经典英文诗精选：Loon Point

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经典英文诗精选：Loon Point　　Softly the water ripples
　　Against the canoe's curving side,
, V/ C& Z/ D* b+ y　　Softly the birch trees rustle
　　Flinging over us branches wide.
) g  @: |  i& t( x0 H( Q　　Softly the moon glints and glistens
　　As the water takes and leaves,
' X; r2 k* T% G) i) I! U* J) A2 a　　Like golden ears of corn
' }: B- U; k: G% _. ?, L　　Which fall from loose-bound sheaves,
+ i, Z: A/ _3 i6 p# Z　　Or like the snow-white petals
　　Which drop from an overblown rose,
4 }$ G. ^& W! F0 O　　When Summer ripens to Autumn
4 r) o" [9 h9 c, \　　And the freighted year must close.
　　From the shore come the scents of a garden,
% d1 j3 h. q% l$ ]0 p  ~( i4 z　　And between a gap in the trees
% a$ q& m) z0 U: ~: E9 Z　　A proud white statue glimmers
' D, B$ j# p6 X  O　　In cold, disdainful ease.
　　The child of a southern people,
7 ~$ `6 D" x+ v: u" w* [　　The thought of an alien race,
0 i# C: P, h, R5 `& X! q6 J, U　　What does she in this pale, northern garden,
0 I, x: W7 s6 H0 X$ L2 c: }# F' ~　　How reconcile it with her grace?
　　But the moon in her wayward beauty
　　Is ever and always the same,
　　As lovely as when upon Latmos
+ e8 a% U7 ]& ?3 T7 i　　She watched till Endymion came.
　　Through the water the moon writes her legends
8 o0 a/ ^* l6 q8 t　　In light, on the smooth, wet sand;
　　They endure for a moment, and vanish,
　　And no one may understand.
　　All round us the secret of Nature
　　Is telling itself to our sight,
& @' v6 ^7 J& b% [8 F; n0 \5 Q( {/ J5 S　　We may guess at her meaning but never
2 A9 O6 v- H$ |" ?& j" R　　Can know the full mystery of night.
　　But her power of enchantment is on us,
　　We bow to the spell which she weaves,
- P. K+ ?5 ~4 i# }8 w( g　　Made up of the murmur of waves
　　And the manifold whisper of leaves.
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