叶芝的诗：《Easter,1916》

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叶芝的诗  "Easter,1916"。
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/ B1 y" h- r+ _! x5 I7 Z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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I have met them at close of day
5 x0 s, D8 l! T8 U& V" i* iComing with vivid faces
( \0 k( B  c; I1 Q6 ~From counter or desk among grey
Eighteenth-century houses.
9 e& Z/ o7 K, T. d4 BI have passed with a nod of the head
% e5 g1 i. L( X7 {* _( B) HOr polite meaningless words,
Or have lingered awhile and said
Polite meaningless words,
# p; F" i, E' P' FAnd thought before I had done
4 j/ s1 y+ A# h" u4 c% jOf a mocking tale or a gibe
To please a companion
Around the fire at the club,
Being certain that they and I
$ u7 d' l: h3 ^5 k- D% |8 t& fBut lived where motley is worn:
All changed, changed utterly:
A terrible beauty is born.

9 I9 p; F0 X% k$ w0 kThat woman's days were spent
In ignorant good-will,
8 ^7 x' o7 H- K1 R9 U" F2 x% ]Her nights in argument
# O' M" d3 Z2 K; rUntil her voice grew shrill.
What voice more sweet than hers
When, young and beautiful,
3 S7 p0 d) ?9 u0 r) O, [She rode to harriers?
This man had kept a school
! a  ~' f0 \# m1 L" U! ?0 EAnd rode our winged horse;
- s% {& }* U5 t  }5 CThis other his helper and friend
Was coming into his force;
: c$ p0 v! c. k; ~He might have won fame in the end,
So sensitive his nature seemed,
So daring and sweet his thought.
. |5 O. f  }2 h# KThis other man I had dreamed
A drunken, vainglorious lout.
He had done most bitter wrong
To some who are near my heart,
& o% [4 p8 s3 e, B% ~Yet I number him in the song;
9 K& A( L+ W/ O5 [& L1 y* ]He, too, has resigned his part
In the casual comedy;
He, too, has been changed in his turn,
Transformed utterly:
A terrible beauty is born.
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Hearts with one purpose alone
. z& R; ]. a  i" A& I- q4 HThrough summer and winter seem
Enchanted to a stone
To trouble the living stream.
8 O; V% `) ?" Q- GThe horse that comes from the road.
7 b0 Z# m/ F$ G& t, x* ~! s1 J) D, SThe rider, the birds that range
From cloud to tumbling cloud,
Minute by minute they change;
: D" V2 [) O, k+ XA shadow of cloud on the stream
Changes minute by minute;
2 H. m& T4 O7 v% D1 _* E0 WA horse-hoof slides on the brim,
And a horse plashes within it;
& t* ]1 e# t. X/ E3 v! R0 ]! [( j# xThe long-legged moor-hens dive,
And hens to moor-cocks call;
) m5 Y7 B9 W% @4 d/ RMinute by minute they live:
The stone's in the midst of all.

2 E" O" @9 r( e3 B9 EToo long a sacrifice
Can make a stone of the heart.
O when may it suffice?
/ u: z' s4 j6 B6 SThat is Heaven's part, our part
To murmur name upon name,
As a mother names her child
: k. i' |" [, w0 k, M& ^When sleep at last has come
On limbs that had run wild.
4 Q$ c. K0 m( oWhat is it but nightfall?
+ D1 G6 }$ L) f4 R6 i7 eNo, no, not night but death;
  G$ y; U& Y; S' FWas it needless death after all?
For England may keep faith
For all that is done and said.
" K$ X1 Z) T( pWe know their dream; enough
To know they dreamed and are dead;
And what if excess of love
Bewildered them till they died?
$ h) Q* J) T5 z, g( n- vI write it out in a verse -
" I. p* N: e, SMacDonagh and MacBride
3 P1 g/ w2 h: @" D3 }, v; }And Connolly and pearse
Now and in time to be,
Wherever green is worn,
Are changed, changed utterly:
* x  _; F- C1 wA terrible beauty is born.

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samsammi

。。好悲的诗。。。