To Helen——Edgar Allan Poe

Helen， thy beauty is to me

Like those Nicean barks of yore，

That gently， o'er a perfumed sea，

The weary， way-worn wanderer bore

To his own native shore.

On desperate seas long wont to roam，

Thy hyacinth hair， thy classic face，

Thy Naiad airs have brought me home

To the glory that was Greece.

And the grandeur that was Rome.

Lo! in yon brilliant window-niche

How statue-like I see thee stand!

The agate lamp within thy hand，

Ah! Psyche from the regions which

Are Holy Land!

海倫，我視你的美貌

如昔日尼西的小船

于芬芳的海上輕輕漂泛

疲憊勞累的遊子

轉舵駛向故鄉的岸

久經海上風浪，慣于浪跡天涯

海倫，你的艷麗面容，你那紫藍的秀髮

你那仙女般的丰采令我深信

光榮屬於希臘

偉大屬於羅馬

看呀,在遠遠明亮的壁窗裏

你站立著,如同一尊雕塑

手上提著一盞光亮的明燈

塞姬女神啊,那些神聖的土地

才是你的宿地

To a Waterfowl——William Cullen Bryant

Whither, midst falling dew,

While glow the heavens with the last steps of day,

Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue

Thy solitary way?

Vainly the fowler's eye

Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong,

As, darkly seen against the crimson sky,

Thy figure floats along.

Seek'st thou the plashy brink

Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide,

Or where the rocking billows rise and sink

On the chafed ocean-side?

There is a Power whose care

Teaches thy way along that pathless coast

The desert and illimitable air

Lone wandering, but not lost.

All day thy wings have fanned,

At that far height, the cold, thin atmosphere,

Yet stoop not, weary, to the welcome land,

Though the dark night is near.

And soon that toil shall end;

Soon shalt thou find a summer home, and rest,

And scream among thy fellows; reeds shall bend,

Soon, o'er thy sheltered nest.

Thou 'rt gone, the abyss of heaven

Hath swallowed up thy form; yet, on my heart

Deeply hath sunk the lesson thou hast given,

And shall not soon depart.

He who, from zone to zone,

Guides through the boundless sky thy certain flight,

In the long way that I must tread alone,

Will lead my steps aright.

威廉•库伦•布莱恩特《致水鸟》

你要去往何方?露珠正在坠落，

天穹闪耀着白昼最后的脚步，

远远地，穿过玫瑰色的深处，

你求索着孤独的道路。

也许，猎鸟者的眼睛

徒劳地看着你远飞，想要伤害你，

当红色的天空衬着你的身影，

你飘摇而去。

你想要飞往何处?

要寻觅杂草丛生、潮湿的湖岸?

大河的边沿，还是磨损的海滩?

那里有动荡的巨浪起起落落

有一种力量关照着你，

教导你在无路的海滨，

荒漠和浩淼的长空，

独自漫游，不会迷失。

你整天拍打着翅膀，

扇着远天那寒冷的稀薄大气，

尽管黑夜已靠近，你已疲惫

也不肯屈尊降落安全的大地。

不久那折磨就会结束;

不久你就会找到夏天的家，歇下，

在同伴间欢叫;不久

芦苇将弯下，在你隐蔽的巢上。

你消失了，天空的深渊

吞噬了你的身影;但在我心上

已深深留下你教给我的一课，

它不会很快遗忘。

谁引导你穿过无垠的天空，

从一个领域到另一个领域，

也会在我必须独自跋涉的长途上，

正确地引导我的脚步。

下面是读文网小编整理的一些英美文学常用术语及解释，希望对大家有帮助。

1. Romance(传奇)

Romance is a popular literary form in the medic England.

2>it sings knightly adventures or other heroic deeds.

3>chivalry is the spirit of the romance.

