叶芝的诗：《Easter,1916》

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叶芝的诗  "Easter,1916"。
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7 @9 A1 {2 M4 A: [  Q  D坦白的说, 这首诗相对较长，据说叶芝在写作时精神处于困扰和迷茫的状态，起义领导者之一是其爱慕对象的丈夫，而他像一个通常温和的人那样既惋惜逝去的鲜活生命，又对暴力对其理想中和谐境界的破坏感到恐惧。诗中传达出一种不安、痛惜与怅惘。全诗抄录于下，有兴趣的读者可以仔细读两遍（不过这诗真的很赞，还是认真读读吧）。
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Easter, 1916
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I have met them at close of day
Coming with vivid faces
From counter or desk among grey
/ q1 ?* d& {  i$ V& D5 GEighteenth-century houses.
- g) L! Y4 S+ ]2 S9 M; K9 P+ ?I have passed with a nod of the head
8 x9 B! r* e: w; p9 AOr polite meaningless words,
Or have lingered awhile and said
' J3 n/ y$ B. k$ m+ V  jPolite meaningless words,
, V9 b2 w% ~. oAnd thought before I had done
Of a mocking tale or a gibe
- ]9 C& z6 R2 z3 W$ ITo please a companion
Around the fire at the club,
Being certain that they and I
But lived where motley is worn:
All changed, changed utterly:
: b1 u5 x9 R0 B  _# `A terrible beauty is born.

That woman's days were spent
+ }) X3 K5 a5 X  gIn ignorant good-will,
; p( }" o2 y- d1 d- _Her nights in argument
2 R( Q" b2 m5 L8 qUntil her voice grew shrill.
What voice more sweet than hers
When, young and beautiful,
She rode to harriers?
& J( k  p3 O9 i" p( `This man had kept a school
; q0 l. _1 m: ~8 @: B9 o0 rAnd rode our winged horse;
This other his helper and friend
1 Z+ d$ G) m, `, w  {Was coming into his force;
He might have won fame in the end,
- r0 Y' Y7 o+ HSo sensitive his nature seemed,
So daring and sweet his thought.
This other man I had dreamed
A drunken, vainglorious lout.
# q  G" i1 f: }) g$ e/ i. M0 g0 C! pHe had done most bitter wrong
To some who are near my heart,
# s' |2 y3 |/ wYet I number him in the song;
He, too, has resigned his part
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8 \% R* O5 @' eHe, too, has been changed in his turn,
Transformed utterly:
A terrible beauty is born.

Hearts with one purpose alone
Through summer and winter seem
# S# l( P/ t1 \9 K$ i6 X0 GEnchanted to a stone
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The horse that comes from the road.
The rider, the birds that range
3 O" M' T/ B' Z1 e% NFrom cloud to tumbling cloud,
8 W# A1 c) L! @Minute by minute they change;
) n8 y9 {% U$ ~A shadow of cloud on the stream
% n! c2 y3 h) T; c9 q) @% y3 GChanges minute by minute;
9 `4 o  I1 y, `% MA horse-hoof slides on the brim,
6 I+ P* }  b; s$ S2 JAnd a horse plashes within it;
The long-legged moor-hens dive,
And hens to moor-cocks call;
Minute by minute they live:
The stone's in the midst of all.

Too long a sacrifice
Can make a stone of the heart.
O when may it suffice?
6 c+ h- K, H( P" Q8 n' iThat is Heaven's part, our part
. D2 ^% I" s" x, x: P! STo murmur name upon name,
1 }* N. O/ e( XAs a mother names her child
7 `1 f4 }$ E) e0 c* ]' @When sleep at last has come
On limbs that had run wild.
, W5 p3 k; c' e2 m& K7 dWhat is it but nightfall?
, g; f/ P6 d9 x$ H- E$ YNo, no, not night but death;
Was it needless death after all?
For England may keep faith
For all that is done and said.
  g, [1 R4 }, W! ^# z5 r. d8 A8 kWe know their dream; enough
+ j/ b1 Q  y9 z/ Y. i% E& J0 J6 E: oTo know they dreamed and are dead;
And what if excess of love
7 A% T3 @! G. BBewildered them till they died?
I write it out in a verse -
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Now and in time to be,
Wherever green is worn,
9 F4 a# X2 d& k5 C0 ]* o" l( `; TAre changed, changed utterly:
A terrible beauty is born.

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samsammi

。。好悲的诗。。。