介绍:
As I walked out one evening
—by W·H·Auden
As I walked out one evening，
Walking down Bristol Street，
The crowds upon the pavement
Were fields of harvest wheat．
And down by the brimming river
I heard a lover sing
Under an arch of the railway：
&`&Love has no ending．
&`&I&`&ll love you， dear， I&`&ll love you
Till China and Africa meet，
And the river jumps over the mountain
And the salmon sing in the street，
&`&I&`&ll love you till the ocean
Is folded and hung up to dry
And the seven stars go squawking
Like geese about the sky．
&`&The years shall run like rabbits，
For in my arms I hold
The Flower of the Ages，
And the first love of the world．&`&
But all the clocks in the city
Began to whirr and chime：
&`&O let not Time deceive you，
You cannot conquer Time．
&`&In the burrows of the Nightmare
Where Justice naked is，
Time watches from the shadow
And coughs when you would kiss．
&`&In headaches and in worry
Vaguely life leaks away，
And Time will have his fancy
To－morrow or to－day．
&`&Into many a green valley
Drifts the appalling snow；
Time breaks the threaded dances
And the diver&`&s brilliant bow．
&`&O plunge your hands in water，
Plunge them in up to the wrist；
Stare， stare in the basin
And wonder what you&`&ve missed．
&`&The glacier knocks in the cupboard，
The desert sighs in the bed，
And the crack in the tea－cup opens
A lane to the land of the dead．
&`&Where the beggars raffle the banknotes
And the Giant is enchanting to Jack，
And the Lily－white Boy is a Roarer，
And Jill goes down on her back．
&`&O look， look in the mirror，
O look in your distress：
Life remains a blessing
Although you cannot bless．
&`&O stand， stand at the window
As the tears scald and start；
You shall love your crooked neighbour
With your crooked heart．&`&
It was late， late in the evening，
The lovers they were gone；
The clocks had ceased their chiming，
And the deep river ran on．
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