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
! ]* f5 }4 A0 H5 `& I2 W, P　　Against the canoe's curving side,
　　Softly the birch trees rustle
　　Flinging over us branches wide.
　　Softly the moon glints and glistens
1 t' K- R( i7 f" c- q( i　　As the water takes and leaves,
& Y7 x  }2 Q  e( y9 r　　Like golden ears of corn
　　Which fall from loose-bound sheaves,
0 @+ V+ I, @5 v& V　　Or like the snow-white petals
　　Which drop from an overblown rose,
　　When Summer ripens to Autumn
　　And the freighted year must close.
　　From the shore come the scents of a garden,
; H+ m$ Z  l% r　　And between a gap in the trees
+ t4 E0 J0 d: }7 ]# Z　　A proud white statue glimmers
! D2 V. P9 E& c' T　　In cold, disdainful ease.
　　The child of a southern people,
, @  D* W! V/ h4 |. m# h4 n　　The thought of an alien race,
- R: R+ V% g6 s( h; v　　What does she in this pale, northern garden,
　　How reconcile it with her grace?
* P3 ]5 r/ W1 O2 v9 ]1 c1 I　　But the moon in her wayward beauty
　　Is ever and always the same,
　　As lovely as when upon Latmos
, Z1 R) X1 e/ N9 i& j) Z8 Q! @　　She watched till Endymion came.
　　Through the water the moon writes her legends
; o3 O+ K; J- F　　In light, on the smooth, wet sand;
　　They endure for a moment, and vanish,
- E5 {* r4 H8 E- K1 t5 k　　And no one may understand.
　　All round us the secret of Nature
3 d* F4 P7 C6 x　　Is telling itself to our sight,
" v0 L% @& D  x　　We may guess at her meaning but never
# p% u8 y) Q0 x+ _2 X　　Can know the full mystery of night.
6 z! y7 z9 i. x6 H- Y　　But her power of enchantment is on us,
　　We bow to the spell which she weaves,
% K8 W- k) g0 x+ z$ [) n* W1 O　　Made up of the murmur of waves
" T3 Q- `( ?% M3 [( L0 C% x　　And the manifold whisper of leaves.
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