The Solitary Reaper 的原文

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The Solitary Reaper 的原文
The Solitary Reaper 的原文

The Solitary Reaper 的原文
Behold her, single in the field,
  Yon solitary highland lass!
  Reaping and singing by herself;
  Stop here, or gently pass!
  Alone she cuts and binds the grain,
  And sings a melancholy strain;
  O listen! for the vale profound
  Is overflowing with the sound.
  No nightingale did ever chant
  More welcome notes to weary bands
  Of travellers in some shady haunt,
  Among Arabian sands:
  A voice so thrilling never was heard
  In spring-time from the cuckoo-bird,
  Breaking the silence of the seas
  Among the farthest Hebrides.
  Will no one tell me what she sings?
  Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow
  For old, unhappy, far-off things,
  And battles long ago;
  Or is it some more humble lay,
  Familiar matter of today?
  Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain,
  That has been, and may be again?
  Whatever the theme, the Maiden sang
  As if her song could have no ending;
  I saw her singing at work,
  And over the sickle bending——
  I listened, motionless and still;
  And, as I mounted up the hill,
  The music in my heart I bore,
  Long after it was heard no more.