holy Lamb of God; who takest away our transgressions;
Hear us! give us thy peace! have mercy; have mercy upon us!〃
Th' old man; with trembling hand; and heavenly pearls on his
eyelids;
Filled now the chalice and paten; and dealt round the mystical
symbols。
Oh; then seemed it to me as if God; with the broad eye of
midday;
Clearer looked in at the windows; and all the trees in the
church yard
Bowed down their summits of green; and the grass on the graves
'gan to shiver
But in the children (I noted it well ; I knew it) there ran a
Tremor of holy rapture along through their ice…cold members。
Decked like an altar before them; there stood the green earth;
and above it
Heaven opened itself; as of old before Stephen; they saw there
Radiant in glory the Father; and on his right hand the
Redeemer。
Under them hear they the clang of harpstrings; and angels from
gold clouds
Beckon to them like brothers; and fan with their pinions of
purple。
Closed was the Teacher's task; and with heaven in their
hearts and their faces;
Up rose the children all; and each bowed him; weeping full
sorely;
Downward to kiss that reverend hand; but all of them pressed he
Moved to his bosom; and laid; with a prayer; his hands full of
blessings;
Now on the holy breast; and now on the innocent tresses。
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KING CHRISTIAN
A NATIONAL SONG OF DENMARK
King Christian stood by the lofty mast
In mist and smoke;
His sword was hammering so fast;
Through Gothic helm and brain it passed;
Then sank each hostile hulk and mast;
In mist and smoke。
〃Fly!〃 shouted they; 〃fly; he who can!
Who braves of Denmark's Christian
The stroke?〃
Nils Juel gave heed to the tempest's roar;
Now is the hour!
He hoisted his blood…red flag once more;
And smote upon the foe full sore;
And shouted Loud; through the tempest's roar;
〃Now is the hour!〃
〃Fly!〃 shouted they; 〃for shelter fly!
Of Denmark's Juel who can defy
The power?〃
North Sea! a glimpse of Wessel rent
Thy murky sky!
Then champions to thine arms were sent;
Terror and Death glared where he went;
From the waves was heard a wail; that
rent
Thy murky sky!
From Denmark; thunders Tordenskiol';
Let each to Heaven commend his soul;
And fly!
Path of the Dane to fame and might!
Dark…rolling wave!
Receive thy friend; who; scorning flight
Goes to meet danger with despite;
Proudly as thou the tempest's might
Dark…rolling wave!
And amid pleasures and alarm;
And war and victory; be thine arms
My grave!
THE ELECTED KNIGHT
Sir Oluf he rideth over the plain;
Full seven miles broad and seven miles wide;
But never; ah never can meet with the man
A tilt with him dare ride。
He saw under the hillside
A Knight full well equipped;
His steed was black; his helm was barred;
He was riding at full speed。
He wore upon his spurs
Twelve little golden birds;
Anon he spurred his steed with a clang;
And there sat all the birds and sang。
He wore upon his mail
Twelve little golden wheels;
Anon in eddies the wild wind blew;
And round and round the wheels they flew。
He wore before his breast
A lance that was poised in rest;
And it was sharper than diamond…stone;
It made Sir Oluf's heart to groan。
He wore upon his helm
A wreath of ruddy gold;
And that gave him the Maidens Three;
The youngest was fair to behold。
Sir Oluf questioned the Knight eftsoon
If he were come from heaven down;
〃Art thou Christ of Heaven;〃 quoth he;
〃So will I yield me unto thee。〃
〃I am not Christ the Great;
Thou shalt not yield thee yet;
I am an Unknown Knight;
Three modest Maidens have me bedight。〃
〃Art thou a Knight elected;
And have three Maidens thee bedight
So shalt thou ride a tilt this day;
For all the Maidens' honor!〃
The first tilt they together rode
They put their steeds to the test;
The second tilt they together rode;
They proved their manhood best。
The third tilt they together rode;
Neither of them would yield;
The fourth tilt they together rode;
They both fell on the field。
Now lie the lords upon the plain;
And their blood runs unto death;
Now sit the Maidens in the high tower;
The youngest sorrows till death。
CHILDHOOD
BY JENS IMMANUEL BAGGESEN
There was a time when I was very small;
When my whole frame was but an ell in height;
Sweetly; as I recall it; tears do fall;
And therefore I recall it with delight。
I sported in my tender mother's arms;
And rode a…horseback on best father's knee;
Alike were sorrows; passions and alarms;
And gold; and Greek; and love; unknown to me;
Then seemed to me this world far less in size;
Likewise it seemed to me less wicked far;
Like points in heaven; I saw the stars arise;
And longed for wings that I might catch a star。
I saw the moon behind the island fade;
And thought; 〃Oh; were I on that island there;
I could find out of what the moon is made;
Find out how large it is; how round; how fair!〃
Wondering; I saw God's sun; through western skies;
Sink in the ocean's golden lap at night;
And yet upon the morrow early rise;
And paint the eastern heaven with crimson light;
And thought of God; the gracious Heavenly Father;
Who made me; and that lovely sun on high;
And all those pearls of heaven thick…strung together;
Dropped; clustering; from his hand o'er all the sky。
With childish reverence; my young lips did say
The prayer my pious mother taught to me:
〃O gentle God! oh; let me strive alway
Still to be wise; and good; and follow Thee!〃
So prayed I for my father and my mother;
And for my sister; and for all the town;
The king I knew not; and the beggar…brother;
Who; bent with age; went; sighing; up and down。
They perished; the blithe days of boyhood perished;
And all the gladness; all the peace I knew!
Now have I but their memory; fondly cherished;
God! may I never lose that too!
FROM THE GERMAN
THE HAPPIEST LAND
There sat one day in quiet;
By an alehouse on the Rhine;
Four hale and hearty fellows;
And drank the precious wine。
The landlord's daughter filled their cups;
Around the rustic board
Then sat they all so calm and still;
And spake not one rude word。
But; when the maid departed;
A Swabian raised his hand;
And cried; all hot and flushed with wine;
〃Long live the Swabian land!
〃The greatest kingdom upon earth
Cannot with that compare
With all the stout and hardy men
And the nut…brown maidens there。
〃Ha!〃 cried a Saxon; laughing;
And dashed his heard with wine;
〃I had rather live in Laplaud;
Than that Swabian land of thine!
〃The goodliest land on all this earth;
It is the Saxon land
There have I as many maidens
As fingers on this hand!〃
〃Hold your tongues! both Swabian
and Saxon!〃
A bold Bohemian cries;
〃If there's a heaven upon this earth;
In Bohemia it lies。
〃There the tailor blows the flute;
And the cobbler blows the horn;
And the miner blows the bugle;
Over mountain gorge and bourn。〃
。 。 。 。 。 。 。 。 。 。 。 。 。 。
And then the landlord's daughter
Up to heaven raised her hand;
And said; 〃Ye may no more contend;
There lies the happiest land!〃
THE WAVE
BY CHRISTOPH AUGUST TIEDGE
〃Whither; thou turbid wave?
Whither; with so much haste;
As if a thief wert thou?〃
〃I am the Wave of Life;
Stained with my margin's dust;
From the struggle and the strife
Of the narrow stream I fly
To the Sea's immensity;
To wash from me the slime
Of the muddy banks of Time。〃
THE DEAD
BY ERNST STOCKMANN
How they so softly rest;
All they the holy ones;
Unto who