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anthology of massachusetts poets-第12部分
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Hid away within the ground;
Where they spend their days in leisure;
And where fairy joys abound;
But to mortals not a guinea
Will they give…no; not a penny。
Leprechauns and cluricauns;
Their gold is seldom found。
Maybe of a morning early
As you pass a lonely rath;
You may see a little curly…
Headed fairy in your path。
He'll be working at a shoe;
But he'll have his eye on you…
Leprechauns and cluricauns;
They know just what to do。
Visions of a life of riches
Surely will before you flash;
(You'll no longer dig the ditches;
You'll be well supplied with cash。)
And you'll seize the little man;
And you'll hold himif you can;
Leprechauns and cluricauns;
'Tis they're the slipp'ry clan!
DENIS A。 MCCARTHY
L'ENVOI
WHEN the time for parting comes; and the
day is on the wane;
And the silent evening darkens over hill and over
plain;
And earth holds no more sorrow; no more grief;
and no more pain;
Shall we weary for the battle and the strife?
When at last the trail is ending; and the stars are
growing near;
And we breathe the breath of conquest; and the
voices that we hear
Are the great companions' voices that have hallowed
year on year;
Shall we know an instant's grieving as we pass?
Shall we pause a fleeting moment ere we grasp
the eager hands;
Take one last long look of wonder at the dimming
of the lands;
Love the earth one glowing moment ere we pass from
its demands;
Cull all beauty in its essence as we gaze?
Or with not one backward longing shall we leap the
last abyss;
Scale the highest crags glad…hearted; fearful only
lest the bliss
Of an earth…remembering instant should delay the
great sun's kiss…
Consuming us within the flame?
DOROTHEA LAWRENCE MANN
TO IMAGINATION
SUGGESTED BY MAXFIELD PARRISH'S 〃AIR CASTLES〃
O BEAUTEOUS boy a…dream; what visions
sought
Of pictures magical thy eyes unfold;
What triumphs of celestial wonders wrought;
What marvels from a breath of beauty rolled!
Skyward and seaward on the clouds are scrolled;
A mystic imagery of castled thought;
A thousand worlds to lose;or win and mould
A radiant iridescence swiftly caught
Of ever…changing glory; fancy…fraught。
Blue wonder of the sea and luminous sky;
A thousand wonders in thy dreamlit face;
Eyes that behold afar the turrets high
Of Ilium; and the transient mortal grace
Of Deirdre's sadness; all the conquering race
Of Athens; eyes that saw Eden's beauty lie
In passionate adorationvisions trace
Across the tender brooding of the sigh
That wrecked a city and made chieftains die。
Forward not backward turns the mystic shine
Of those far…seeing orbs that track the gleam…
The fleecy marvel of the cloud is line
On line the wizard tracery of a dream。
O lad; who buildest not of things that seem;
Beyond what bounds of visioning divine
Came that far smile; from what long…strayed sun…
beam
Caught thou the radiance; from what fostering vine
The power to build and mould the deep design?
Knowest thou the secret that thy brush would tell;
Is all the dream a bubbled splendor white;
Beyond those castles cloud…bound; does there dwell
The eternal silence of the darkor light?
Will thy hand hold the pen which shall indict
The symboled mystery…write the final knell
Of rainbow fancy…is the distant sight
A nothingless encircled by a spell
Of gleaming bubbles wrought of beauty's shell?
In vain to question; where the mystery
Of Youth's short golden dream is lord and king。
The eyes that farthest gaze in ecstasy;
Were never meant to paint the immortal thing
They see; nor understand the joy they bring。
The misty baubles of the sky and sea
Sail on。 Dream still; bright…visioned boy; and fling
The glittering mantle of thy thoughts that flee;
Weaving us evermore thy shining pageantry。
DORTHEA LAWRENCE MANN
DRAGON
SOME saw a dragon eating up the light;
Oho! Oho! Oho; ho; ho!
Some heard a lost bird riding out the night;
Oho! Oho! Oho; ho; ho!
But I saw:
A low dark hill with its twisted back
Two wings of flame from the green cloud rack;
A sprawling flank overlaid with leaf
Glitter and gleam and shine like steel;
Crackle and lash like a serpent's tail!
And I heard:
The wind draw out of the west and wail;
Dance and stagger and jig and reel!
With the long low sound of a life in grief!
I saw a life in grief
Oho! 0ho! Oho; ho; ho
Dance and stagger and jig and reel!
Oho! Oho! Oho; ho; ho!
JEANNETTE MARKS
〃THE BOOKMAN。〃
GREEN GOLDEN DOOR
GREEN golden door; swing in; swing in!
Fanning the life a man must live;
Echoes and airs and minstrelsies;
Love and hope that he called his;
Fear and hurt and a man's own sin
Casting them forth and sucking them in;
Green golden door; swing out; swing out!
Green golden door; swing in; swing in!
Show me the youth that will not die;
Tell me the dream that has not waked;
Seek me the heart that never ached;
Green golden door; swing out; swing out!
Green golden door; swing in; swing out!
Long is the wailing of man's breath;
Short is the wail of death。
JEANNETTE MARKS
SLEEPY HOLLOW; CONCORD
FOUR graves there are upon the wooded crest;
Each one a shrine to pilgrims ever dear。
Uncovered; mute; are those who tarry here。
Romance's dreaming master lies at rest
Beneath the cedars。 Near is one whose breast
Held Mother Nature's lore。 Beyond; the seer
And sage。 There; one who saw her duty clear;
Her name by little men and women blessed。
Four friends who walked in Concord's pleasant ways
Long years ago。 They dwelt and worked apart;
But now the world has crowned them with its bays;
And holds them close forever to its heart。
O; sacred hill! There Genius; guarding stays;
And from its slopes shall never Love depart!
JOHN CLAIR MINOT
THE SWORD OF ARTHUR
A CASTLE stands in Yorkshire
(Oh; the hill is fair and green!)
And far beneath it lies a cave
No living man has seen。
It is the cave enchanted
(Oh; seek it ere ye die!)
And there King Arthur and his knights
In dreamless slumber lie。
One time a peasant found it
(Oh; the years have hurried well!)
It was the day of fate for him;
And this is what befell:
Upon a couch of crystal
(Oh; heart be pure and strong!)
He saw the King; and; close beside;
The armored knights athrong。
And all of them were sleeping
(Praise God; who sendeth rest!)
The sleep that comes when strife is done
And ended every quest。
Beside the good King Arthur
(How high is your desire?)
His sword within its scabbard lay;
The sword with blade of fire。
Now had the peasant known it
(Oh; if we all could know!)
He should have drawn that wondrous blade
Before he turned to go。
If but his hand had touched it
(The sword still lieth there!)
He would ha
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