A Wish

 THEY called me girl, gave me the name

Of one I’ll never see.

I wish they’d given me instead

The name of some nice tree.

A tree that rocks with every wind,

Fast rooted in the ground,

Straining its eager branches up

To where God’s looking down.

A neighbor to the grass and flowers.

A friend to all the skies,

A lovely tree that dares to romp¹

With every bird that flies.

A spruce, an elm, a tamarack;

Dear heaven, how can there be

A lovelier name, and how I wish

They’d given one to me.

 

1 romp   

n.欢闹；v.嬉闹玩笑

参考例句：

• The child went for a romp in the forest.那个孩子去森林快活一把。
• Dogs and little children romped happily in the garden.狗和小孩子们在花园里嬉戏。