【英诗鉴赏】Silver

Toyger

Silver
by Walter de la Mare

Slowly, silently, now the moon
Walks the night in her silver shoon;
This way, and that, she peers, and sees,
Silver fruit upon silver trees;
One by one the casements catch
Her beams beneath the silvery thatch;
Couched in his kennel, like a log,
With paws of silver sleeps the dog;
From their shadowy cote the white breasts peep
Of doves in a silver-feathered sleep;
A harvest mouse goes scampering by,
With silver claws, and silver eyes;
And moveless fish in the water gleam,
By silver reeds in a silver stream.

Toyger

月光


月儿穿着银绣鞋，
悄悄漫步在秋夜；
抬起秀眼四下盼，
窥见银色树枝间，
挂满果子白灿灿；
银色茅舍屋檐下，
窗窗得月银光泻；
小狗蜷曲在窗边，
伸展银腿独窗边；
黑影憧憧鸽舍黑，
熟睡白鸽银胸现；
何处田鼠匆匆过，
银爪银尾银小眼；
村旁银色清溪畔，
洁白芦苇水草间，
鱼儿痴情已忘游，
但见银鳞水下闪。


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Toyger

瓦尔特·德·拉·梅尔(1873~1956），英国诗人，短篇小说家；后期浪漫主义诗人的杰出的代表。生于肯特郡，曾在伦敦圣保罗教堂唱诗班学校读书。早年在伦敦一家石油公司工作，后成为自由撰稿人。主要诗集有《童年之歌》(Song of Childhood)、《聆听者》 (The Listeners)、《孔雀饼》(Peacock Pie)等。此外还写了一些微妙的心理恐怖故事。