拜伦是英国19世纪初期伟大的浪漫主义诗人，在他的诗歌里塑造了一批“拜伦式英雄”。他不仅是一位伟大的诗人，还是一个为理想战斗一生的勇士，积极而勇敢地投身革命。下面是读文网小编为大家带来拜伦经典著名诗歌，希望大家喜欢!

拜伦经典著名诗歌：悼玛格丽特表姐

晚风沉寂了，暮色悄然无声，

Hush'd are the winds, and still the evening gloom,

林间不曾有一缕微飔吹度;

Not e'en a zephyr wanders through the grove,

我归来祭扫玛格丽特的坟茔，

Whilst I return, to view my Margaret's tomb,

把鲜花撒向我所挚爱的尘土。

And scatter flowers on the dust I love.

这狭小墓穴里偃卧着她的身躯，

Within this narrow cell reclines her clay,

想当年芳华乍吐，闪射光焰;

That clay, where once such animation beam'd;

如今可怖的死神已将她攫去，

The King of Terrors seized her as his prey,

美德和丽质也未能赎返天年。

Not worth, nor beauty, have her life redeem'd.

哦!只要死神懂一点仁慈，

Oh! could that King of Terrors pity feel,

只要上苍能撤销命运的裁决!

Or Heaven reverse the dread decrees of fate!

吊客就无需来这儿诉他的悲思，

Not here the mourner would his grief reveal,

诗人也无需来这儿赞她的莹洁。

Not here the muse her virtues would relate.

为何要悲恸?她无匹的灵魂高翔，

But wherefore weep? Her matchless spirit soars

凌越于红日赫赫流辉的碧落;

Beyond where splendid shines the orb of day;

垂泪的天使领她到天国闺房，

And weeping angels lead her to those bowers

那儿，善行换来了无尽的欢乐。

Where endless pleasures virtue's deeds repay.

可容许放肆的凡夫问罪上苍，

And shall presumptuous mortals Heaven arraign,

如痴似狂地斥责神圣的天意?

And, madly, godlike Providence accuse?

不!这愚妄意图已离我远飏，——

Ah! no, far fly from me attempts so vain;—

我岂能拒不顺从我们的上帝!

I'll ne'er submission to my God refuse.

但对她美德的怀想是这样亲切，

Yet is remembrance of those virtues dear,

但对她娇容的记忆是这样新鲜;

Yet fresh the memory of that beauteous face;

它们依旧汲引我深情的泪液，

Still they call forth my warm affection's tear,

依旧盘桓在它们惯住的心田。

Still in my heart retain their wonted place.

拜伦是英国19世纪初期伟大的浪漫主义诗人，在他的诗歌里塑造了一批“拜伦式英雄”。他不仅是一位伟大的诗人，还是一个为理想战斗一生的勇士，积极而勇敢地投身革命。下面是读文网小编为大家带来拜伦经典著名诗歌，希望大家喜欢!

拜伦经典著名诗歌：勒钦伊盖

去吧，浓艳的景色，玫瑰的园圃!

Away, ye gay landscapes, ye gardens of roses!

让富贵宠儿在你们那里遨游;

In you let the minions of luxury rove;

还给我巉岩峻岭——白雪的住处，

Restore me the rocks, where the snow-flake reposes,

尽管它 们已许身于爱和自由;

Though still they are sacred to freedom and love:

喀利多尼亚!我爱慕你的山岳，

Yet, Caledonia, beloved are thy mountains,

尽管皑皑的峰顶风雨交加，

Round their white summits though elements war;

不见泉水徐流，见瀑布飞泻，

Though cataracts foam 'stead of smooth-flowing fountains,

我还是眷念幽暗的洛赫纳佳!

I sigh for the valley of dark Loch na Garr.

啊!我幼时常常在那儿来往，

Ah! there my young footsteps in infancy wander'd;

头戴软帽，身披格子呢外衣;

My cap was the bonner, my cloak was the plaid;

缅怀着那些亡故多年的酋长，

On chieftains long perish'd my memory ponder'd,

我天天踱过松柯掩映的林地。

As daily I strode through the pine-cover'd glade.

