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作者:悟来悟去      更新:2021-02-20 18:42      字数:9289
  There in the windy flood of morning           Longing lifted its weight from
  me; Lost as a sob in the midst of cheering;        Swept as a sea…bird out to sea。
  Other Men
  When I talk with other men         I always think of you  Your words are
  keener than their words;      And they are gentler; too。
  When I look at other men;        I wish your face were there; With its gray
  eyes and dark skin      And tossed black hair。
  When I think of other men;         Dreaming alone by day; The thought of
  you like a strong wind      Blows the dreams away。
  Embers
  I said; 〃My youth is gone       Like a fire beaten out by the rain; That will
  never sway and sing       Or play with the wind again。〃
  I   said;   〃It   is   no   great   sorrow That   quenched   my   youth   in   me;   But
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  only little sorrows     Beating ceaselessly。〃
  I thought my youth was gone;         But you returned  Like a flame at the
  call of the wind     It leaped and burned;
  Threw off its ashen cloak;       And gowned anew Gave itself like a bride
  Once more to you。
  Message
  I heard a cry in the night;      A thousand miles it came; Sharp as a flash
  of light;   My name; my name!
  It was your voice I heard;       You waked and loved me so  I send you
  back this word;     I know; I know!
  The Lamp
  If   I   can bear   your love   like   a   lamp   before   me; When   I   go   down   the
  long steep Road of Darkness; I shall not fear the everlasting shadows;Nor
  cry in terror。
  If I can find out God; then I shall find Him; If none can find Him; then
  I shall sleep soundly; Knowing how well on earth your love sufficed me;A
  lamp in darkness。
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  IV
  A November Night
  There!     See   the line   of   lights; A  chain of stars down   either   side   the
  street  Why can't you lift the chain and give it to me; A necklace for my
  throat?     I'd twist it round And you could play with it。             You smile at me
  As   though   I   were   a   little   dreamy   child   Behind   whose   eyes   the   fairies
  live。 。 。  。  And   see; The  people on the  street look up at us All envious。
  We are a king and queen; Our royal carriage is a motor bus; We watch our
  subjects with a haughty joy。 。 。 。 How still you are!              Have you been hard
  at work And are you tired to…night?            It is so long Since I have seen you
  four whole days; I think。 My heart is crowded full of foolish thoughts Like
  early   flowers   in   an April   meadow; And   I   must   give   them   to   you;   all   of
  them;   Before   they   fade。     The   people   I   have   met;   The   play   I   saw;   the
  trivial; shifting things That loom too big or shrink too little; shadows That
  hurry; gesturing along a wall; Haunting or gay  and yet they all grow real
  And take their proper size here in my heart When you have seen them。 。 。 。
  There's the Plaza now; A lake of light!            To…night it almost seems That all
  the lights are gathered in your eyes;   Drawn somehow toward   you。                    See
  the   open   park   Lying   below   us   with   a   million   lamps   Scattered   in   wise
  disorder like the stars。 We look down on them as God must look down On
  constellations   floating   under   Him   Tangled   in   clouds。   。   。   。 Come;   then;
  and   let   us   walk   Since   we   have   reached   the   park。 It   is   our   garden; All
  black and blossomless this winter night; But we bring April with us; you
  and I; We set the whole world on the trail of spring。 I think that every path
  we ever took Has marked our footprints in mysterious fire; Delicate gold
  that   only   fairies   see。  When   they   wake   up   at   dawn   in   hollow   tree…trunks
  And come out on the drowsy park; they look Along the empty paths and
  say; 〃Oh; here They went; and here; and here; and here!                 Come; see; Here
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  is their bench; take hands and let us dance About it in a windy ring and
  make      A  circle   round    it  only   they   can   cross   When     they   come     back
  again!〃 。 。 。     Look at the lake  Do you remember how we watched the
  swans   That   night   in    late   October   while   they   slept?    Swans   must     have
  stately dreams; I think。        But now The lake bears only thin reflected lights
  That shake a little。       How I long to take One from the cold black water
  new…made gold To give you in your hand!                  And see; and see; There is a
  star; deep in the lake; a star! Oh; dimmer than a pearl  if you stoop down
  Your hand could almost reach it up to me。 。 。 。
  There was a new frail yellow moon to…night  I wish you could have
  had it for a cup With stars like dew to fill it to the brim。 。 。 。
  How cold it is!       Even the lights are cold; They have put shawls of fog
  around   them;   see!  What   if   the   air   should   grow   so   dimly   white   That   we
  would lose our way along the paths Made new by walls of moving mist
  receding   The   more   we   follow。   。   。   。 What   a   silver   night!   That   was   our
  bench the time   you said to me The long new poem  but how  different
  now;   How   eerie   with   the   curtain   of   the   fog   Making   it   strange   to   all   the
  friendly   trees!    There    is  no  wind;    and   yet  great   curving    scrolls   Carve
  themselves; ever changing; in the mist。 Walk on a little; let me stand here
  watching   To   see   you;   too;   grown   strange   to   me   and   far。   。   。   。   I   used   to
  wonder how the park would be If one night we could have it all alone
  No lovers with close arm…encircled waists To whisper and break in upon
  our dreams。 And now we have it!               Every wish comes true! We are alone
  now in a fleecy world; Even the stars have gone。               We two alone!
  'End of Love Songs。'
  {As an item of interest to the reader; the following; which was at the
  end of this edition; is included。 Only the advertisement for the same author
  is included}。
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  By the same author
  Rivers to the Sea
  〃There     is  hardly    another    American      woman…poet       whose     poetry   is
  generally known and loved like that of Sara Teasdale。                ‘Rivers to the Sea';
  her latest volume of lyrics; possesses the delicacy of imagery; the inward
  illumination; the high vision that characterize the poetry that will endure
  the test of time。〃  ‘Review of Reviews'。
  〃‘Rivers to the Sea' is a book of sheer delight。 。 。 。              Her touch turns
  everything to song。〃  Edward J。 Wheeler; in ‘Current Opinion'。
  〃Sara   Teasdale's   lyrics   have   the   clarity;   the   precision;   the   grace   and
  fragrance of flowers。〃  Harriet Monroe; in ‘Poetry'。
  〃Sara Teasdale has a genius for the song; for the perfect lyric; in which
  the words seem  to   have  fallen   into place  without   art   or  effort。〃     Louis
  Untermeyer; in ‘The Chicago Evening Post'。
  〃‘Rivers to the Sea' is the best book of pure lyrics that has appeared in
  English   since A。   E。   Housman's   ‘A  Shropshire   Lad'。〃      William   Marion
  Reedy; in ‘The Mirror'。
  〃‘Rivers to the Sea' is the most beautiful book of pure lyrics that has
  come to my hand in years。〃  ‘Los Angeles Graphic'。
  〃Sara   Teasdale   sings   about   love   better   than   any   other   contemporary
  American poet。〃  ‘The Boston Transcript'。
  〃‘Rivers   to   the   Sea'   is   the   most   charming   volume   of   poetry  that   has
  appeared on either side of the Atlantic in a score of years。〃  ‘St。 Louis
  Republic'。
  Sara Teasdale (1884…1933):
  Teasdale was born in St。 Louis; Missouri; where she attended a school
  that was founded by the grandfather of another great poet from St。 Louis
  T。 S。 Eliot。     She later associated herself more with New York City。 Her
  first book of poems was 〃Sonnets to Duse〃 (1907); 'at least one poem in
  the current volume; 〃Faults〃; is from this book;' but 〃Helen of Troy〃 (1911)
  was the true launch of her career; followed by 〃Rivers to the Sea〃 (1915);