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In this my prayer if I offend;

One something sees beyond his reach

From childhood to his journey's end。

My wife; our little boy; Aignan;

Have travelled even to Narbonne;

My grandchild has seen Perpignan;

And I … have not seen Carcassonne!〃



So crooned; one day; close by Limoux;

A peasant; double…bent with age。

〃Rise up; my friend;〃 said I; 〃with you

I'll go upon this pilgrimage。〃

We left; next morning; his abode;

But (Heaven forgive him!) half…way on

The old man died upon the road。

He never gazed on Carcassonne。



Translated by John R。 Thompson from the French of

Gustave Nadaud '1820… ? '





CHILDHOOD



Old Sorrow I shall meet again;

And Joy; perchance … but never; never;

Happy Childhood; shall we twain

See each other's face forever!



And yet I would not call thee back;

Dear Childhood; lest the sight of me;

Thine old companion; on the rack

Of Age; should sadden even thee。



John Banister Tabb '1845…1909'





THE WASTREL



Once; when I was little; as the summer night was falling;

Among the purple upland fields I lost my barefoot way;

The road to home was hidden fast; and frightful shadows; crawling

Along the sky…line; swallowed up the last kind light of day;

And then I seemed to hear you

In the twilight; and be near you;

Seemed to hear your dear voice calling …

Through the meadows; calling; calling …

And I followed and I found you;

Flung my tired arms around you;

And rested on the mother…breast; returned; tired out from play。



Down the days from that day; though I trod strange paths unheeding;

Though I chased the jack…o'…lanterns of so many maddened years;

Though I never looked behind me; where the home…lights were receding;

Though I never looked enough ahead to ken the Inn of Fears;

Still I knew your heart was near me;

That your ear was strained to hear me;

That your love would need no pleading

To forgive me; but was pleading

Of its self that; in disaster;

I should run to you the faster

And be sure that I was dearer for your sacrifice of tears。



Now on life's last Summertime the long last dusk is falling;

And I; who trod one way so long; can tread no other way

Until at death's dim crossroads I watch; hesitant; the crawling

Night…passages that maze me with the ultimate dismay。

Then when Death and Doubt shall blind me …

Even then … I know you'll find me:

I shall hear you; Mother; calling …

Hear you calling … calling … calling:

I shall fight and follow … find you

Though the grave…clothes swathe and bind you;

And I know your love will answer: 〃Here's my laddie home from play!〃



Reginald Wright Kauffman '1877…





TROIA FUIT



The world was wide when I was young;

My schoolday hills and dales among;

But; oh; it needs no Puck to put;

With whipping wing and flying foot;

A girdle 'round the narrow sphere

In which I labor now and here!



Life's face was fair when careless I

First loved beneath an April sky;

And wept those fine…imagined woes

That youth at nineteen thinks it knows;

Now love and woe both run so deep

I have not any time to weep。



No matter; though at last we see

That what was could not always be;

It girds our loins and steels our hands

In duller days and smaller lands

To recollect the country where

The world was wide and life was fair。



Reginald Wright Kauffman '1877…





TEMPLE GARLANDS



There is a temple in my heart

Where moth or rust can never come;

A temple swept and set apart;

To make my soul a home。



And round about the doors of it

Hang garlands that forever last;

That gathered once are always sweet;

The roses of the Past!



A。 Mary F。 Robinson '1857…





TIME LONG PAST



Like the ghost of a dear friend dead

Is Time long past。

A tone which is now forever fled;

A hope which is now forever past;

A love so sweet it could not last;

Was Time long past。



There were sweet dreams in the night

Of Time long past:

And; was it sadness or delight;

Each day a shadow onward cast

Which made us wish it yet might last; …

That Time long past。



There is regret; almost remorse;

For Time long past。

'Tis like a child's beloved corse

A father watches; till at last

Beauty is like remembrance; cast

From Time long past。



Percy Bysshe Shelley '1792…1822'





〃I REMEMBER; I REMEMBER〃



I remember; I remember

The house where I was born;

The little window where the sun

Came peeping in at morn;

He never came a wink too soon

Nor brought too long a day;

But now; I often wish the night

Had borne my breath away。



I remember; I remember

The roses; red and white;

The violets; and the lily…cups …

Those flowers made of light!

