日期：2007-10-19 II Human Dignity Like the moon her kindness is， If kindness I may call What has no comprehension int， But is the same for all As though my sorrow were a scene Upon a painted wall. So like a bit of stone I lie Under a broken tree. I could recover i... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-10-19 III The Mermaid A mermaid found a swimming lad， Picked him for her own， Pressed her body to his body， Laughed； and plunging down Forgot in cruel happiness That even lovers drown.... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-10-19 IV The Death of the Hare I have pointed out the yelling pack， The hare leap to the wood， And when I pass a compliment Rejoice as lover should At the drooping of an eye， At the mantling of the blood. Then suddenly my heart is wrung By her distract... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-10-19 V The Empty Cup A crazy man that found a cup， When all but dead of thirst， Hardly dared to wet his mouth Imagining， moon-accursed， That another mouthful And his beating heart would burst. October last I found it too But found it dry as bone， An... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-10-19 VI His Memories We should be hidden from their eyes， Being but holy shows And bodies broken like a thorn Whereon the bleak north blows， To think of buried Hector And that none living knows. The women take so little stock In what I do or say Theyd... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-10-19 VII The Friends of his Youth Laughter not time destroyed my voice And put that crack in it， And when the moons pot-bellied I get a laughing fit， For that old Madge comes down the lane， A stone upon her breast， And a cloak wrapped about the stone... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-10-19 VIII Summer and Spring We sat under an old thorn-tree And talked away the night， Told all that had been said or done Since first we saw the light， And when we talked of growing up Knew that wed halved a soul And fell the one in tothers arms That w... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-10-19 IX The Secrets of the Old I have old womens secrets now That had those of the young； Madge tells me what I dared not think When my blood was strong， And what had drowned a lover once Sounds like an old song. Though Margery is stricken dumb If thro... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-10-19 X His Wildness O bid me mount and sail up there Amid the cloudy wrack， For Peg and Meg and Paris love That had so straight a back， Are gone away， and some that stay Have changed their silk for sack. Were I but there and none to hear Id have a pea... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-10-19 XI From Oedipus at Colonus Endure what life God gives and ask no longer span； Cease to remember the delights of youth， travel-wearied aged man； Delight becomes death-longing if all longing else be vain. Even from that delight memory treasures so... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-10-19 A cursing rogue with a merry face， A bundle of rags upon a crutch， Stumbled upon that windy place Called Cruachan，1 and it was as much As the one sturdy leg could do To keep him upright while he cursed. He had counted， where long years ago Queen... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-10-19 A doll in the doll-makers house Looks at the cradle and bawls： That is an insult to us. But the oldest of all the dolls， Who had seen， being kept for show， Generations of his sort， Out-screams the whole shelf： Although Theres not a man can repo... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-10-19 I My Soul. I summon to the winding ancient stair； Set all your mind upon the steep ascent， Upon the broken， crumbling battlement， Upon the breathless starlit air， Upon the star that marks the hidden pole； Fix every wandering thought upon That... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-10-19 I have heard the pigeons of the Seven Woods Make their faint thunder， and the garden bees Hum in the lime-tree flowers； and put away The unavailing outcries and the old bitterness That empty the heart. I have forgot awhile Tara uprooted， and new... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-10-19 I thought of your beauty， and this arrow， Made out of a wild thought， is in my marrow. Theres no man may look upon her， no man， As when newly grown to be a woman， Tall and noble but with face and bosom Delicate in colour as apple blossom. This... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-10-19 O thought， fly to her when the end of day Awakens an old memory， and say， Your strength， that is so lofty and fierce and kind， It might call up a new age， calling to mind The queens that were imagined long ago， Is but half yours： he kneaded... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-10-19 Never give all the heart， for love Will hardly seem worth thinking of To passionate women if it seem Certain， and they never dream That it fades out from kiss to kiss； For everything thats lovely is But a brief， dreamy， kind delight. O never giv... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-10-19 The old brown thorn-trees break in two high over Cummen Strand， Under a bitter black wind that blows from the left hand； Our courage breaks like an old tree in a black wind and dies， But we have hidden in our hearts the flame out of the eyes Of Ca... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-10-19 I heard the old， old men say， Everything alters， And one by one we drop away. They had hands like claws， and their knees Were twisted like the old thorn-trees By the waters. I heard the old， old men say， All thats beautiful drifts away Like the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-10-19 I have no happiness in dreaming of Brycelinde， Nor Avalon the grass-green hollow， nor Joyous Isle， Where one found Lancelot crazed and hid him for a while； Nor Ulad， when Naoise had thrown a sail upon the wind； Nor lands that seem too dim to be... 阅读全文>>