直到白昼收尽了暗淡余光，

I sought not my home till the day's dying glory

北极星当空闪耀，我才回家;

Gave place to the rays of the bright polar star;

流传的故事勾起迷人的遐想，

For fancy was cheer'd by traditional story,

是山民传述的——在幽暗的洛赫纳佳。

Disclosed by the natives of dark Loch na Garr.

“逝者的亡灵!难道我没有听到

'Shades of the dead! have I not heard your voices

席卷暗夜的怒风里，你们在喧呼?”

Rise on the night-rolling breath of the gale?´

英雄的精魂定然会开颜欢笑，

Surely the soul of the hero rejoices,

驾御天风驰骋于故乡的山谷。

And rides on the wind, o'er his own Highland vale.

当风雪迷雰在洛赫纳佳聚拢，

Round Loch na Garr while the stormy mist gathers,

冬之神驱着冰车君临天下，

Winter presides in his cold icy car:

云霾围裹着我们祖先的身影，

Clouds there encircle the forms of my fathers;

在那风暴里——在幽暗的洛赫纳佳。

They dwell in the tempests of dark Loch na Garr.

“不幸的勇士们!竟没有什么异象

Ill-starr´d, though brave, did no visions foreboding

预示命运遗弃了你们的事业?"

Tell you that fate had forsaken your cause?´

你们注定了要在卡洛登阵亡，

Ah! were you destined to die at Culloden,

哪会有胜利的欢呼将你们酬谢!

Victory crown'd not your fall with applause:

总算有幸，和你们部族一起，

Still were you happy in death's earthy slumber,

在勃瑞玛岩穴，你们长眠地下;

You rest with your clan in the caves of Braemar;

高亢风笛传扬着你们的事迹，

The pibroch resounds to the piper's loud number,

峰峦回应着——在幽暗的洛赫纳佳。

Your deeds on the echoes of dark Loch na Garr.

洛赫纳佳呵，别后已多少光阴!

Years have roll'd on, Loch na Garr, since I left you,

再与你相逢，还要过多少岁月!

Years must elapse ere I tread you again:

造化虽不曾给你繁花和绿荫，

Nature of verdure and flow'rs has bereft you,

你却比艾尔宾原野更为亲切。

Yet still are you dearer than Albion's plain.

从远方山岳归来的游子眼中，

England! thy beauties are tame and domestic

英格兰!你的美过于驯良温雅;

To one who has roved on the mountains afar:

我多么眷念那粗犷雄峻的岩峰!

Oh for the crags that are wild and majestic!

那含怒的奇景，那幽暗的洛赫纳佳!

The steep frowning glories of dark Loch na Garr!

拜伦是英国19世纪初期伟大的浪漫主义诗人，在他的诗歌里塑造了一批“拜伦式英雄”。他不仅是一位伟大的诗人，还是一个为理想战斗一生的勇士，积极而勇敢地投身革命。下面是读文网小编为大家带来拜伦著名经典诗歌两首，希望大家喜欢!

拜伦著名经典诗歌：To Thyrza

Without a stone to mark the spot,

没一块墓碑标明方位，

And say, what Truth might well have said,

把你的真情如实记载，

By all, save one, perchance forgot,

为什么你要沉沉入睡，

Ah! wherefore art thou lowly laid?

被所有世人(除了我)忘怀?

By many a shore and many a sea

你与我远隔瀛海山川，

Divided, yet beloved in vain;

相思无益，仍苦苦相爱;

The past, the future fled to thee

过去的，未来的，飞向你身边，

To bid us meet—no—ne'er again!

祝我们团聚——不再，永不再!

Could this have been—a word, a look

若曾有一句话，或一道眼波，

That softly said, 'We part in peace,'

说过“让我们默默分手”，

Had taught my bosom how to brook,

那么，对于你灵魂的解脱

With fainter sighs, thy soul's release.

