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the home book of verse-1-第48部分

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IN THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL

Emmie



Our doctor had called in another; I never had seen him before;

But he sent a chill to my heart when I saw him come in at the door;

Fresh from the surgery…schools of France and of other lands …

Harsh red hair; big voice; big chest; big merciless hands!

Wonderful cures he had done; O yes; but they said too of him

He was happier using the knife than in trying to save the limb;

And that I can well believe; for he looked so coarse and so red;

I could think he was one of those who would break their jests on the dead;

And mangle the living dog that had loved him and fawned  at his knee …

Drenched with the hellish oorali … that ever such things should be!



Here was a boy … I am sure that some of our children would die

But for the voice of love; and the smile; and the comforting eye …

Here was a boy in the ward; every bone seemed out of its place …

Caught in a mill and crushed … it was all but a hopeless case:

And he handled him gently enough; but his voice and his face were not kind;

And it was but a hopeless case; he had seen it and made up his mind;

And he said to me roughly 〃The lad will need little more of your care。〃

〃All the more need;〃 I told him; 〃to seek the Lord Jesus in prayer;

They are all His children here; and I pray for them all as my own:〃

But he turned to me; 〃Ay; good woman; can prayer set a broken bone?〃

Then he muttered half to himself; but I know that I heard him say;

〃All very well … but the good Lord Jesus has had his day。〃



Had? has it come?  It has only dawned。  It will come by and by。

O; how could I serve in the wards if the hope of the world were a lie?

How could I bear with the sights and the loathsome smells of disease

But that He said 〃Ye do it to me; when ye do it to these〃?



So he went。  And we passed to this ward where the younger children are laid:

Here is the cot of our orphan; our darling; our meek little maid;

Empty you see just now!  We have lost her who loved her so much …

Patient of pain though as quick as a sensitive plant to the touch;

Hers was the prettiest prattle; it often moved me to tears;

Hers was the gratefullest heart I have found in a child of her years …

Nay you remember our Emmie; you used to send her the flowers;

How she would smile at 'em; play with 'em; talk to 'em hours after hours!



They that can wander at will where the works of the Lord are revealed

Little guess what joy can be got from a cowslip out of the field;

Flowers to these 〃spirits in prison〃 are all they can know of the spring;

They freshen and sweeten the wards like the waft of an angel's wing;

And she lay with a flower in one hand and her thin hands crossed on

  her breast …

Wan; but as pretty as heart can desire; and we thought her at rest;

Quietly sleeping … so quiet; our doctor said; 〃Poor little dear;

Nurse; I must do it to…morrow; she'll never live through it; I fear。〃



I walked with our kindly old doctor as far as the head of the stair;

Then I returned to the ward; the child didn't see I was there。



Never since I was nurse; had I been so grieved and so vexed!

Emmie had heard him。  Softly she called from her cot to the next;

〃He says I shall never live through it; O Annie; what shall I do?〃

Annie considered。  〃If I;〃 said the wise little Annie; 〃was you;

I should cry to the dear Lord Jesus to help me; for; Emmie; you see;

It's all in the picture there: 'Little children should come to Me。'〃 …

(Meaning the print that you gave us; I find that it always can please

Our children; the dear Lord Jesus with children about His knees。)

〃Yes; and I will;〃 said Emmie; 〃but then if I call to the Lord;

How should He know that it's me? such a lot of beds in the ward?〃

That was a puzzle for Annie。  Again she considered and said:

〃Emmie; you put out your arms; and you leave 'em outside on the bed …

The Lord has so much to see to! but; Emmie; you tell it Him plain;

It's the little girl with her arms lying out on the counterpane。〃



I had sat three nights by the child … I could not watch her for four …

My brain had begun to reel … I felt I could do it no more。

That was my sleeping…night; but I thought that it never would pass。

There was a thunderclap once; and a clatter of hail on the glass;

And there was a phantom cry that I heard as I tossed about;

The motherless bleat of a lamb in the storm and the darkness without;

My sleep was broken besides with dreams of the dreadful knife

And fears for our delicate Emmie who scarce would escape with her life;

Then in the gray of the morning it seemed she stood by me and smiled;

And the doctor came at his hour; and we went to see the child。



He had brought his ghastly tools: we believed her asleep again …

Her dear; long; lean; little arms lying out on the counterpane; …

Say that His day is done! Ah; why should we care what they say?

