【英文原著类】Mazelli and Other Poems(马兹里).pdf

Mazelli, and Other Poems
Mazelli, and Other
Poems
By e W. Sands
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Canto I.
I.
"Stay, traveller, stay thy weary steed, The sultry hour of noon is
near, Of rest thy way-worn limbs have need, Stay, then, and, taste its
sweetness here. The mountain path which thou hast sped Is steep, and
difficult to tread, And many a farther step 'twill cost, Ere thou wilt find
another host; But if thou scorn'st not humble fare, Such as the pilgrim
loves to share,-- Not luxury's enfeebling spoil, But bread secured by
patient toil-- Then lend thine ear to my request, And be the old man's
e guest. Thou seest yon aged willow tree, In all its summer
pomp arrayed, 'Tis near, wend thither, then, with me, My cot is built
beneath its shade; And from its roots clear waters burst To cool thy lip, and
quench thy thirst:-- I love it, and if harm should, come To it, I think that
I should weep; 'Tis as a guardian of my home, So faithfully it seems to
keep Its watch above the spot where I Have lived so long, and mean to die.
Come, pardon me for prating thus, But age, you know, is garrulous; And in
life's dim decline, we hold Thrice dear whate'er we loved of old,-- The
stream upon whose banks we played, The forest through whose shades we
strayed, The spot to which from sober truth We stole to dream the dreams
of youth, The single star of all Night's zone, Which we have chosen as our
own, Each has its haunting memory Of things which never more may be."
II.
Thus spake an aged man to one Who manhood's race had just begun.
His form of manhood's noblest length Was strung with manhood's stoutest
strength, And burned within his eagle eye The blaze of tameless energy--
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Not tameless but untamed--for life Soon breaks the spirit with its strife
And they who in their souls have nursed The brightest visions, are the first
To learn how Disappointment's blight Strips life of its illusive light; How
dreams the heart has d