Little Girl

 FROM out the calendar of time

Grant me one glorious day.

And let me follow singing streams,

So cool with tossing spray.

And riot in their pebbled¹ beds

Where willows² bend and swirl³

Their giddy heads, as once they did

When I was, “little girl.”

And let me feel again the clutch

One gets down in the throat

From long admiring, silent things

Faint sounds and clouds afloat.

Let afternoon slip languidly,

Tree branches bend and twirl

Adoringly: as once they did

When I was “little girl.”

Give me one riotous⁴ unbound day

To climb a dizzy hill.

Waist deep in laurel, where wood birds

Gyrate and mock and trill.{41}

Where even timid walkers’ steps

Unloose great rocks that hurl⁵,

Delightedly, to depths I feared

When I was “little girl.”

Grant me one free unbounded day

Wherein I may explore,

The land where dream folks’ houses shed

Moon dazzle from the door.

Oh! riotous day detain my steps

Clasp me from this mist whirl

And let me live the dreams I dreamed

When I was “little girl.”

1 pebbled   

用卵石铺（pebble的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• And quick to the white-pebbled bottom it fell! 接着它飞快地回落到白色卵石的井底潺潺！
• Outside, the rain had stopped but the glass was still pebbled with bright drops. 窗外的雨已经停了，但玻璃上还是布满明亮的水珠。

2 willows   

n.柳树( willow的名词复数 )；柳木

参考例句：

• The willows along the river bank look very beautiful. 河岸边的柳树很美。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Willows are planted on both sides of the streets. 街道两侧种着柳树。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 swirl   

v.(使)打漩，(使)涡卷；n.漩涡，螺旋形

参考例句：

• The car raced roughly along in a swirl of pink dust.汽车在一股粉红色尘土的漩涡中颠簸着快速前进。
• You could lie up there,watching the flakes swirl past.你可以躺在那儿，看着雪花飘飘。

4 riotous   

adj.骚乱的；狂欢的

参考例句：

• Summer is in riotous profusion.盛夏的大地热闹纷繁。
• We spent a riotous night at Christmas.我们度过了一个狂欢之夜。

5 hurl   

vt.猛投，力掷，声叫骂

参考例句：

• The best cure for unhappiness is to hurl yourself into your work.医治愁苦的最好办法就是全身心地投入工作。
• To hurl abuse is no way to fight.谩骂决不是战斗。