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
0 r! a0 O, P. a& ?0 X　　Against the canoe's curving side,
　　Softly the birch trees rustle
　　Flinging over us branches wide.
　　Softly the moon glints and glistens
　　As the water takes and leaves,
5 \- ~) y- Q6 E' v) c- F　　Like golden ears of corn
　　Which fall from loose-bound sheaves,
8 F+ z( I4 `; U8 w: q8 I　　Or like the snow-white petals
9 W* q- q7 p; |- [8 q0 ?　　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,
, f' D2 d2 {7 K0 S5 ?' m1 t　　And between a gap in the trees
5 E3 h" u9 ~2 b! l; f6 N# X　　A proud white statue glimmers
　　In cold, disdainful ease.
　　The child of a southern people,
6 ]+ `# a5 X3 K) `% q　　The thought of an alien race,
/ _8 |' h* D& a- ~, m1 n　　What does she in this pale, northern garden,
+ U) E4 w. [  v5 W　　How reconcile it with her grace?
　　But the moon in her wayward beauty
) W) I7 m% X$ ~) f　　Is ever and always the same,
; p4 i3 p- R7 [5 h+ H7 N　　As lovely as when upon Latmos
　　She watched till Endymion came.
　　Through the water the moon writes her legends
& y- X: s/ p, O2 w4 Z　　In light, on the smooth, wet sand;
1 R& m+ O) [8 `6 c# m" i　　They endure for a moment, and vanish,
0 `+ J- m* ?  H8 M　　And no one may understand.
　　All round us the secret of Nature
　　Is telling itself to our sight,
1 G. Y; V: B3 c6 u0 s　　We may guess at her meaning but never
　　Can know the full mystery of night.
# [, ]$ y& g3 \& K. Q  T　　But her power of enchantment is on us,
8 V4 L1 F8 [2 s( S3 p　　We bow to the spell which she weaves,
　　Made up of the murmur of waves
- i" ^$ {8 @3 y9 g　　And the manifold whisper of leaves.