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

5 K+ O" \0 V7 b　　God grant a blessing on this tower and cottage
　　And on my heirs， if all remain unspoiled，
　　No table or chair or stool not simple enough
　　For shepherd lads in Galilee; and grant
- f+ W/ R* I8 e! S3 o- h　　That I myself for portions of the year
# J6 O7 L2 |" t1 D) r" L9 U　　May handle nothing and set eyes on nothing
　　But what the great and passionate have used
　　Throughout so many varying centuries
, E; T5 X+ x! w" o. B+ m) B7 p　　We take it for the norm; yet should I dream
: g1 ^. O5 v$ K8 x　　Sinbad the sailor‘s brought a painted chest，
  ]6 U" S1 l) n　　Or image， from beyond the Loadstone Mountain，
　　That dream is a norm; and should some limb of the devil
; u( e. t" a/ X0 F: U* `9 _9 J6 b　　Destroy the view by cutting down an ash
- O% ~3 s' h8 ?; l/ Q/ B5 l8 z　　That shades the road， or setting up a cottage
# a% s4 z5 d1 ~' J/ f　　Planned in a government office， shorten his life，
　　Manacle his soul upon the Red Sea bottom.