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,
/ L5 w% w: b& W　　Softly the birch trees rustle
　　Flinging over us branches wide.
7 {$ p7 {* r& C( l' q0 P% A8 S+ P　　Softly the moon glints and glistens
　　As the water takes and leaves,
" @5 l' Z# n& B; @0 ^$ ~1 ^　　Like golden ears of corn
6 i8 r( S* |  J' ~　　Which fall from loose-bound sheaves,
/ A/ W: k1 ?; K$ t6 N　　Or like the snow-white petals
　　Which drop from an overblown rose,
　　When Summer ripens to Autumn
( v2 H) M: ?$ @　　And the freighted year must close.
　　From the shore come the scents of a garden,
　　And between a gap in the trees
　　A proud white statue glimmers
　　In cold, disdainful ease.
　　The child of a southern people,
8 R% T$ t6 X* W3 n1 ~4 I　　The thought of an alien race,
  F* @$ A- h% d  {　　What does she in this pale, northern garden,
　　How reconcile it with her grace?
　　But the moon in her wayward beauty
　　Is ever and always the same,
$ q# \. a. _4 F" ]! R  _; W  q# ?　　As lovely as when upon Latmos
　　She watched till Endymion came.
　　Through the water the moon writes her legends
$ h7 c$ r% V8 A! i2 k　　In light, on the smooth, wet sand;
　　They endure for a moment, and vanish,
( \2 b+ T) M; b' R7 A# H  M4 y" |" @) ~　　And no one may understand.
　　All round us the secret of Nature
" b7 _1 f, o6 }: y( k& r　　Is telling itself to our sight,
" a7 N& P8 Z$ W: c, P4 a　　We may guess at her meaning but never
+ |3 V- G: ?  A4 ~　　Can know the full mystery of night.
' R: ?  J8 w- a　　But her power of enchantment is on us,
　　We bow to the spell which she weaves,
　　Made up of the murmur of waves
- l9 A( L' o3 b/ I: @　　And the manifold whisper of leaves.
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