或许我还能吞声忍受。

And didst thou not, since Death for thee

听说死神给你的一箭

Prepared a light and pangless dart,

轻快而无痛;临终时，曾否

Once long for him thou ne'er shalt see

把无缘再见的故人眷念——

Who held, and holds thee in his heart?

他始终把你牢记在心头?

Oh! who like him had watch'd thee here?

有哪个像他的，曾来守护你，

Or sadly mark'd thy glazing eye,

痛心地看到你目光渐滞，

In that dread hour ere death appear,

死亡在临近，悲叹也屏息，

When silent sorrow fears to sigh,

直到这种种全都完事?

Till all was past? But when no more

而当你寂然化为异物，

'Twas thine to reck of human woe,

对人间悲苦不再萦怀，

Affection's heart-drops, gushing o'er,

深情的热泪就夺眶而出，

Had flow'd as fast—as now they flow.

飞快地奔涌——一如现在。

Shall they not flow, when many a day

怎能不奔涌!有不少日子，

In these, to me, deserted towers,

当我还不曾暂离本地，

Ere call'd but for a time away,

在现已荒废的楼台，多次

Affection's mingling tears were ours?

你我的热泪混融在一起!

Ours too the glance none saw beside;

无人曾见的脉脉相觑;

The smile none else might understand;

无人能解的淡淡笑容;

The whisper'd thought of hearts allied,

缔盟两心低诉的思绪;

The pressure of the thrilling hand;

颤栗手儿的抚摩触动;

The kiss, so guiltless and refined

我们的亲吻，纯真无邪，

That Love each warmer wish forbore;

使爱情抑制了热切心愿;

Those eyes proclaim'd so pure a mind,

眼神昭示了心灵的明洁，

Even passion blush'd to plead for more.

连激情也羞于另生奢念。

The tone, that taught me to rejoice,

我与你不同，常耽于苦恼，

When prone, unlike thee, to repine;

是你的音调教给我欢欣;

The song, celestial from thy voice,

是你的仙喉使歌声神妙，

But sweet to me from none but thine;

那甘美仅仅源于你一人。

The pledge we wore—I wear it still,

你我的信物——我至今佩带，

But where is thine? —Ah! where art thou?

你的在哪里?——你又在哪里?

Oft have I borne the weight of ill,

沉重的忧患，我惯常负载，

But never bent beneath till now!

从未像今天，压弯了背脊!

Well hast thou left in life's best bloom

在芳艳年华，你悠然远逝，

The cup of woe for me to drain.

苦难的深杯留给我喝干。

If rest alone be in the tomb,

墓穴里果真只有安适，

I would not wish thee here again;

又何需望你重返人寰。

But if in worlds more blest than this

倘若在神圣的星河天国，

Thy virtues seek a fitter sphere,

你找到一座中意的星球，

Impart some portion of thy bliss,

请把那福祉分一份给我，

To wean me from mine anguish here.

好摆脱这边无尽的烦忧。

Teach me—too early taught by thee!

我早就蒙你教益;如今

To bear, forgiving and forgiven:

教会我苦熬吧，与世人互谅;

On earth thy love was such to me;

在世间，你爱我如此情深，

It fain would form my hope in heaven!

当乐于赐我天国的希望!

拜伦是英国19世纪初期伟大的浪漫主义诗人，在他的诗歌里塑造了一批“拜伦式英雄”。他不仅是一位伟大的诗人，还是一个为理想战斗一生的勇士，积极而勇敢地投身革命。下面是读文网小编为大家带来拜伦著名经典诗歌两首，希望大家喜欢!

拜伦著名经典诗歌：The Chain I Gave

The chain I gave was fair to view,

我给你的项链玲珑精致，

The lute I added sweet in sound;

我赠你的诗琴悦耳动听;

The heart that offer'd both was true,

向你献礼的心儿也忠实，

And ill deserved the fate it found.

