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
　　Against the canoe's curving side,
　　Softly the birch trees rustle
　　Flinging over us branches wide.
$ P  A( p9 c6 C0 h; Q　　Softly the moon glints and glistens
　　As the water takes and leaves,
- H3 w7 \7 L( B1 K　　Like golden ears of corn
1 S/ W0 ~7 t* M: a3 f/ W4 ]6 }! _　　Which fall from loose-bound sheaves,
! W' T( b! J1 r: v5 i5 y$ z　　Or like the snow-white petals
7 |) ^' z! x9 T- w* O　　Which drop from an overblown rose,
　　When Summer ripens to Autumn
. W! i- U3 s4 B3 z+ S0 V　　And the freighted year must close.
　　From the shore come the scents of a garden,
" j, B/ u- ]) j8 f　　And between a gap in the trees
) q# D1 j( C5 n6 U; v0 {9 u　　A proud white statue glimmers
$ O( v- [- m$ }; `" a2 s: S# ^* L' p　　In cold, disdainful ease.
4 Z5 s3 P' U8 H# u; o) [　　The child of a southern people,
% P: n- w/ [- \( d# Z4 P+ {　　The thought of an alien race,
　　What does she in this pale, northern garden,
$ ?7 \+ E/ F$ R9 @, e% Q8 K( e5 c　　How reconcile it with her grace?
; l) H( |9 e$ ?" [6 f9 q) \　　But the moon in her wayward beauty
　　Is ever and always the same,
6 L6 |' Q$ Y! h! |! K6 i　　As lovely as when upon Latmos
　　She watched till Endymion came.
　　Through the water the moon writes her legends
% ?, `( h7 `: o# ~9 p　　In light, on the smooth, wet sand;
　　They endure for a moment, and vanish,
) f3 L: f# f8 j7 a　　And no one may understand.
　　All round us the secret of Nature
　　Is telling itself to our sight,
, ^2 ]: A* i  V# D5 D. q0 L) r( w3 M　　We may guess at her meaning but never
7 f. N/ g2 k3 |* o　　Can know the full mystery of night.
& Q  e. E" M& a" h5 ]% r　　But her power of enchantment is on us,
　　We bow to the spell which she weaves,
7 V, g- s2 X3 W9 A# D# M　　Made up of the murmur of waves
　　And the manifold whisper of leaves.