第 216 节
作者:空白协议书      更新:2021-02-21 16:31      字数:9322
  Then said the Lord: 〃This glass to praise;
  Fill with red wine from Portugal!〃
  The graybeard with trembling hand obeys;
  A purple light shines over all;
  It beams from the Luck of Edenhall。
  Then speaks the Lord; and waves it light:
  〃This glass of flashing crystal tall
  Gave to my sires the Fountain…Sprite;
  She wrote in it; If this glass doth fall;
  Farewell then; O Luck of Edenhall!
  〃'T was right a goblet the Fate should be
  Of the joyous race of Edenhall!
  Deep draughts drink we right willingly:
  And willingly ring; with merry call;
  Kling! klang! to the Luck of Edenhall!〃
  First rings it deep; and full; and mild;
  Like to the song of a nightingale
  Then like the roar of a torrent wild;
  Then mutters at last like the thunder's fall;
  The glorious Luck of Edenhall。
  〃For its keeper takes a race of might;
  The fragile goblet of crystal tall;
  It has lasted longer than is right;
  King! klang!with a harder blow than all
  Will I try the Luck of Edenhall!〃
  As the goblet ringing flies apart;
  Suddenly cracks the vaulted hall;
  And through the rift; the wild flames start;
  The guests in dust are scattered all;
  With the breaking Luck of Edenhall!
  In storms the foe; with fire and sword;
  He in the night had scaled the wall;
  Slain by the sword lies the youthful Lord;
  But holds in his hand the crystal tall;
  The shattered Luck of Edenhall。
  On the morrow the butler gropes alone;
  The graybeard in the desert hall;
  He seeks his Lord's burnt skeleton;
  He seeks in the dismal ruin's fall
  The shards of the Luck of Edenhall。
  〃The stone wall;〃 saith he; 〃doth fall aside;
  Down must the stately columns fall;
  Glass is this earth's Luck and Pride;
  In atoms shall fall this earthly ball
  One day like the Luck of Edenhall!〃
  THE TWO LOCKS OF HAIR
  BY GUSTAV PFIZER
  A youth; light…hearted and content;
  I wander through the world
  Here; Arab…like; is pitched my tent
  And straight again is furled。
  Yet oft I dream; that once a wife
  Close in my heart was locked;
  And in the sweet repose of life
  A blessed child I rocked。
  I wake! Away that dream;away!
  Too long did it remain!
  So long; that both by night and day
  It ever comes again。
  The end lies ever in my thought;
  To a grave so cold and deep
  The mother beautiful was brought;
  Then dropt the child asleep。
  But now the dream is wholly o'er;
  I bathe mine eyes and see;
  And wander through the world once more;
  A youth so light and free。
  Two locksand they are wondrous fair
  Left me that vision mild;
  The brown is from the mother's hair;
  The blond is from the child。
  And when I see that lock of gold;
  Pale grows the evening…red;
  And when the dark lock I behold;
  I wish that I were dead。
  THE HEMLOCK TREE。
  O hemlock tree!  O hemlock tree! how faithful are thy branches!
  Green not alone in summer time;
  But in the winter's frost and rime!
  O hemlock tree!  O hemlock tree! how faithful are thy branches!
  O maiden fair!  O maiden fair! how faithless is thy bosom!
  To love me in prosperity;
  And leave me in adversity!
  O maiden fair!  O maiden fair! how faithless is thy bosom!
  The nightingale; the nightingale; thou tak'st for thine example!
  So long as summer laughs she sings;
  But in the autumn spreads her wings。
  The nightingale; the nightingale; thou tak'st for thine example!
  The meadow brook; the meadow brook; is mirror of thy falsehood!
  It flows so long as falls the rain;
  In drought its springs soon dry again。
  The meadow brook; the meadow brook; is mirror of thy falsehood!
  ANNIE OF THARAW
  BY SIMON DACH
  Annie of Tharaw; my true love of old;
  She is my life; and my goods; and my gold。
  Annie of Tharaw; her heart once again
  To me has surrendered in joy and in pain。
  Annie of Tharaw; my riches; my good;
  Thou; O my soul; my flesh; and my blood!
