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main street and other poems(寄瞬)-及5何蛍
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Lord Edward leaves his resting place And Sarsfield's face is glad and
fierce。 See Emmet leap from troubled sleep To grasp the hand of Padraic
Pearse� �
There is no rope can strangle song And not for long death takes his
toll。 No prison bars can dim the stars Nor quicklime eat the living soul。
Romantic Ireland is not old。 For years untold her youth will shine。
Her heart is fed on Heavenly bread�察 �The blood of martyrs is her wine。
The Cathedral of Rheims
��From the French of Emile Verhaeren��
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He who walks through the meadows of Champagne At noon in
Fall�察�when leaves like gold appear�察 �Sees it draw near Like some great
mountain set upon the plain�察 �From radiant dawn until the close of day�察�
Nearer it grows To him who goes Across the country。 When tall
towers lay Their shadowy pall Upon his way�察 �He enters�察�
where The solid stone is hollowed deep by all Its centuries of beauty and
of prayer。
Ancient French temple� �thou whose hundred kings Watch over thee�察�
emblazoned on thy walls�察 �Tell me�察 �within thy memory´hallowed halls
What chant of triumph�察�or what war´song rings�拭�Thou hast known Clovis
and his Frankish train�察�Whose mighty hand Saint Remy's hand did keep
And in thy spacious vault perhaps may sleep An echo of the voice of
Charlemagne。 For God thou has known fear�察 �when from His side Men
wandered�察�seeking alien shrines and new�察�But still the sky was bountiful
and blue And thou wast crowned with France's love and pride。 Sacred thou
art�察�from pinnacle to base�察�And in thy panes of gold and scarlet glass The
setting sun sees thousandfold his face�察�Sorrow and joy�察�in stately silence
pass Across thy walls�察�the shadow and the light�察�Around thy lofty pillars�察�
tapers white Illuminate�察 �with delicate sharp flames�察 �The brows of saints
with venerable names�察�And in the night erect a fiery wall。 A great but silent
fervour burns in all Those simple folk who kneel�察 �pathetic�察 �dumb�察�And
know that down below�察�beside the Rhine Cannon�察�horses�察�soldiers�察�flags
in line With blare of trumpets�察�mighty armies come。
Suddenly�察�each knows fear�察�Swift rumours pass�察�that every one must
hear�察�The hostile banners blaze against the sky And by the embassies mobs
rage and cry。 Now war has come�察�and peace is at an end。 On Paris town
the German troops descend。 They are turned back�察 �and driven to
Champagne。 And now�察 �as to so many weary men�察 �The glorious temple
gives them welcome�察�when It meets them at the bottom of the plain。
At once�察�they set their cannon in its way。 There is no gable now�察�
nor wall That does not suffer�察 �night and day�察 �As shot and shell in
crushing torrents fall。 The stricken tocsin quivers through the tower�察�
The triple nave�察 �the apse�察 �the lonely choir Are circled�察 �hour by hour�察�
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With thundering bands of fire And Death is scattered broadcast among
men。
And then That which was splendid with baptismal grace�察�The stately
arches soaring into space�察�The transepts�察�columns�察�windows gray and gold�察�
The organ�察�in whose tones the ocean rolled�察�The crypts�察�of mighty shades
the dwelling places�察�The Virgin's gentle hands�察�the Saints' pure faces�察�All�察�
even the pardoning hands of Christ the Lord Were struck and broken by
the wanton sword Of sacrilegious lust。
O beauty slain�察�O glory in the dust� �Strong walls of faith�察�most basely
overthrown� �The crawling flames�察 �like adders glistening Ate the white
fabric of this lovely thing。 Now from its soul arose a piteous moan�察�The
soul that always loved the just and fair。 Granite and marble loud their woe
confessed�察 �The silver monstrances that Popes had blessed�察 �The chalices
and lamps and crosiers rare Were seared and twisted by a flaming breath�察�
The horror everywhere did range and swell�察�The guardian Saints into this
furnace fell�察�Their bitter tears and screams were stilled in death。
Around the flames armed hosts are skirmishing�察 �The burning sun
