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

　　God grant a blessing on this tower and cottage
" r+ |! }2 E% c　　And on my heirs， if all remain unspoiled，
+ f, b3 L2 Z! q% m; S7 @　　No table or chair or stool not simple enough
　　For shepherd lads in Galilee; and grant
　　That I myself for portions of the year
　　May handle nothing and set eyes on nothing
　　But what the great and passionate have used
" F6 s2 d2 W( C6 [/ y" C　　Throughout so many varying centuries
　　We take it for the norm; yet should I dream
( u- S1 S) @! q6 f　　Sinbad the sailor‘s brought a painted chest，
　　Or image， from beyond the Loadstone Mountain，
　　That dream is a norm; and should some limb of the devil
　　Destroy the view by cutting down an ash
2 s. t  ^- [4 _) m* }6 k* b　　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.
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