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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' b% z" x2 L2 Z8 k% [  ]! `+ Z　　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
　　That I myself for portions of the year
　　May handle nothing and set eyes on nothing
( Z! j& @; F+ U4 u' e- |, S　　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，
　　Or image， from beyond the Loadstone Mountain，
8 G. t+ ^, a( @/ c　　That dream is a norm; and should some limb of the devil
　　Destroy the view by cutting down an ash
　　That shades the road， or setting up a cottage
9 Y7 t( w( i' M2 p6 z& X+ [5 k$ L　　Planned in a government office， shorten his life，
　　Manacle his soul upon the Red Sea bottom.
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