目 录ContentsAHenry Abbey亨利艾比001 What Do We Plant When We Plantthe Tree? 栽树时,我们栽的何止是树 2-3Dorothy Aldis多萝西奥尔蒂斯002 Little 小不点儿 4003 Hiding 藏猫猫 5William Allingham威廉阿林厄姆004 An Evening 一天傍晚 6Anonymous(佚名)005 Scylla Toothless 瘪嘴的希拉 7-8Anonymous(佚名)006 Long, Long Ago 很久很久以前 8-9Anonymous(佚名)007 The Coming of Spring 春天来了10Anonymous(佚名)008 The Wise Old Owl 聪明的老枭 11Anonymous(佚名)009 The Silver Swan 银白的天鹅 12Anonymous(佚名)010 There Was a Young Lady from Niger 尼日尔有个姑娘 13Anonymous(佚名)011 A Young Lady Named Bright 有个姑娘叫亮亮 142 200 Readable Poems in the English Language 脍炙人口的英语小诗200 首Anonymous(佚名)012 Rood 露露 15Herbert Asquith赫伯特阿斯奎斯013 The Hairy Dog 毛毛狗 16BIsaac Bickerstaffe艾萨克比克斯塔夫014 How Happy Were My Days, TillNow 过去的日子真自在 18William Blake威廉布雷克015 Loves Secret 爱情的秘诀 19-20016 To See a World in a Grain of Sand尘世见于一粒沙 21017 The Clod and the Pebble 土块与卵石 22018 Three Things to Remember 三事切记 23Francis William Bourdillon弗朗西斯威廉鲍狄伦019 The Night Has a Thousand Eyes 黑夜有上千只眼睛 24-25Robert Browning罗伯特勃朗宁020 The Years at the Spring 一年正值初春 26021 Meeting at Night 夜会 27Emily Bront艾米丽勃朗蒂022 The Old Stoic 老年斯多葛 28-29Gwendolyn Brooks关多琳布鲁克斯023 In Honor of David Anderson Brooks,My Father 悼先父戴维安德森布鲁克斯 30-31Robert Burns罗伯特伯恩斯024 A Red, Red Rose 一朵红红的玫瑰 32-33025 My Hearts in the Highlands 我心在高原 34-35George Gordon Byron乔治戈登拜伦026 She Walks in Beauty 她走在美的光彩里 36-37027 To Miss Chaworth 致查沃斯小姐 38-393Contents目录028 When a Man Hath No Freedom toFight for at Home 当男儿无须为自由战斗在家乡 39-40029 All for Love 一切为了爱 41CThomas Campbell托马斯坎贝尔030 Freedom and Love 自由与爱情44031 Thinkst Thou to Seduce Me Then 你岂能勾引我 45-46Thomas Carew托马斯卡利032 He That Loves a Rosy Cheek 爱玫瑰香腮的风采 47-48Thomas Carlyle托马斯卡莱尔033 Today 今天 49-50Julia Abigail Fletcher Carney茱莉亚阿比盖尔弗莱彻卡尼034 Little Things 善小亦为 51Marchette Chute玛切特舒特035 My Dog 我的小狗 52Colley Cibber科利西博036 The Blind Boy 盲童 53-54Samuel Taylor Coleridge塞缪尔泰勒柯尔律治037 The Swan-Song 天鹅之歌 56Hartley Coleridge哈特利柯尔律治038 She Is Not Fair to Outward View 初看时她不如许多女孩 57George Cooper乔治库珀039 Only One Mother 妈妈只有一个 58-59Frances Cornford弗朗西丝康福德040 The Guitarist Tunes Up 吉他手调琴 59-60041 To a Fat Lady Seen from the Train 致火车窗外的一位胖女士 60-61William Cowper威廉考珀042 To a Young Lady 致一位年轻女士 61-624 200 Readable Poems in the English Language 脍炙人口的英语小诗200 首Adelaide Crapsey阿德莱德克雷浦西043 On Seeing Weather-Beaten Tree 观树有感 63Countee Cullen康泰卡伦044 For a Mouthy Woman 为某个嚼舌女人而作 64DMary Carolyn Davies玛丽卡洛琳戴维斯045 The Fishing Pole 鱼竿 66William Henry Davies威廉亨利戴维斯046 Leisure 闲暇 67047 The Example 榜样 68-69Walter de la Mare沃尔特德拉麦尔048 Tired Tim 疲惫的梯姆 70Emily Dickinson艾米莉迪金森049 Im Nobody! Who Are You 我是无名之辈!