Monody - Poems and Songs of Robert Burns - Robert Burns - 其他小说 - 30读书

Monody

monody

onaladyfamedforhercaprice.

howcoldisthatbosomwhichfollyoncefired,

howpaleisthatcheekwheretherougelatelyglisten'd;

howsilentthattonguewhichtheechoesofttired,

howdullisthatearwhichtoflatt'rysolisten'd!

ifsorrowandanguishtheirexitawait,

fromfriendshipanddearestaffectionremov'd;

howdoublyseverer,maria,thyfate,

thoudiedstunwept,asthoulivedstunlov'd.

loves,graces,andvirtues,icallnotonyou;

soshy,grave,anddistant,yeshednotatear:

butcome,allyeoffspringoffollysotrue,

andflowersletuscullformaria'scoldbier.

we'llsearchthroughthegardenforeachsillyflower,

we'llroamthro'theforestforeachidleweed;

butchieflythenettle,sotypical,shower,

fornonee'erapproach'dherbutruedtherashdeed.

we'llsculpturethemarble,we'llmeasurethelay;

herevanitystrumsonheridiotlyre;

therekeenindignationshalldartonhisprey,

whichspurningcontemptshallredeemfromhisire.

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