The Piper

AGAIN I hear you piping, for I know the tune¹ so well, —

You rouse the heart to wander and be free,

Tho’ where you learned your music, not the God of song can tell,

For you pipe the open highway and the sea.

O piper, lightly footing, lightly piping on your way,

Tho’ your music thrills and pierces far and near,

I tell you you had better pipe to someone else today,

For you cannot pipe my fancy from my dear.

You sound the note of travel through the hamlet and the town;

You would lure² the holy angels from on high;

And not a man can hear you, but he throws the hammer down

And is off to see the countries ere he die.

But now no more I wander, now unchanging here I stay;

By my love, you find me safely sitting here:

And pipe you ne’er so sweetly, till you pipe the hills away,

You can never pipe my fancy from my dear.

1 tune   

n.调子；和谐，协调；v.调音，调节，调整

参考例句：

• He'd written a tune,and played it to us on the piano.他写了一段曲子，并在钢琴上弹给我们听。
• The boy beat out a tune on a tin can.那男孩在易拉罐上敲出一首曲子。

2 lure   

n.吸引人的东西，诱惑物；vt.引诱，吸引

参考例句：

• Life in big cities is a lure for many country boys.大城市的生活吸引着许多乡下小伙子。
• He couldn't resist the lure of money.他不能抵制金钱的诱惑。