你是谁 71050 I Never Saw a Moor 我从未看过荒原 72051 Much Madness Is Divinest Sense 大癫大狂,乃超凡的明智 73052 To Fight Aloud Is Very Brave 呐喊着厮杀需要极大勇气 74-75053 Success Is Counted Sweetest 成功的滋味最美 76054 A Throe upon the Features 脸上的一阵苦相 77055 Glowing Is Her Bonnet 她的软帽亮光光 78-79056 As by the Dead We Love to Sit 正如我们傍着已逝者久坐 79-80057 Water Is Taught by Thirst 清水,需要干渴品味 80-81058 A Wounded Deer Leaps Highest 受伤的鹿跳得最高 81-82059 I Like a Look of Agony 我喜欢痛苦的容颜 83060 Wild NightsWild Nights 黑夜啊,风雨肆虐 84061 There is No Frigate Like a Book 没有一艘快船像一卷书 85-86062 Hope Is the Thing with Feathers 希望是长羽翅的飞禽 86-87063 To Make a Prairie It Takes a Cloverand One Bee 造一片草原只需一株苜蓿一只蜂 88064 A Word Is Dead 一句话 88-895Contents目录John Drinkwater约翰德林克沃特065 I Want to Know 我想知道 89-90Paul Laurence Dunbar保罗劳伦斯邓巴066 Debt 债务 92-93067 Dreams 梦想 93-94EMax Eastman麦克思伊斯曼068 At the Aquarium 水族馆 96Walter Prichard Eaton沃尔特普理查德伊顿069 The Willows 垂柳 97-98Ralph Waldo Emerson拉尔夫沃尔多爱默森070 The Humble-Bee 野蜂 99-100071 A Nations Strength 民族中坚 101Anthony Euwer安东尼尤尔072 My Face 我的脸 102FRichard Fanshawe理查德范肖073 Of Beauty 青春之美 104Eleanor Farjeon埃莉诺法吉恩074 Vegetables 蔬菜 105-106075 The Night Will Never Stay 黑夜定然不会久留 107076 There Isnt Time 没有时间 108Rachel Field蕾切尔菲尔德077 The Little Rose Tree 小小玫瑰树 109-110078 Skyscrapers 摩天楼 110-111079 The Ice-Cream Man 冰激凌小贩 111-112080 Some People 某些人 113Robert Frost罗伯特弗罗斯特081 Nothing Gold Can Stay 金贵之物难常在 114082 A Minor Bird 区区小鸟 115083 Fire and Ice 火与冰 116084 Devotion 眷顾 1176 200 Readable Poems in the English Language 脍炙人口的英语小诗200 首Rose Fyleman萝丝菲尔曼085 The Birthday Child 过生日的孩子 118GOliver Goldsmith奥利弗哥德史密斯086 Memory 记忆 120087 When Lovely Woman Stoops to Folly 可爱女士不幸失足 121Kate Greenaway凯特格林纳威088 In Go-Cart So Tiny 在小小的车里 122-123HSarah Josepha Hale萨拉约瑟法黑尔089 Marys Lamb 玛丽的小羊 126-127Thomas Hardy托马斯哈代090 Life Laughs Onward 生活笑着前行 128-129091 Going and Staying 去与留 130-131092 In Time ofThe Breaking of Nations 当打碎列国时 131-132William Ernest Henley威廉厄内斯特亨利093 Invictus 永不屈服 133-134George Herbert乔治赫伯特094 Virtue 美德 135-136Robert Herrick罗伯特赫里克095 To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time 致少女:莫失良辰 137-138096 To Electra 致埃莱克特拉 139097 To Dianeme 致狄安妮姆 140098 Upon a Child That Died 悼一个早夭的婴儿 141Thomas Hood托马斯胡德099 The Death-Bed 弥留之际 142-143A. E. Housman阿爱豪斯曼100 Loveliest of Trees 美树此时数樱桃 144101 With Rue My Heart Is Laden 我怀着难以排遣的忧郁 145-1467Contents目录102 Stars, I Have Seen Them Fall 我曾屡见星星坠落 146-147Mary Howitt玛丽豪伊特103 The Lion 狮子 147-148104 The Spider and the Fly 蜘蛛与苍蝇 149Langston Hughes朗斯顿休斯105 Dreams 梦想 150106 Cross 混血儿 151107 Cycle 周而复始 152JJames Weldon Johnson詹姆斯威尔登约翰逊108 The Glory of the Day Was in HerFace 白昼的光彩在她的笑脸上展现 156Ernest Jones厄内斯特琼斯109 Prison Bars 牢狱铁栅 157-158Ben Jonson本章森110 The Noble Nature 高贵的品质 159-160111 To Celia 致西丽娅 160-161112 On Spies 密探 162113 Still to Be Neat 总是整整齐齐 