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作者:散发弄舟      更新:2024-01-16 22:40      字数:9322
  true。 And as we read some much…loved masterpiece; Read it as long ago
  the author read; With eyes that brimmed with tears as he saw The message
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  he believed in stamped in type Inviolable for the slow…coming years; We
  know a certain subtle sympathy; We seem to clasp his hand across the past;
  His words become related to the time; He is at one with his own glorious
  creed And all that in his world was dared and done。 The long; still; fruitful
  hours     slip   away     Shedding      their   influences     as  they    pass;   We     know
  ourselves   the   richer   to   have   sat   Upon   this   dusty   floor   and   dreamed   our
  dreams。   No   other   place   to   us   were   quite   the   same;   No   other   dreams   so
  potent   in   their   charm;   For   this   is   ours! Every   twist   and   turn   Of   every
  narrow stair is known and loved; Each nook and cranny is our very own;
  The   dear;    old;   sleepy   place    is  full  of  spells   For   us;  by   right   of  long
  inheritance。 The building simply bodies forth a thought Peculiarly inherent
  to the race。 And we; descendants of that elder time; Have learnt to love the
  very form in which The thought has been embodied to our years。 And here
  we feel that we are not alone; We too are one with our own richest past;
  And here that veiled; but ever smouldering fire Of race; which rarely seen
  yet   never dies;  Springs up   afresh   and   warms   us   with   its heat。 And   must
  they take away this treasure house; To us so full of thoughts and memories;
  To   all   the   world   beside   a   dismal   place   Lacking   in   all   this   modern   age
  requires To tempt along the unfamiliar paths And leafy lanes of old time
  literatures?   It   takes   some   time   for   moss   and   vines   to   grow And   warmly
  cover gaunt and chill stone walls Of stately buildings from the cold North
  Wind。   The   lichen   of   affection   takes   as   long;   Or   longer;   ere   it   lovingly
  enfolds A  place   which   since   without   it   were   bereft; All   stript   and   bare;
  shorn     of  its  chiefest    grace。   For   what    to   us  were    halls   and   corridors
  However large and fitting; if we part With this which is our birthright; if
  we lose A sentiment profound; unsoundable; Which Time's slow ripening
  alone can make; And man's blind foolishness so quickly mar。
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  Verses for Children
  Sea Shell
  Sea Shell; Sea Shell;      Sing me a song; O Please! A song of ships; and
  sailor men;    And parrots; and tropical trees;
  Of islands lost in the Spanish Main Which no man ever may find again;
  Of fishes and corals under the waves; And seahorses stabled in great green
  caves。
  Sea Shell; Sea Shell; Sing of the things you know so well。
  Fringed Gentians
  Near where I live there is a lake As blue as blue can be; winds make It
  dance as they go blowing by。 I think it curtseys to the sky。
  It's just a lake of lovely flowers And my Mamma says they are ours;
  But they are not like those we grow To be our very own; you know。
  We   have   a   splendid   garden;   there   Are   lots   of   flowers   everywhere;
  Roses; and pinks; and four o'clocks And hollyhocks; and evening stocks。
  Mamma lets us pick them; but never Must we pick any gentians  ever!
  For if we carried them away They'd die of homesickness that day。
  The Painted Ceiling
  My     Grandpapa     lives  in  a  wonderful    house    With    a  great  many
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  windows and doors; There are stairs that go up; and stairs that go down;
  And such beautiful; slippery floors。
  But of all of the rooms; even mother's and mine;               And the bookroom;
  and    parlour    and   all;  I  like  the  green    dining…room      so  much     the  best
  Because of its ceiling and wall。
  Right over your head is a  funny round hole                With apples and   pears
  falling through; There's a big bunch of grapes all purply and sweet;                   And
  melons and pineapples too。
  They  tumble   and tumble;  but   never come   down             Though   I've   stood
  underneath   a   long   while   With   my   mouth   open   wide;   for   I   always   have
  hoped      Just a cherry would drop from the pile。
  No matter how early I run there to look              It has always begun to fall
  through; And one night when at bedtime I crept in to see;                  It was falling
  by candle…light too。
  I   am   sure   they   are   magical   fruits;   and   each   one Makes   you   hear
  things;   or   see   things;   or   go   Forever   invisible;   but   it's   no   use; And   of
  course I shall just never know。
  For the ladder's too heavy to lift; and the chairs           Are not nearly so tall
  as   I   need。   I've   given   up   hope;   and   I   feel   I   shall   die Without   having
  accomplished the deed。
  It's   a   little   bit   sad;   when   you   seem   very   near To   adventures   and
  things of that sort; Which nearly begin; and then don't; and you know                     It
  is only because you are short。
  The Crescent Moon
  Slipping softly through the sky           Little horned; happy moon; Can you
  hear me up so high?         Will you come down soon?
  On   my   nursery   window…sill       Will   you   stay   your   steady   flight? And
  then float away with me          Through the summer night?
  Brushing      over   tops   of  trees;   Playing      hide   and   seek   with   stars;
  Peeping up through shiny clouds            At Jupiter or Mars。
  I shall fill my lap with roses        Gathered in the milky way; All to carry
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  home to mother。       Oh! what will she say!
  Little rocking; sailing moon;        Do you hear me shout  Ahoy! Just a
  little nearer; moon;      To please a little boy。
  Climbing
  High up in the apple tree climbing I go; With the sky above me; the
  earth below。 Each branch is the step of a wonderful stair Which leads to
  the town I see shining up there。
  Climbing; climbing; higher and higher; The branches blow and I see a
  spire; The gleam of a turret; the glint of a dome; All sparkling and bright;
  like white sea foam。
  On and on; from bough to bough; The leaves are thick; but I push my
  way through;   Before;  I have always   had   to   stop;  But to…day  I   am  sure   I
  shall reach the top。
  Today     to  the  end   of  the   marvelous     stair;  Where    those   glittering
  pinacles   flash   in   the   air!   Climbing;   climbing;   higher   I   go;   With   the   sky
  close above me; the earth far below。
  The Trout
  Naughty little speckled trout; Can't I coax you to come out? Is it such
  great fun to play In the water every day?
  Do you pull the Naiads' hair Hiding in the lilies there? Do you hunt for
  fishes' eggs; Or watch tadpoles grow their legs?
  Do the little trouts have school In some deep sun…glinted pool; And in
  recess play at tag Round that bed of purple flag?
  I have tried so hard to catch you; Hours and hours I've sat to watch you;
  But you never will come out; Naughty little speckled trout!
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  Wind
  He shouts in the sails of the ships at sea; He steals the down from the
  honeybee; He makes the forest trees rustle and sing; He twirls my kite till
  it   breaks   its   string。  Laughing;   dancing;   sunny   wind;         Whistling;
  howling;   rainy   wind;       North;   South;   East   and   West;     Each   is   the
  wind I like the best。
  He calls up the fog and hides the hills; He whirls the wings of the great
  windmills;     The    weathercocks      love   him   and    turn  to   discover    His
  whereabouts      but   he's   gone;   the   rover!   Laughing;   dancing;   sunny
  wind;       Whistling;     howling;    rainy  wind;      North;    South;   East   and
  West;       Each is the wind I like the best。
  The pine trees toss him their cones with glee; The flowers be