reflects the lurid scene�察�The German army�察�fighting for its life�察�Rallies its
torn and terrified left wing�察 �And�察 �as they near this place The
imperial eagles see Before them in their flight�察 �Here�察 �in the solemn
night�察�The old cathedral�察 �to the years to be Showing�察 �with wounded
arms�察�their own disgrace。
Kings
��For the Rev。 James B。 Dollard��
The Kings of the earth are men of might�察�And cities are burned for
their delight�察�And the skies rain death in the silent night�察 �And the hills
belch death all day� �
But the King of Heaven�察�Who made them all�察�Is fair and gentle�察�and
very small�察�He lies in the straw�察�by the oxen's stall Let them think of
Him to´day� �
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The White Ships and the Red
��For Alden March��
With drooping sail and pennant That never a wind may reach�察�They
float in sunless waters Beside a sunless beach。 Their mighty masts and
funnels Are white as driven snow�察�And with a pallid radiance Their
ghostly bulwarks glow。
Here is a Spanish galleon That once with gold was gay�察 �Here is a
Roman trireme Whose hues outshone the day。 But Tyrian dyes have
faded�察 �And prows that once were bright With rainbow stains wear only
Death's livid�察�dreadful white。
White as the ice that clove her That unforgotten day�察 �Among her
pallid sisters The grim Titanic lay。 And through the leagues above her
She looked aghast�察�and said�此 �What is this living ship that comes Where
every ship is dead�拭─�
The ghostly vessels trembled From ruined stern to prow�察�What was
this thing of terror That broke their vigil now�拭�Down through the startled
ocean A mighty vessel came�察�Not white�察�as all dead ships must be�察 �But
red�察�like living flame� �
The pale green waves about her Were swiftly�察�strangely dyed�察�By the
great scarlet stream that flowed From out her wounded side。 And all her
decks were scarlet And all her shattered crew。 She sank among the white
ghost ships And stained them through and through。
The grim Titanic greeted her ;And who art thou�拭─ �she said�察 �Why
dost thou join our ghostly fleet Arrayed in living red�拭�We are the ships of
sorrow Who spend the weary night�察 �Until the dawn of Judgment Day�察�
Obscure and still and white。;
;Nay�察─ �said the scarlet visitor�察 �Though I sink through the sea�察 �A
ruined thing that was a ship�察 �I sink not as did ye。 For ye met with your
destiny By storm or rock or fight�察�So through the lagging centuries Ye
wear your robes of white。
;But never crashing iceberg Nor honest shot of foe�察�Nor hidden reef
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has sent me The way that I must go。 My wound that stains the waters�察�
My blood that is like flame�察 �Bear witness to a loathly deed�察�A deed
without a name。
;I went not forth to battle�察 �I carried friendly men�察 �The children
played about my decks�察 �The women sang and then And then the
sun blushed scarlet And Heaven hid its face�察�The world that God created
Became a shameful place� �
;My wrong cries out for vengeance�察 �The blow that sent me here Was
aimed in Hell。 My dying scream Has reached Jehovah's ear。 Not all the
seven oceans Shall wash away that stain�察 �Upon a brow that wears a
crown I am the brand of Cain。;
When God's great voice assembles The fleet on Judgment Day�察�The
ghosts of ruined ships will rise In sea and strait and bay。 Though they
have lain for ages Beneath the changeless flood�察�They shall be white as
silver�察 �But one shall be like blood。
��End of Main Street and Other Poems。�А�
The following biographical information is from the Occasional Notes
to `A Treasury of War Poetry'�察�1919�察�edited by George Herbert Clarke。
Kilmer�察�Joyce。 He was born in New Brunswick�察�N。J。�察�December 6�察�
1886。 He had first joined the Officers' Reserve Corps�察�but soon resigned。
Within seventeen days after the entrance of the United States into the war
he left his journalistic career to enlist as a Private in the Seventh Regiment�察�
National Guard�察�New York。 Shortly before the Seventh left New York for
Spartanburg�察�S。C。�察�he was transferred at his own request to the 165th U。S。
Infantry�察 �formerly the 69th National Guard Regiment of New York。 He
accompanied the
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