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
$ E% s! H: O+ ~' g/ R$ _* ?  G& B　　Against the canoe's curving side,
( X  X; a' K4 }/ Z+ P* \# u  t　　Softly the birch trees rustle
　　Flinging over us branches wide.
　　Softly the moon glints and glistens
　　As the water takes and leaves,
' n9 c% O0 S5 v( n& ?. ]9 J0 s　　Like golden ears of corn
　　Which fall from loose-bound sheaves,
& {$ ?* _6 \" ^! e# C　　Or like the snow-white petals
　　Which drop from an overblown rose,
　　When Summer ripens to Autumn
+ {) u& K5 v+ h* \　　And the freighted year must close.
" y+ n  Y, t+ d　　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,
# ^. S# a  x- G0 p. `　　The thought of an alien race,
　　What does she in this pale, northern garden,
% M. ?$ _% d$ O4 _* V  R; Z　　How reconcile it with her grace?
　　But the moon in her wayward beauty
　　Is ever and always the same,
4 q# F% [5 e5 w* [　　As lovely as when upon Latmos
: B7 s$ ~% N8 Y　　She watched till Endymion came.
3 N! h& Y) H% A5 r6 X　　Through the water the moon writes her legends
8 v, G/ Q  S& ?2 l" ~( a　　In light, on the smooth, wet sand;
7 N. a# R- D9 _% F# i2 |3 o  X　　They endure for a moment, and vanish,
　　And no one may understand.
. ~# a1 j" S2 c2 V1 P　　All round us the secret of Nature
　　Is telling itself to our sight,
/ a1 ?- B. r9 b2 f' w6 `* y　　We may guess at her meaning but never
1 f4 k6 p1 x: E& y: ~! A　　Can know the full mystery of night.
　　But her power of enchantment is on us,
6 _8 t  ?( U7 |. j1 |　　We bow to the spell which she weaves,
2 E: T. p5 ?# p9 b　　Made up of the murmur of waves
　　And the manifold whisper of leaves.
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