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mazelli and other poems(马兹里)-第18部分
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gathered meteor; he sped in pursuit; Breathing out; as he went; mad with 
love and with hate; Bitter curse upon curse against heaven and fate。 
     Urging on his fleet courser with spur and with rein; He swept o'er the 
earth as the storm sweeps the plain; And the fair lady knew; by the gleam 
of his shield; It was Bohdo; the scourge of the red battle field! 
     Then spurred she her steed over valley and hill; Over rock; marsh and 
moor;   over   river   and   rill;   Yet   still   her   eye   sparkled;   and   still   her   cheek 
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glowed; As onward so fleetly and bravely she rode。 
     Thus over Thuringia sped she away; With the speed of the hawk when 
he darts on his prey; Or an arrow let loose from a warrior's bow; When it 
speeds with sure aim to the heart of his foe。 
     Then   the   Hartz;   the   wild   Hartzthe   terrificthe   proud!   Where   the 
mist…spirit   dwells   in   his   palace   of   cloud!   Where   the   evil   ones   gather   in 
envious wrath; To blight and to blast;towered up in her path。 
     Still her cheek kept its glow; still her eye flashed in pride; As onward 
she flew up the steep mountain side; And fierce as the tempest; and fleet as 
the wind; Stern Bohdo; the ruthless; still followed behind。 
     To    a  fearful   abyss;   whose     unhallowed      name(3)     By   the   powers    of 
darkness was given; she came; And the whirlpool's wild voice; from the 
dark gulf below; Came up like the wail of a soul in its we。 
     Beyond       rose   the  rocky     shelf;  barren    and    bare;   Beneath     lay   the 
whirlpool; around her despair; Behind her came one; sweeping on in the 
chase; Whose grasp was more dreaded than death's cold embrace。 
     Then she called on the spirits who watch round the brave; In peril to 
nerve;   to   assist   and   to   save;   Closed   calmly   her   eyes;   as   one   sinking   in 
sleep; And urged her proud steed to the terrible leap! 
     A moment it paused on the high precipice; Then sprang; boldly sprang; 
o'er the frightful abyss! And struck its firm hoof in the rock till the sound 
Shook the hills; and the sparks flew like lightning around! 
     And the foot…print it left has remained to this day; And no rain…flood or 
tempest shall wear it away; She was savedthe brave Emma was saved 
but her crown; From her fair brow unloosed; in the whirlpool sank down。 
     On;   on   came   the   chief;   in   his   fierceness   and   wrath;   Nor   saw   he   the 
wide     gulf   that  yawned     in  his   path;   And    soon;   in  the   depths    of  its 
fathomless tide; The warrior and war…steed were laid side by side。 
     And      the   mountaineer       tells   how    in   sullen    despair;    His    ghost; 
imannealed of its sins; lingers there; Ever watching; pale; silent; untiring; 
unmoved; The bright golden crown of the maiden he loved。 
     A  diver   once;   lured   by   the   wealth   of   the   prize;   Sought   out   the   deep 
cave where it lay; and still lies; And where; chained by a spirit…breathed 
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spell; it shall stay; Till the whirlpool and mountain alike pass away。 
     Twice he rose with the crown; till its gleaming points blazed On the 
eyes of the wondering thousands who gazed; Twice it fell from his grasp; 
and sank quickly again To the bed where for years undisturbed it had lain。 
    He followed;this effort the treasure may earn But vainly they watch 
who await his return; A red hue of blood tinged the deep waters o'er; But 
the diver came up from their dark depths no more。 
     1。 Bohdo。 This hero; as his character is drawn in the original legend; or 
tradition;  from  which the   material   of  these  verses   was taken   (a   tradition 
which gives the popular account of the formation of an immense mark or 
cavity in a rock; called the 〃Rosstrappe〃 or 〃Horse's footstep;〃) is worthy 
of being enrolled among Odin's Berserker。 
    2。 Nimrod。 〃A mighty hunter before the Lord。〃 He built Babylon and 
founded that royal line which terminated with the death of Sardanapalus; 
whose gentleness and aversion to blood spilling; together with his passion 
for   his   〃Ionian   Myrrha;〃     cost   him   an   empire;    and   gained    him   an 
immortality。 
     3。 〃It was named;〃 says the tradition; 〃The Devil's dancing…place; from 
the triumph there of the spirits of hell。〃 
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