叶芝的诗：《Easter,1916》

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叶芝的诗  "Easter,1916"。
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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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- v. ?# e# q0 p  oEaster, 1916
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I have met them at close of day
' u: N& {4 v8 C& w/ d' l* i3 n3 [+ oComing with vivid faces
From counter or desk among grey
/ D! o- U* t4 T; I& `- ^1 ZEighteenth-century houses.
7 V+ A/ |3 @+ Z% {& _* EI have passed with a nod of the head
1 [* l* E0 S; G0 f9 _/ EOr polite meaningless words,
Or have lingered awhile and said
Polite meaningless words,
8 l# y  g1 h5 w5 Y9 h7 |: W$ |And thought before I had done
Of a mocking tale or a gibe
! B9 c0 B6 b0 I, oTo please a companion
Around the fire at the club,
8 k2 k3 C* Y, A7 gBeing certain that they and I
0 W8 u( Q! O/ s. ]  w& GBut lived where motley is worn:
All changed, changed utterly:
A terrible beauty is born.

That woman's days were spent
  g5 }! h& s" V3 K9 \- HIn ignorant good-will,
Her nights in argument
( N3 t$ V) ]* H4 ?: rUntil her voice grew shrill.
% `8 l3 }1 Q7 t6 |What voice more sweet than hers
When, young and beautiful,
She rode to harriers?
( Y% w$ D, r& @% l2 z0 u$ \This man had kept a school
And rode our winged horse;
This other his helper and friend
Was coming into his force;
  A) w/ t  S: _6 GHe might have won fame in the end,
. b) P, }5 o# N1 a) a& m/ E5 _$ i! }. lSo sensitive his nature seemed,
& j8 n9 K- \7 M6 u2 ?& W  }4 pSo daring and sweet his thought.
This other man I had dreamed
A drunken, vainglorious lout.
He had done most bitter wrong
$ |9 w1 e( _1 L0 I  iTo some who are near my heart,
Yet I number him in the song;
# B9 _. E+ b# W3 H  n, @5 FHe, too, has resigned his part
In the casual comedy;
He, too, has been changed in his turn,
Transformed utterly:
! V6 s. I3 c6 z; b1 M6 V$ jA terrible beauty is born.
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6 O/ c$ }# ~" MHearts with one purpose alone
: u$ Q/ Z3 ^* d8 l. z# sThrough summer and winter seem
Enchanted to a stone
" b0 \" @7 s# ]# H( D8 r/ Y: nTo trouble the living stream.
The horse that comes from the road.
# `, P6 @" x  D) @2 GThe rider, the birds that range
8 Z/ d( M& V1 v. W! J2 wFrom cloud to tumbling cloud,
Minute by minute they change;
A shadow of cloud on the stream
0 u' l, Q- @* N5 \  l$ KChanges minute by minute;
A horse-hoof slides on the brim,
And a horse plashes within it;
. f. L2 [& q0 r% W# s9 P! cThe long-legged moor-hens dive,
) J/ f& A+ D5 I0 o  QAnd hens to moor-cocks call;
Minute by minute they live:
The stone's in the midst of all.

Too long a sacrifice
" n2 C9 b$ j( ~# V6 iCan make a stone of the heart.
O when may it suffice?
That is Heaven's part, our part
' Q# z% j0 m5 \7 mTo murmur name upon name,
As a mother names her child
* f; I+ p# Y/ z* BWhen sleep at last has come
$ ?, Q# e- R$ O" u, F; P4 B2 BOn limbs that had run wild.
What is it but nightfall?
No, no, not night but death;
Was it needless death after all?
" Z1 m0 n! O0 o! F! R6 sFor England may keep faith
For all that is done and said.
We know their dream; enough
0 N, \3 _$ t5 C( \$ Q4 kTo know they dreamed and are dead;
And what if excess of love
( \( l4 z9 X1 l/ [4 EBewildered them till they died?
+ ^: @+ p& J' Z/ e6 J; _6 f+ @! `( HI write it out in a verse -
! R1 f+ Y/ c3 K: K) l. J9 rMacDonagh and MacBride
. b. N3 [' A2 c9 B  Q  rAnd Connolly and pearse
Now and in time to be,
Wherever green is worn,
Are changed, changed utterly:
" m2 b2 W) _3 r6 B9 X5 O8 O# Y: BA terrible beauty is born.

imwangqi

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samsammi

。。好悲的诗。。。