英文小诗赏析：A Prayer on Going into My House

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英文小诗赏析：A Prayer on Going into My House

　　God grant a blessing on this tower and cottage
3 g8 A( f6 }+ O: k6 n8 Z. @5 l( U% s( A　　And on my heirs， if all remain unspoiled，
* [: z8 u5 G  s7 C0 x' ]3 |　　No table or chair or stool not simple enough
# c1 F! d& ]8 D& n5 L　　For shepherd lads in Galilee; and grant
4 {4 d  [$ E4 |5 l; F　　That I myself for portions of the year
　　May handle nothing and set eyes on nothing
5 i* U, b% I# A9 D" o! G　　But what the great and passionate have used
　　Throughout so many varying centuries
& \. I, Y+ ~/ w　　We take it for the norm; yet should I dream
　　Sinbad the sailor‘s brought a painted chest，
　　Or image， from beyond the Loadstone Mountain，
6 n6 z, |: l' T3 ~4 o  B( N8 U　　That dream is a norm; and should some limb of the devil
% p6 G5 _  _+ Q* M　　Destroy the view by cutting down an ash
4 D5 E& k2 J" `3 T) K4 W2 s　　That shades the road， or setting up a cottage
　　Planned in a government office， shorten his life，
　　Manacle his soul upon the Red Sea bottom.
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