163114 On Gut 脏腑 164KJohn Keats约翰济慈115 The Dove 斑鸠 168Joyce Kilmer乔伊斯基尔默116 Trees 树 169-170Henry King亨利金117 Sic Vita 如此人生 171Charles Kingsley查尔斯金斯利118 The Lost Doll 丢失的布娃娃 172-173119 Young and Old 青春与暮年 174-175LWalter Savage Landor沃尔特萨维奇兰多120 I Strove with None 我与人无争 1788 200 Readable Poems in the English Language 脍炙人口的英语小诗200 首121 Death Stands Above Me 死神俯身对我耳语 178-179122 Mild Is the Parting Year 一年别去莲步轻挪 179-180123 On His Eightieth Birthday 八十寿辰有感 180-181124 Rose Aylmer 柔丝艾尔默 181125 Pessimist and Optimist 悲观者与乐观者 182James Russell Lowell詹姆斯罗素洛威尔126 Snowfall 大雪 183MArchibald MacLeish阿奇博尔德麦克利什127 Mother Gooses Garland 鹅妈妈的歌谣 186Andrew Marvell安德鲁马维尔128 The Execution of King Charles 查理王的处决 187John Masefield约翰梅斯菲尔德129 Sea Fever 恋海情 188-189Phyllis McGinley菲利斯麦克金利130 Trial and Error 屡试一爽 190Irene Rutherford McLeod艾琳妮卢瑟福麦克里奥德131 Lone Dog 孤独的狗 191-192Edna St. Vincent Millay埃德娜圣文森特米雷132 My Candle Burns at Both Its Ends 我的蜡烛烧两头 193133 Afternoon on a Hill 山上午后 193-194Christopher Morley克里斯托弗莫里134 Song for a Little House 小屋之歌 195NOgden Nash奥格登纳什135 The Japanese 日本人 198136 The Fly 苍蝇 199137 The Eel 海鳗 199-2009Contents目录Howard Nemerov霍华德内梅罗夫138 The Common Wisdom 常人的智慧 200139 Power to the People 赋予百姓的权利 201140 An Old Story 老故事 201-202141 Knowledge 见识 202-203PAlexander Pope亚历山大蒲柏142 Epitaph Intended for Sir Isaac Newton 墓志铭,为牛顿爵士拟写 206143 Sound and Sense 声音与意义 206-207144 Ode on Solitude 隐逸颂 208-209145 Epigram 讽刺短诗 210-211Matthew Prior马修普莱尔146 A Reasonable Affliction 忧伤有据 211-212RSir Walter Raleigh瓦尔特罗利爵士147 What Is Our Life? 何为人生 214James Whitcomb Riley詹姆斯维特蔻姆瑞利148 Extremes 动静两极 215-216Edwin Arlington Robinson埃德温阿灵顿罗宾逊149 Richard Corey 理查科瑞 216-217Samuel Rogers塞缪尔罗杰斯150 A Wish 心愿 218-219Christina Rossetti克里斯蒂娜罗塞蒂151 A Dirge 挽歌 220-221152 When I Am Dead, My Dearest 在我死后,我的心上人 222153 Who Has Seen the Wind? 风儿谁人曾见 223-224154 The City Mouse and the GardenMouse 城里老鼠与乡下老鼠 224-22510 200 Readable Poems in the English Language 脍炙人口的英语小诗200 首155 Oh, Fair to See 哦,看上去真美 225-226SLew Sarett鲁萨利特156 The Wolf Cry 狼嚎 228Clinton Scollard克林顿斯考拉德157 Swimming 游泳 229-230Walter Scott沃尔特司各特158 Lullaby of an Infant Chief 婴儿族长的摇篮曲 231William Shakespeare威廉莎士比亚159 A Dirge 挽歌 232-233Percy Bysshe Shelley珀西比西雪莱160 The Cloud 云 234-235161 Song to the Men of England 给英国人民的歌 236162 On Fanny Godwin 悼范妮戈德温 237163 A Lament 哀歌 238164 Music, When Soft Voices Die 柔美的乐曲虽已消散 239Tasha Shores塔莎肖尔丝165 My Love 吾爱 240-241Philip Sidney菲利普西德尼166 A Ditty 短歌 242Robert Louis Stevenson罗伯特路易斯斯蒂文森167 Bed in Summer 夏日里的睡眠 243-244168 Requiem 挽歌 244-245169 The Cow 乳牛 246170 The Suns Travels 太阳的旅行 247-248171 The Swing 秋千 248-249John Suckling约翰萨克令172 Song 歌 250-251TJane Taylor简泰勒173 The Star 小星星 