The lilacs where the robin built;

And where my brother set

The laburnum on his birthday; …

The tree is living yet!



I remember; I remember

Where I was used to swing;

And though the air must rush as fresh

To swallows on the wing;

My spirit flew in feathers then

That is so heavy now;

The summer pools could hardly cool

The fever on my brow。



I remember; I remember

The fir…trees dark and high;

I used to think their slender tops

Were close against the sky:

It was a childish ignorance;

But now 'tis little joy

To know I'm farther off from Heaven

Than when I was a boy。



Thomas Hood '1799…1845'





MY LOST YOUTH



Often I think of the beautiful town

That is seated by the sea;

Often in thought go up and down

The pleasant streets of that dear old town;

And my youth comes back to me。

And a verse of a Lapland song

Is haunting my memory still:

〃A boy's will is the wind's will;

And the thoughts of youth; are long; long thoughts。〃



I can see the shadowy lines of its trees;

And catch; in sudden gleams;

The sheen of the far…surrounding seas;

And islands that were the Hesperides

Of all my boyish dreams。

And the burden of that old song;

It murmurs and whispers still:

〃A boy's will is the wind's will;

And the thoughts of youth are long; long thoughts。〃



I remember the black wharves and the slips;

And the sea…tides tossing free;

And Spanish sailors with bearded lips;

And the beauty and mystery of the ships;

And the magic of the sea。

And the voice of that wayward song

Is singing and saying still:

〃A boy's will is the wind's will;

And the thoughts of youth are long; long thoughts。〃



I remember the bulwarks by the shore;

And the fort upon the hill;

The sunrise gun; with its hollow roar;

The drum…beat repeated o'er and o'er;

And the bugle wild and shrill。

And the music of that old song

Throbs in my memory still:

〃A boy's will is the wind's will;

And the thoughts of youth are long; long thoughts。〃



I remember the sea…fight far away;

How it thundered o'er the tide!

And the dead captains; as they lay

In their graves; o'erlooking the tranquil bay

Where they in battle died。

And the sound of that mournful song

Goes through me with a thrill:

〃A boy's will is the wind's will;

And the thoughts of youth are long; long thoughts。〃



I can see the breezy dome of groves;

The shadows of Deering's Woods;

And the friendships old and the early loves

Come back with a Sabbath sound; as of doves

In quiet neighborhoods。

And the verse of that sweet old song;

It flutters and murmurs still:

〃A boy's will is the wind's will;

And the thoughts of youth are long; long thoughts。〃



I remember the gleams and glooms that dart

Across the school…boy's brain;

The song and the silence in the heart;

That in part are prophecies; and in part

Are longings wild and vain。

And the voice of that fitful song

Sings on; and is never still:

〃A boy's will is the wind's will;

And the thoughts of youth are long; long thoughts。〃



There are things of which I may not speak;

There are dreams that cannot die;

There are thoughts that make the strong heart weak;

And bring a pallor into the cheek;

And a mist before the eye。

And the words of that fatal song

Come over me like a chill:

〃A boy's will is the wind's will;

And the thoughts of youth are long; long thoughts〃



Strange to me are the forms I meet

When I visit the dear old town;

But the native air is pure and sweet;

And the trees that o'ershadow each well…known street;

As they balance up and down;

Are singing the beautiful song;

Are sighing and whispering still:

〃A boy's will is the wind's will;

And the thoughts of youth are long; long thoughts。〃



And Deering's Woods are fresh and fair;

And with joy that is almost pain

My heart goes back to wander there;

And among the dreams of the days that were

I find my lost youth again。

And the strange and beautiful song;

The groves are repeating it still:

〃A boy's will is the wind's will;

And the thoughts of youth are long; long thoughts。〃



Henry Wadsworth Longfellow '1807…1882'





〃VOICE OF THE WESTERN WIND〃

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