The Lord of the children had heard her; and Emmie had passed away。



Alfred Tennyson '1809…1892'





〃IF I WERE DEAD〃



〃If I were dead; you'd sometimes say; Poor Child!〃

The dear lips quivered as they spake;

And the tears brake

From eyes which; not to grieve me; brightly smiled。

Poor Child; poor Child!

I seem to hear your laugh; your talk; your song。

It is not true that Love will do no wrong。

Poor Child!

And did you think; when you so cried and smiled;

How I; in lonely nights; should lie awake;

And of those words your full avengers make?

Poor Child; poor Child!

And now; unless it be

That sweet amends thrice told are come to thee;

O God; have Thou no mercy upon me!

Poor Child!



Coventry Patmore '1823…1896'





THE TOYS



My little Son; who looked from thoughtful eyes

And moved and spoke in quiet grown…up wise;

Having my law the seventh time disobeyed;

I struck him; and dismissed

With hard words and unkissed;

… His Mother; who was patient; being dead。

Then; fearing lest his grief should hinder sleep;

I visited his bed;

But found him slumbering deep;

With darkened eyelids; and their lashes yet

From his late sobbing wet。

And I; with moan;

Kissing away his tears; left others of my own;

For; on a table drawn beside his head;

He had put; within his reach;

A box of counters and a red…veined stone;

A piece of glass abraded by the beach;

And six or seven shells;

A bottle with bluebells;

And two French copper coins; ranged there with careful art;

To comfort his sad heart。

So when that night I prayed

To God; I wept; and said:

Ah; when at last we lie with tranced breath;

Not vexing Thee in death;

And Thou rememberest of what toys

We made our joys;

How weakly understood

Thy great commanded good;

Then; fatherly not less

Than I whom Thou hast moulded from the clay;

Thou'lt leave Thy wrath; and say;

〃I will be sorry for their childishness。〃



Coventry Patmore '1823…1896'





A SONG OF TWILIGHT



Oh; to come home once more; when the dusk is falling;

To see the nursery lighted and the children's table spread;

〃Mother; mother; mother!〃 the eager voices calling;

〃The baby was so sleepy that he had to go to bed!〃



Oh; to come home once more; and see the smiling faces;

Dark head; bright head; clustered at the pane;

Much the years have taken; when the heart its path retraces;

But until time is not for me; the image will remain。



Men and women now they are; standing straight and steady;

Grave heart; gay heart; fit for life's emprise;

Shoulder set to shoulder; how should they be but ready!

The future shines before them with the light of their own eyes。




Still each answers to my call; no good has been denied me;

My burdens have been fitted to the little strength that's mine;

Beauty; pride and peace have walked by day beside me;

The evening closes gently in; and how can I repine?



But oh; to see once more; when the early dusk is falling;

The nursery windows glowing and the children's table spread;

〃Mother; mother; mother!〃 the high child voices calling;

〃He couldn't stay awake for you; he had to go to bed!〃



Unknown





LITTLE BOY BLUE



The little toy dog is covered with dust;

But sturdy and stanch he stands;

And the little toy soldier is red with rust;

And his musket moulds in his hands。

Time was when the little toy dog was new;

And the soldier was passing fair;

And that was the time when our Little Boy Blue

Kissed them and put them there。



〃Now; don't you go till I come;〃 he said;

〃And don't you make any noise!〃

So; toddling off to his trundle…bed;

He dreamt of the pretty toys;

And; as he was dreaming; an angel song

Awakened our Little Boy Blue …

Oh! the years are many; the years are long;

But the little toy friends are true!



Ay; faithful to Little Boy Blue they stand;

Each in the same old place;

Awaiting the touch of a little hand;

The smile of a little face;

And they wonder; as waiting the long years through

In the dust of that little chair;

What has become of our Little Boy Blue;

Since he kissed them and put them there。



Eugene Field '1850…1895'





THE DISCOVERER



I have a little kinsman

Whose earthly summers are but three;

And yet a voyager is he

Greater then Drake or Frobisher;

Than all their peers together!

He is a brave discoverer;

And; far beyond the tether

Of them who seek the frozen Pole;

Has sailed where the noiseless surges roll。

Ay; he has travelled whither

A winged pilot steered his bark

Through the portals of the dark;

Past hoary Mimir's well and tree;

Across the unknown sea。



Suddenly; in his fair young hour;

Came one who bore a flower;

And laid it in his dimpled hand

With this command:

〃Henceforth thou art a rover!

Thou must make a voyage far;

Sail beneath the evening star;

And a wondrous land discover。〃

… With his sweet smile innocent

Our little kinsman went。



Since that time no word

From the absent has been heard。

Who can tell

How he fares
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