254-25511Contents目录Sarah Teasdale萨拉蒂斯代尔174 Like Barley Bending 像大麦一样俯身 256-257175 Debt 欠债 257-258176 Faults 缺点 258-259177 I Am Not Yours 我不属于你 259-260178 Night Song at Amalfi 阿马尔菲夜歌 260-261Alfred Tennyson阿尔弗雷德丁尼生179 The Eagle 鹰 262180 The Millers Daughter 磨坊主的女儿 263-264181 Break, Break, Break 崩裂,崩裂,崩裂 265-266182 The Oak 橡树 267183 Song: The Owl 猫头鹰之歌 268-269James Thomson詹姆斯汤姆森184 For Ever, Fortune, Wilt Thou Prove 命运,难道你永远要证明 270-271James Thomson詹姆斯汤姆森185 As We Rush 当我们乘坐火车疾行 272-273George Turberville乔治特波维尔186 Of Drunkenness 醉酒 274VMariana Griswold Van Rensselaer玛丽安娜格里斯沃尔德冯任思乐187 Manners 礼貌 276WWilliam Walsh威廉沃尔什188 Love and Jealousy 爱情与妒忌 280Isaac Watts艾萨克瓦茨189 Against Idleness and Mischief 切莫游手好闲无事生非 281-282John Greenleaf Whittier约翰格林里夫惠蒂埃190 The Barefoot Boy 赤脚小儿 283Margaret Widdemer玛格丽特维德默尔191 The Watcher 妈妈的守望 284-28512 200 Readable Poems in the English Language 脍炙人口的英语小诗200 首192 The Invisible Playmate 隐身玩伴 286-287Oscar Wilde奥斯卡王尔德193 Requiescat 安魂曲 288-289Dixie Willson迪克茜威尔逊194 The Mist and All 我喜欢秋天 290-291William Wordsworth威廉华兹华斯195 She Dwelt Among the UntroddenWays 她居住在穷乡僻壤 292-293196 I Travelled Among Unknown Men 我在陌生人中踽踽独行 294197 The Kitten at Play 玩耍的小猫 296Henry Wotton亨利沃顿198 Upon the Death of Sir Albert MortonsWife 悼艾尔伯特莫顿爵士夫人 298YWilliam Butler Yeats威廉巴特勒叶芝199 The Coming of Wisdom with Time 岁月带来的智慧 300200 Spur 激励 300-301
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001What Do We Plant When We Plant the Tree?1What do we plant when we plant the tree?We plant the ship which will cross the sea.We plant the mast to carry the sails;We plant the planks to withstand the galesThe keel, the keelson,2 the beam, the knee;3We plant the ship when we plant the tree.What do we plant when we plant the tree?We plant the houses for you and me.We plant the rafters, the shingles,4 the floors,We plant the studding,5 the lath,6 the doors,The beams and siding,7 all parts that be;8We plant the house when we plant the tree.What do we plant when we plant the tree?A thousand things that we daily see;We plant the spire that out-towers the crag,We plant the staff for our countrys flag,We plant the shade, from the hot sun free;9We plant all these when we plant the tree.3AHenry Abbey亨利艾比栽树时,我们栽的何止是树栽树时,我们栽的何止是树,我们栽下横渡大洋的舳舻。我们栽下桅杆把风帆高悬;我们栽下船板将狂风阻拦;我们栽下梁木、肋材和龙骨,我们栽树时,我们栽下舳舻。栽树时,我们栽的何止是树,我们栽下房屋为你我居住。我们栽下檩椽、顶板和地面,我们栽下壁骨、板条和门扇,栽下横梁、外壁和其余各部,我们栽树时,我们栽下房屋。栽树时,我们栽的何止是树,我们栽下了万物天天目睹;我们栽下尖塔矗立在山岩,我们栽下长杆将国旗高悬,我们栽下浓荫把烈日遮住;我们栽树时,我们栽下万物。【注释】1. 此诗韵式为aabbaa,译文予以保留。2. keelson:内龙骨。3. knee:(木船内的)肋材。4. shingles:屋顶板;木瓦。5. studding:壁骨。6. lath:(墙壁上的)板条。7. siding:(木屋外壁的)叠压板条。8. all parts that be:即all partsthat should be there,应有的各个部分。9. from the hot sun free:即free fromthe hot sun。