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
' H5 t4 s5 l+ R/ g( l　　Against the canoe's curving side,
　　Softly the birch trees rustle
# \, n5 x: z7 O0 H/ n  s　　Flinging over us branches wide.
　　Softly the moon glints and glistens
+ R( t# N( U$ ~( P8 l　　As the water takes and leaves,
" o, u1 H1 t9 b% D4 X1 x* Y　　Like golden ears of corn
　　Which fall from loose-bound sheaves,
　　Or like the snow-white petals
( @' W! p6 [1 a7 K' y　　Which drop from an overblown rose,
! k9 U# l% z. p# V$ W8 V; r　　When Summer ripens to Autumn
　　And the freighted year must close.
0 G9 A! {; N8 N0 Y, w* L7 h& j　　From the shore come the scents of a garden,
. a( v$ B0 l/ w　　And between a gap in the trees
　　A proud white statue glimmers
　　In cold, disdainful ease.
　　The child of a southern people,
- F1 _' @- l6 r+ @& y　　The thought of an alien race,
　　What does she in this pale, northern garden,
$ j  W- k6 v$ _! J+ h$ `. J% S　　How reconcile it with her grace?
　　But the moon in her wayward beauty
　　Is ever and always the same,
; O# n9 v+ k3 `- |  H　　As lovely as when upon Latmos
　　She watched till Endymion came.
　　Through the water the moon writes her legends
　　In light, on the smooth, wet sand;
　　They endure for a moment, and vanish,
6 L) J0 G2 a  u3 R% t3 F6 p　　And no one may understand.
　　All round us the secret of Nature
　　Is telling itself to our sight,
  k5 ~$ n1 p# [　　We may guess at her meaning but never
　　Can know the full mystery of night.
8 s% d. y4 \9 E! x, V! V) Y1 t: o( {　　But her power of enchantment is on us,
+ i0 G. @0 c5 R0 {! d　　We bow to the spell which she weaves,
' c2 G3 B: V4 W% Z+ N* D# M9 h5 H　　Made up of the murmur of waves
　　And the manifold whisper of leaves.

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