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
' V* L3 E" D' S: r0 j　　Against the canoe's curving side,
　　Softly the birch trees rustle
. G3 p$ c' C3 ?, D　　Flinging over us branches wide.
　　Softly the moon glints and glistens
　　As the water takes and leaves,
6 g; p$ U! c7 p　　Like golden ears of corn
　　Which fall from loose-bound sheaves,
　　Or like the snow-white petals
. S, B2 K7 l2 P　　Which drop from an overblown rose,
　　When Summer ripens to Autumn
" z  j# Y, i. q- T0 W3 k/ g　　And the freighted year must close.
　　From the shore come the scents of a garden,
! [7 E& z! C6 e, C　　And between a gap in the trees
; }4 d- p6 p) M1 r! \! M/ e　　A proud white statue glimmers
; _. y" s. @9 M, m. J7 H　　In cold, disdainful ease.
2 p+ v+ q5 t8 N' v/ m　　The child of a southern people,
+ V' C  C6 ~6 V6 H+ Y　　The thought of an alien race,
) X0 k7 F; w& T: L* T　　What does she in this pale, northern garden,
' M: q0 ~; H7 {$ M, D5 A　　How reconcile it with her grace?
6 t$ F* h) c' q$ u7 E; |* [　　But the moon in her wayward beauty
　　Is ever and always the same,
　　As lovely as when upon Latmos
　　She watched till Endymion came.
/ ^+ O( U4 S  {6 _" L. D2 I: N　　Through the water the moon writes her legends
9 f. ?. a/ r& {( P2 |　　In light, on the smooth, wet sand;
　　They endure for a moment, and vanish,
, V2 o4 f# j# d+ \! \) C: C　　And no one may understand.
% \6 |2 b: _/ S3 J+ l6 x( ?　　All round us the secret of Nature
) C$ R/ \" _8 H7 P" ]　　Is telling itself to our sight,
# u$ j& v+ u6 k+ W. r, ]. o0 w. u　　We may guess at her meaning but never
　　Can know the full mystery of night.
' i3 _  o' J$ |* N# j, |. o　　But her power of enchantment is on us,
- a! O4 h7 G) F% j+ [　　We bow to the spell which she weaves,
　　Made up of the murmur of waves
　　And the manifold whisper of leaves.
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