英文小诗赏析：A Prayer on Going into My House

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英文小诗赏析：A Prayer on Going into My House
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　　God grant a blessing on this tower and cottage
$ r- a. C# ^! y1 @' W3 e　　And on my heirs， if all remain unspoiled，
　　No table or chair or stool not simple enough
　　For shepherd lads in Galilee; and grant
) y# Y3 o* g2 v4 j2 B$ P　　That I myself for portions of the year
　　May handle nothing and set eyes on nothing
  y! K& d, ]3 u7 F　　But what the great and passionate have used
　　Throughout so many varying centuries
　　We take it for the norm; yet should I dream
　　Sinbad the sailor‘s brought a painted chest，
1 q5 e9 e* N( K- N  }7 c1 f　　Or image， from beyond the Loadstone Mountain，
. L: g$ g4 X/ L8 V' [　　That dream is a norm; and should some limb of the devil
; I% J6 a5 V$ Y% [　　Destroy the view by cutting down an ash
　　That shades the road， or setting up a cottage
　　Planned in a government office， shorten his life，
　　Manacle his soul upon the Red Sea bottom.