HISTORY

      THE listless beauty of the hour

     When snow fell on the apple trees

     And the wood-ash gathered in the fire

     And we faced our first miseries¹.

 

     Then the sweeping² sunshine of noon

     When the mountains like chariot cars

     Were ranked to blue battle—and you and I

     Counted our scars.

 

     And then in a strange, grey hour

     We lay mouth to mouth, with your face

     Under mine like a star on the lake,

     And I covered the earth, and all space.

 

     The silent, drifting hours

     Of morn after morn

     And night drifting up to the night

     Yet no pathway worn.

 

     Your life, and mine, my love

     Passing on and on, the hate

     Fusing closer and closer with love

     Till at length they mate.

 

      THE CEARNE

SONG OF A MAN WHO HAS

     COME THROUGH

 

     NOT I, not I, but the wind that blows through me!

     A fine wind is blowing the new direction of Time.

     If only I let it bear me, carry me, if only it carry

        me!

     If only I am sensitive, subtle, oh, delicate, a

        winged gift!

     If only, most lovely of all, I yield myself and am

        borrowed

     By the fine, fine wind that takes its course through

        the chaos³ of the world

     Like a fine, an exquisite⁴ chisel⁵, a wedge-blade

        inserted;

     If only I am keen and hard like the sheer tip of a

        wedge

     Driven by invisible blows,

     The rock will split, we shall come at the wonder,

        we shall find the Hesperides.

 

     Oh, for the wonder that bubbles into my soul,

     I would be a good fountain, a good well-head,

     Would blur⁶ no whisper, spoil no expression.

 

        What is the knocking?

        What is the knocking at the door in the night?

        It is somebody wants to do us harm.

 

        No, no, it is the three strange angels.

        Admit them, admit them.

  该作者的其它作品

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1 miseries   

n.痛苦( misery的名词复数 )；痛苦的事；穷困；常发牢骚的人

参考例句：

• They forgot all their fears and all their miseries in an instant. 他们马上忘记了一切恐惧和痛苦。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• I'm suffering the miseries of unemployment. 我正为失业而痛苦。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 sweeping   

adj.范围广大的，一扫无遗的

参考例句：

• The citizens voted for sweeping reforms.公民投票支持全面的改革。
• Can you hear the wind sweeping through the branches?你能听到风掠过树枝的声音吗？

3 chaos   

n.混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
• The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。

4 exquisite   

adj.精美的；敏锐的；剧烈的，感觉强烈的

参考例句：

• I was admiring the exquisite workmanship in the mosaic.我当时正在欣赏镶嵌画的精致做工。
• I still remember the exquisite pleasure I experienced in Bali.我依然记得在巴厘岛所经历的那种剧烈的快感。

5 chisel   

n.凿子；v.用凿子刻，雕，凿

参考例句：

• This chisel is useful for getting into awkward spaces.这凿子在要伸入到犄角儿里时十分有用。
• Camille used a hammer and chisel to carve out a figure from the marble.卡米尔用锤子和凿子将大理石雕刻出一个人像。

6 blur   

n.模糊不清的事物；vt.使模糊，使看不清楚

参考例句：

• The houses appeared as a blur in the mist.房子在薄雾中隐隐约约看不清。
• If you move your eyes and your head,the picture will blur.如果你的眼睛或头动了，图像就会变得模糊不清。