英文小诗赏析:A Prayer on Going into My House9 ^+ H: `8 t; ^7 q$ B: D" u5 C# J
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God grant a blessing on this tower and cottage 5 m$ R2 P/ V0 n9 x4 q2 i4 S+ [* ? And on my heirs, if all remain unspoiled, k1 x! t0 r/ | J No table or chair or stool not simple enough1 x" Q* A; |- B
For shepherd lads in Galilee; and grant ' k/ T2 a- @7 t' o That I myself for portions of the year 4 V* ?: b0 Z/ ~" w3 X+ |4 g May handle nothing and set eyes on nothing 3 Z% o: p: s. W6 V; M# l But what the great and passionate have used; F3 s+ o: q: p
Throughout so many varying centuries " y' a" b/ t# V" @3 k3 ] a We take it for the norm; yet should I dream ( W& B" _+ B, d0 l9 Y4 I4 C% b Sinbad the sailor‘s brought a painted chest,# v& e- I& D( o" S* P: Q' q
Or image, from beyond the Loadstone Mountain,9 o! Y( q8 Q" h$ f# y0 `
That dream is a norm; and should some limb of the devil$ I8 J3 |0 G% G6 T: R
Destroy the view by cutting down an ash( ^6 H9 X& Q+ A3 M% r9 l8 a
That shades the road, or setting up a cottage& m. X9 V* N+ E# \+ ]6 D
Planned in a government office, shorten his life,4 N; `3 q0 o4 @! i- _6 Z2 i: Q
Manacle his soul upon the Red Sea bottom. # f2 u' r# i8 G9 g- |3 Z- a