  Then come the wild weather; come sleet or come snow;
  We will stand by each other; however it blow。
  Oppression; and sickness; and sorrow; and pain
  Shall be to our true love as links to the chain。
  As the palm…tree standeth so straight and so tall;
  The more the hail beats; and the more the rains fall;
  So love in our hearts shall grow mighty and strong;
  Through crosses; through sorrows; through manifold wrong。
  Shouldst thou be torn from me to wander alone
  In a desolate land where the sun is scarce known;
  Through forests I'll follow; and where the sea flows;
  Through ice; and through iron; through armies of foes;
  Annie of Tharaw; my light and my sun;
  The threads of our two lives are woven in one。
  Whate'er I have bidden thee thou hast obeyed;
  Whatever forbidden thou hast not gainsaid。
  How in the turmoil of life can love stand;
  Where there is not one heart; and one mouth; and one hand?
  Some seek for dissension; and trouble; and strife;
  Like a dog and a cat live such man and wife。
  Annie of Tharaw; such is not our love;
  Thou art my lambkin; my chick; and my dove。
  Whate'er my desire is; in thine may be seen;
  I am king of the household; and thou art its queen。
  It is this; O my Annie; my heart's sweetest rest;
  That makes of us twain but one soul in one breast。
  This turns to a heaven the hut where we dwell;
  While wrangling soon changes a home to a hell。
  THE STATUE OVER THE CATHEDRAL DOOR
  BY JULIUS MOSEN
  Forms of saints and kings are standing
  The cathedral door above;
  Yet I saw but one among them
  Who hath soothed my soul with love。
  In his mantle;wound about him;
  As their robes the sowers wind;
  Bore he swallows and their fledglings;
  Flowers and weeds of every kind。
  And so stands he calm and childlike;
  High in wind and tempest wild;
  O; were I like him exalted;
  I would be like him; a child!
  And my songs;green leaves and blossoms;
  To the doors of heaven would hear;
  Calling even in storm and tempest;
  Round me still these birds of air。
  THE LEGEND OF THE CROSSBILL
  BY JULIUS MOSEN
  On the cross the dying Saviour
  Heavenward lifts his eyelids calm;
  Feels; but scarcely feels; a trembling
  In his pierced and bleeding palm。
  And by all the world forsaken;
  Sees he how with zealous care
  At the ruthless nail of iron
  A little bird is striving there。
  Stained with blood and never tiring;
  With its beak it doth not cease;
  From the cross 't would free the Saviour;
  Its Creator's Son release。
  And the Saviour speaks in mildness:
  〃Blest be thou of all the good!
  Bear; as token of this moment;
  Marks of blood and holy rood!〃
  And that bird is called the crossbill;
  Covered all with blood so clear;
  In the groves of pine it singeth
  Songs; like legends; strange to hear。
  THE SEA HATH ITS PEARLS
  BY HEINRICH HEINE
  The sea hath its pearls;
  The heaven hath its stars;
  But my heart; my heart;
  My heart hath its love。
  Great are the sea and the heaven;
  Yet greater is my heart;
  And fairer than pearls and stars
  Flashes and beams my love。
  Thou little; youthful maiden;
  Come unto my great heart;
  My heart; and the sea; and the heaven
  Are melting away with love!
  POETIC APHORISMS
  FROM THE SINNGEDICHTE OF FRIEDRICH VON LOGAU
  MONEY
  Whereunto is money good?
  Who has it not wants hardihood;
  Who has it has much trouble and care;
  Who once has had it has despair。
  THE BEST MEDICINES
  Joy and Temperance and Repose
  Slam the door on the doctor's nose。
  SIN
  Man…like is it to fall into sin;
  Fiend…like is it to dwell therein;
  Christ…like is it for sin to grieve;
  God…like is it all sin to leave。
  POVERTY AND BLINDNESS
  A blind man is a poor man; and blind a poor man is;
  For the former seeth no man; and the latter no man sees。
  LAW OF LIFE
  Live I; so live I;
  To my Lord heartily;
  To my Prince faithfully;
  To my Neighbor honestly。
  Die I; so die I。
  CREEDS
  Lutheran; Popish; Calvinistic; all these creeds and doctrines
  three
  Extant are; but still the doubt is; where Christianity may be。
  THE RESTLESS HEART
  A millstone and the human heart are driven ever round;
  If they have nothing else to grind; they must themselves be
  ground。
  CHRISTIAN LOVE
  Whilom Love was like a tire; and warmth and comfort it bespoke;
  But; alas! it now is quenched; and only bites us; like the smoke。
  ART AND TACT
  Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined;
  Often in a wooden house a golden room we find。
  RETRIBUTION
  Though the mills of God grind slowly; yet they grind exceeding
  small;
  Though with patience he stands waiting; with exactness grinds he
  all。
  TRUTH
  When by night the