谁知碰上了倒霉的命星。

These gifts were charm'd by secret spell

这两件礼品有神奇法力，

Thy truth in absence to divine;

能占卜我走后你是否忠贞;

And they have done their duty well,—

它们的责任尽到了，——可惜

Alas! they could not teach thee thine.

没能教会你尽你的责任。

That chain was firm in every link,

项链挺结实，环环扣紧，

But not to bear a stranger's touch;

但生人的抚弄它不能忍受;

That lute was sweet—till thou could'st think

琴声也甜美——但你莫相信

In other hands its notes were such.

在别人手里它同样温柔。

Let him, who from thy neck unbound

他摘你项链，项链就断折，

The chain which shiver'd in his grasp,

他弹这诗琴，琴哑口无言;

Who saw that lute refuse to sound,

它们抗拒他，看来，他只得

Restring the chords, renew the clasp.

换新的链扣，上新的琴弦。

When thou wert changed, they alter'd too;

既然你变了，它们也得变：

The chain is broke, the music mute.

项链碎裂，琴韵无声。

'Tis past—to them and thee adieu—

罢了!和它们、和你再见——

False heart, frail chain, and silent lute.

哑琴，脆链，欺诈的心灵!

莎士比亚是英国文学史上最杰出的戏剧家，也是西方文艺史上最杰出的作家之一，全世界最卓越的文学家之一。他流传下来的作品包括37部戏剧、155首十四行诗、两首长叙事诗和其他诗歌。他的戏剧有各种主要语言的译本，且表演次数远远超过其他任何戏剧家的作品。下面是读文网小编为大家带来莎士比亚著名经典诗歌欣赏，希望大家喜欢!

莎士比亚著名经典诗歌欣赏：

Let those who are in favor with their stars

那些被天上星辰祝福的人们

Of public honor and proud titles boast,

尽可以凭借荣誉与高衔而自负，

Whilst I whom fortune of such triumph bars,

我呢，本来命定没这种幸运，

Unlooked for joy in that I honor most.

不料得到了我引为光荣的幸福。

Great princes' favourites their fair leaves spread

帝王的宠臣把美丽的花瓣大张，

But as the marigold at the sun's eye,

但是，正如太阳眼前的向日葵，

And in themselves their pride lies buried,

人家一皱眉，他们的荣幸全灭亡，

For at a frown they in their glory die.

他们的威风同本人全化做尘灰。

The painful warrior famoused for might,

辛苦的将士，素以骁勇称著，

After a thousand victories once foiled,

打了千百次胜仗，一旦败绩，

Is from the book of honor rased quite,

就立刻被人逐出荣誉的纪录簿，

And all the rest forgot for which he toiled.

过去的功劳也被人统统忘记：

Then happy I that love and am beloved

我就幸福了，爱着人又为人所爱，

Where I may not remove, nor be removed.

这样，我是固定了，也没人能改。

莎士比亚的诗歌令读者叹为观止，极大地影响了他那个时代甚至于如今的文人和文学爱好者，给人真、善、美的享受和心灵的启迪。下面是读文网小编为大家带来莎士比亚著名经典诗歌欣赏，欢迎大家阅读欣赏!

莎士比亚经典诗歌译文：

谁有力量损害人而不这样干，

谁不做人以为他们爱做的事，

谁使人动情，自己却石头一般，

冰冷、无动于衷，对诱惑能抗拒--

谁就恰当地承受上天的恩宠，

善于贮藏和保管造化的财富;

他们才是自己美貌的主人翁，

而别人只是自己姿色的家奴。

夏天的花把夏天熏得多芳馥，

虽然对自己它只自开又自落，

但是那花若染上卑劣的病毒，

最贱的野草也比它高贵得多：

极香的东西一腐烂就成极臭，

烂百合花比野草更臭得难受。