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,
4 S9 {% q$ e1 b/ B" x3 Z　　Softly the birch trees rustle
, k" f7 n. D8 @+ T4 w　　Flinging over us branches wide.
! [. r5 W% r" ^　　Softly the moon glints and glistens
+ K! Z% B0 j) _　　As the water takes and leaves,
　　Like golden ears of corn
　　Which fall from loose-bound sheaves,
　　Or like the snow-white petals
　　Which drop from an overblown rose,
　　When Summer ripens to Autumn
& s  a3 B' D5 I2 ^% K6 N　　And the freighted year must close.
　　From the shore come the scents of a garden,
　　And between a gap in the trees
* k8 b2 m, H  Z: i% N　　A proud white statue glimmers
　　In cold, disdainful ease.
　　The child of a southern people,
　　The thought of an alien race,
& }: a$ J0 ?) S" [　　What does she in this pale, northern garden,
/ I/ I2 f: p) A9 C' ]　　How reconcile it with her grace?
　　But the moon in her wayward beauty
　　Is ever and always the same,
　　As lovely as when upon Latmos
　　She watched till Endymion came.
+ Z4 G& @/ I) H+ u) m, P# v) q8 O( S　　Through the water the moon writes her legends
+ m! ~4 E( O6 R* ?  |　　In light, on the smooth, wet sand;
0 ], y0 `& W; M9 d8 Z) W　　They endure for a moment, and vanish,
5 H! E) L0 v4 k, U0 v1 `# g' h+ h　　And no one may understand.
3 u) w4 ~8 @1 K) L& n2 y　　All round us the secret of Nature
　　Is telling itself to our sight,
　　We may guess at her meaning but never
　　Can know the full mystery of night.
) J  s; V; M; D) [　　But her power of enchantment is on us,
( ?4 Z+ g4 S8 l& F6 o' m4 a/ ?　　We bow to the spell which she weaves,
　　Made up of the murmur of waves
　　And the manifold whisper of leaves.