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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/ @- L1 K& _% b% {Easter, 1916
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I have met them at close of day
Coming with vivid faces
6 ]4 X/ j) k. R8 Q2 @3 ]From counter or desk among grey
7 h2 R/ r" r( x6 d! H% M6 iEighteenth-century houses.
6 p' a" s/ V4 WI have passed with a nod of the head
* g/ J0 I8 T" n- uOr polite meaningless words,
" S. K. @5 P  |5 `2 EOr have lingered awhile and said
Polite meaningless words,
And thought before I had done
# O" z/ w$ H% G9 I: c6 ?Of a mocking tale or a gibe
# R  ?* i3 e( B' c! ZTo please a companion
Around the fire at the club,
Being certain that they and I
: ]7 f/ R; }# Z4 S5 tBut lived where motley is worn:
All changed, changed utterly:
8 |: ?' j8 ^7 D' ^6 C: t% D, PA terrible beauty is born.

That woman's days were spent
In ignorant good-will,
: h: l- Z' x# I( c$ `Her nights in argument
Until her voice grew shrill.
# f* y( h: m9 \What voice more sweet than hers
- l) Z  S$ `* a/ V% PWhen, young and beautiful,
She rode to harriers?
6 R8 ^# @5 p/ S/ {: cThis man had kept a school
And rode our winged horse;
This other his helper and friend
Was coming into his force;
He might have won fame in the end,
  L% F7 e; k8 O. @  I  pSo sensitive his nature seemed,
So daring and sweet his thought.
This other man I had dreamed
A drunken, vainglorious lout.
He had done most bitter wrong
* x" E4 I3 w" b  N8 ^5 M3 @1 _$ gTo some who are near my heart,
- n( u& d# j0 ZYet I number him in the song;
He, too, has resigned his part
% O+ C" D" H: m3 D6 c1 R# J* EIn the casual comedy;
# y8 d. c1 G) v( l- R) r1 Y: ZHe, too, has been changed in his turn,
3 y2 ]/ p3 u6 K) y" m8 rTransformed utterly:
A terrible beauty is born.

Hearts with one purpose alone
5 s2 j* n' H( c% L( ^, zThrough summer and winter seem
Enchanted to a stone
To trouble the living stream.
The horse that comes from the road.
+ s( k, h6 o1 U* fThe rider, the birds that range
From cloud to tumbling cloud,
. C4 H/ @( v$ k3 z! ~# G, TMinute by minute they change;
: u+ q/ l! T* g' q6 ?: pA shadow of cloud on the stream
Changes minute by minute;
6 V! s, W4 L+ t5 Q2 s8 E2 s; u/ Q6 bA horse-hoof slides on the brim,
* o" [3 K' j% Q& R% ^- UAnd 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.
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Too long a sacrifice
% ^# w% n7 G2 OCan make a stone of the heart.
* k7 C) j9 x, mO when may it suffice?
  R+ p, C$ [, U& t2 ]0 vThat is Heaven's part, our part
# T) e' A8 e! ?/ ]* Q- r& e( CTo murmur name upon name,
As a mother names her child
When sleep at last has come
On limbs that had run wild.
What is it but nightfall?
No, no, not night but death;
  ?7 n4 E8 Z9 J% g9 f" b* `Was it needless death after all?
For England may keep faith
4 [* C* n( C6 |) ^For all that is done and said.
We know their dream; enough
& X* H* P5 |; i3 j- bTo know they dreamed and are dead;
8 j6 [% s* z7 A' SAnd what if excess of love
Bewildered them till they died?
" Y6 S. M, ^' a9 x) y( bI write it out in a verse -
2 B4 b5 k* B8 A% a. tMacDonagh and MacBride
* E& I2 E5 ~4 t' B) _& rAnd Connolly and pearse
* l! G8 I0 r2 e7 Q; x, U" XNow and in time to be,
: z$ w% X$ U, \Wherever green is worn,
  _. ^6 l6 }* e( t; l5 s0 B& tAre changed, changed utterly:
A terrible beauty is born.

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samsammi

。。好悲的诗。。。