经典诗歌欣赏：A Roxbury Garden

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　　Hoops

　　Blue and pink sashes,

　　Criss-cross shoes,

　　Minna and Stella run out into the garden

　　To play at hoop.

　　Up and down the garden-paths they race,

学习啦在线学习网 　　In the yellow sunshine,

学习啦在线学习网 　　Each with a big round hoop

学习啦在线学习网 　　White as a stripped willow-wand.

　　Round and round turn the hoops,

学习啦在线学习网 　　Their diamond whiteness cleaving the yellow sunshine.

　　The gravel crunches and squeaks beneath them,

学习啦在线学习网 　　And a large pebble springs them into the air

学习啦在线学习网 　　To go whirling for a foot or two

　　Before they touch the earth again

　　In a series of little jumps.

学习啦在线学习网 　　Spring, Hoops!

　　Spit out a shower of blue and white brightness.

　　The little criss-cross shoes twinkle behind you,

学习啦在线学习网 　　The pink and blue sashes flutter like flags,

　　The hoop-sticks are ready to beat you.

　　Turn, turn, Hoops! In the yellow sunshine.

学习啦在线学习网 　　Turn your stripped willow whiteness

学习啦在线学习网 　　Along the smooth paths.

　　Stella sings:

　　"Round and round, rolls my hoop,

　　Scarcely touching the ground,

学习啦在线学习网 　　With a swoop,

　　And a bound,

　　Round and round.

　　With a bumpety, crunching, scattering sound,

　　Down the garden it flies;

　　In our eyes

学习啦在线学习网 　　The sun lies.

　　See it spin

　　Out and in;

学习啦在线学习网 　　Through the paths it goes whirling,

　　About the beds curling.

　　Sway now to the loop,

　　Faster, faster, my hoop.

　　Round you come,

学习啦在线学习网 　　Up you come,

　　Quick and straight as before.

　　Run, run, my hoop, run,

学习啦在线学习网 　　Away from the sun."

　　And the great hoop bounds along the path,

学习啦在线学习网 　　Leaping into the wind-bright air.

学习啦在线学习网 　　Minna sings:

学习啦在线学习网 　　"Turn, hoop,

　　Burn hoop,

学习啦在线学习网 　　Twist and twine

学习啦在线学习网 　　Hoop of mine.

学习啦在线学习网 　　Flash along,

　　Leap along,

　　Right at the sun.

学习啦在线学习网 　　Run, hoop, run.

　　Faster and faster,

　　Whirl, twirl.

学习啦在线学习网 　　Wheel like fire,

　　And spin like glass;

学习啦在线学习网 　　Fire's no whiter

　　Glass is no brighter.

　　Dance,

　　Prance,

　　Over and over,

　　About and about,

学习啦在线学习网 　　With the top of you under,

学习啦在线学习网 　　And the bottom at top,

　　But never a stop.

学习啦在线学习网 　　Turn about, hoop, to the tap of my stick,

学习啦在线学习网 　　I follow behind you

学习啦在线学习网 　　To touch and remind you.

　　Burn and glitter, so white and quick,

　　Round and round, to the tap of a stick."

　　The hoop flies along between the flower-beds,

　　Swaying the flowers with the wind of its passing.

学习啦在线学习网 　　Beside the foxglove-border roll the hoops,

　　And the little pink and white bells shake and jingle

　　Up and down their tall spires;

　　They roll under the snow-ball bush,

　　And the ground behind them is strewn with white petals;

学习啦在线学习网 　　They swirl round a corner,

　　And jar a bee out of a Canterbury bell;

学习啦在线学习网 　　They cast their shadows for an instant

学习啦在线学习网 　　Over a bed of pansies,

学习啦在线学习网 　　Catch against the spurs of a columbine,

　　Jostle the quietness from a cluster of monk's-hood.

　　Pat! Pat! behind them come the little criss-cross shoes,

学习啦在线学习网 　　And the blue and pink sashes stream out in flappings of colour.

　　Stella sings:

　　"Hoop, hoop,

　　Roll along,

　　Faster bowl along,

　　Hoop.

　　Slow, to the turning,

学习啦在线学习网 　　Now go! -- Go!

　　Quick!

　　Here's the stick.

学习啦在线学习网 　　Rat-a-tap-tap it,

学习啦在线学习网 　　Pat it, flap it.

学习啦在线学习网 　　Fly like a bird or a yellow-backed bee,

　　See how soon you can reach that tree.

　　Here is a path that is perfectly straight.

　　Roll along, hoop, or we shall be late."

　　Minna sings:

学习啦在线学习网 　　"Trip about, slip about, whip about

　　Hoop.

　　Wheel like a top at its quickest spin,

　　Then, dear hoop, we shall surely win.

学习啦在线学习网 　　First to the greenhouse and then to the wall

　　Circle and circle,

　　And let the wind push you,

　　Poke you,

学习啦在线学习网 　　Brush you,

学习啦在线学习网 　　And not let you fall.

学习啦在线学习网 　　Whirring you round like a wreath of mist.

学习啦在线学习网 　　Hoopety hoop,

　　Twist,

学习啦在线学习网 　　Twist."

学习啦在线学习网 　　Tap! Tap! go the hoop-sticks,

学习啦在线学习网 　　And the hoops bowl along under a grape arbour.

学习啦在线学习网 　　For an instant their willow whiteness is green,

　　Pale white-green.

　　Then they are out in the sunshine,

学习啦在线学习网 　　Leaving the half-formed grape clusters

学习啦在线学习网 　　A-tremble under their big leaves.

　　"I will beat you, Minna," cries Stella,

　　Hitting her hoop smartly with her stick.

　　"Stella, Stella, we are winning," calls Minna,

　　As her hoop curves round a bed of clove-pinks.

学习啦在线学习网 　　A humming-bird whizzes past Stella's ear,

学习啦在线学习网 　　And two or three yellow-and-black butterflies

　　Flutter, startled, out of a pillar rose.

学习啦在线学习网 　　Round and round race the little girls

　　After their great white hoops.

　　Suddenly Minna stops.

学习啦在线学习网 　　Her hoop wavers an instant,

　　But she catches it up on her stick.

　　"Listen, Stella!"

　　Both the little girls are listening;

　　And the scents of the garden rise up quietly about them.

　　"It's the chaise! It's Father!

　　Perhaps he's brought us a book from Boston."

　　Twinkle, twinkle, the little criss-cross shoes

学习啦在线学习网 　　Up the garden path.

学习啦在线学习网 　　Blue -- pink -- an instant, against the syringa hedge.

　　But the hoops, white as stripped willow-wands,

学习啦在线学习网 　　Lie in the grass,

学习啦在线学习网 　　And the grasshoppers jump back and forth

　　Over them.