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
9 s9 J6 C1 g& @　　Against the canoe's curving side,
* y- J/ _, B5 C9 D5 r; M　　Softly the birch trees rustle
" v) ]* ]. j4 L' M3 O1 n+ a　　Flinging over us branches wide.
　　Softly the moon glints and glistens
　　As the water takes and leaves,
5 Q# U6 |! Q- J! i! a) p9 n　　Like golden ears of corn
8 O0 s. d3 x$ @, r　　Which fall from loose-bound sheaves,
( w3 z% u  L9 A8 i　　Or like the snow-white petals
　　Which drop from an overblown rose,
4 i9 B$ L7 s; h# R* [6 p5 j5 l3 f　　When Summer ripens to Autumn
8 g# R: J" ?: y- F7 m" M. U　　And the freighted year must close.
1 j) ]" }7 S+ f' ^! m) G  g　　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,
, m% ?* Q1 ^  L+ `8 X　　The thought of an alien race,
　　What does she in this pale, northern garden,
4 M! k3 p8 `$ _$ ]　　How reconcile it with her grace?
　　But the moon in her wayward beauty
# r2 B. g; w% Y$ Y6 H　　Is ever and always the same,
　　As lovely as when upon Latmos
/ G5 V, P- u) ?% _3 c& r2 c7 Z　　She watched till Endymion came.
　　Through the water the moon writes her legends
　　In light, on the smooth, wet sand;
! }& P$ W% S0 f4 n: z0 B# z' H　　They endure for a moment, and vanish,
　　And no one may understand.
　　All round us the secret of Nature
3 R1 U% r+ C' J' o- X　　Is telling itself to our sight,
5 ?# k, b8 Y& u" M( x  v/ {　　We may guess at her meaning but never
8 Y: j$ o& @* X7 m3 Y1 q　　Can know the full mystery of night.
; w$ B7 Z% a) i' L* F+ m　　But her power of enchantment is on us,
0 {' W! \/ y% Q; q+ S8 c　　We bow to the spell which she weaves,
' C- H, q" X* s9 u2 S　　Made up of the murmur of waves
　　And the manifold whisper of leaves.