登陆注册
4709800000043

第43章

Shall the shepherds of Arcady follow Pan's moods as he lolls by the shore Of the mere, or lies hid in the hollow;

Nevermore Shall they start at the sound of his reed-fashioned flute;

Fallen mute Are the strings of Apollo, His lyre and his lute;

And the lips of the Memnons are mute Evermore;

And the gods of the North,--are they dead or forgetful, Our Odin and Baldur and Thor?

Are they drunk, or grown weary of worship and fretful, Our Odin and Baldur and Thor?

And into what night have the Orient dieties strayed?

Swart gods of the Nile, in dusk splendors arrayed, Brooding Isis and somber Osiris, You were gone ere the fragile papyrus, (That bragged you eternal!) decayed.

The avatars But illumine their limited evens And vanish like plunging stars;

They are fixed in the whirling heavens No firmer than falling stars;

Brief lords of the changing soul, they pass Like a breath from the face of a glass, Or a blossom of summer blown shallop-like over The clover And tossed tides of grass.

Sink to silence the psalms and the paeans The shibboleths shift, and the faiths, And the temples that challenged the aeons Are tenanted only by wraiths;

Swoon to silence the cymbals and psalters, The worships grow senseless and strange, And the mockers ask, "Where be thy altars?"

Crying, "Nothing is changeless--but Change!"

Yes, nothing seems changeless, but Change.

And yet, through the creed-wrecking years, One story for ever appears;

The tale of a City Supernal--The whisper of Something eternal--A passion, a hope, and a vision That peoples the silence with Powers;

A fable of meadows Elysian Where Time enters not with his Hours;--Manifold are the tale's variations, Race and clime ever tinting the dreams, Yet its essence, through endless mutations, Immutable gleams.

Deathless, though godheads be dying, Surviving the creeds that expire, Illogical, reason-defying, Lives that passionate, primal desire;

Insistent, persistent, forever Man cries to the silences, Never

Shall Death reign the lord of the soul, Shall the dust be the ultimate goal--I will storm the black bastions of Night!

I will tread where my vision has trod, I will set in the darkness a light, In the vastness, a god!"

As the forehead of Man grows broader, so do his creeds;

And his gods they are shaped in his image, and mirror his needs;

And he clothes them with thunders and beauty, he clothes them with music and fire;

Seeing not, as he bows by their altars, that he worships his own desire;

And mixed with his trust there is terror, and mixed with his madness is ruth, And every man grovels in error, yet every man glimpses a truth.

For all of the creeds are false, and all of the creeds are true;

And low at the shrines where my brothers bow, there will I bow, too;

For no form of a god, and no fashion Man has made in his desperate passion But is worthy some worship of mine;--Not too hot with a gross belief, Nor yet too cold with pride, I will bow me down where my brothers bow, Humble--but open-eyed!

同类推荐
  • The Woman-Haters

    The Woman-Haters

    本书为公版书,为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品,供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。
  • 唯识论

    唯识论

    本书为公版书,为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品,供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。
  • The Chouans

    The Chouans

    本书为公版书,为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品,供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。
  • 佛说大净法门品经

    佛说大净法门品经

    本书为公版书,为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品,供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。
  • 舌鉴辨正

    舌鉴辨正

    本书为公版书,为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品,供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。
热门推荐
  • 小说月报·原创版(2016年第6期)

    小说月报·原创版(2016年第6期)

    《小说月报·原创版》创刊于2003年初,凭借强大的发行网络和发行数量,多年来一直居全国原创类文学期刊之首,并曾多次荣获省市级、国家级优秀期刊奖项。其影响已不仅仅在文学界,更延伸到更广阔的领域之中。许多作品一经发表,即被各大报刊转载,更有近半数作品被改编为影视剧,并产生巨大影响。本刊以贴近现实、关注人生的中长篇小说为主要内容,并力求在秉持沉稳、厚重的风格的同时,依然留有一片充满激情、活力的年轻声音。
  • 万古魔尊

    万古魔尊

    少女淡淡的却带着刺的话使少年走上了一条王者之路。一颗魔心能包容万物,亦能笑傲天地,主宰万物。一双手化为枷锁,困住万个世界。一双腿,脚踏大地,令之颤抖。一双眼,射出万丈冰冷光芒。何其最强者,我便是最强者!
  • 穿书女配之血尊追妻路

    穿书女配之血尊追妻路

    穿书了,还是个非人类的女配?童悠瓷表示,还好不是个丑丑的,不然像她这种重度颜控,一定会崩溃的。初次遇见他,童悠瓷默念:“不嫌弃,不嫌弃,毕竟他是为了自家堂哥才会变成这样子的嘛!堂哥,快去洗澡啦!”二次见面,童悠瓷眸光微亮:“呐呐,原来是个小帅帅呐!”三次见面,童悠瓷······你猜,她是什么反应!啊哈,不剧透了哦!注:本文苏,末世背景下的非人类言情文。不喜勿喷!!!
  • 太阳神的荣耀

    太阳神的荣耀

    一个拥有了太阳力量的生命,穿越到了漫威世界的故事。神话中的太阳是掌控时序交替,万物生长的伟大存在,是一切黑暗邪祟的克制者,是光明和火焰的掌控者。而现实里的太阳,是恒星的一员。宇宙里最伟大的天体。更是磁力引力交汇的终极存在。当这些力量集中到一个人身上,会发生什么。——原名漫威之太阳神驾临
  • 隐婚别低调

    隐婚别低调

    他是C国的暗夜帝王,杀伐果断,冷酷无情,唯独遇上她,爱入魔,宠上瘾.“亲爱的,我想要喝粥了!”“好,我马上去做。”高层会议上,总裁接完电话就大步离开了。“亲爱的,我想要礼物了。”“好,马上去买”飞机,豪宅,整条街……“亲爱的,我又被人欺负啦!”下一秒总裁大人带着十队保镖,风尘仆仆的赶来,推着她去了手术台,“不要啦,夜墨辰,你这个疯子。”某男狡黠一笑,将手术台上急得眼泪汪汪的人儿抱了起来,贴心表白“宝宝,乖,不哭,谁也不准欺负你,就算是我儿子也不行。”夏凌雪终于缓过了一口气,小拳捶打他胸膛,“幸好孩子保住了”,这个男人的爱太可怕了。 新书续缘《寒少你老婆又仗势欺人了》,欢迎入坑!
  • 明伦汇编人事典还归部

    明伦汇编人事典还归部

    本书为公版书,为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品,供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。
  • 本色中国人

    本色中国人

    全面、客观地描绘中国人的性格、品质,既包括缺点,也包括优点。缺陷和不足纠缠在一起,相映成趣。理论分析,与场景描述和故事记录相融合。
  • 盖世魔头

    盖世魔头

    一次意外,杨云成为修仙界恶名昭彰的魔宗修士,为了存活下去,只能不要脸了……
  • 乘轺

    乘轺

    本书为公版书,为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品,供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。
  • 权谋天下:国师大人别太冷

    权谋天下:国师大人别太冷

    重生归来,脱去罗裙,洗去脂粉,一身男装,一张面具,从此天下只有公子银面韶千,再无太女帝凰羽。她为仇而活,决心无情无义,可儿时的一场相遇暗中给她牵了一条红线。霸道王爷凤惊澜,人如朝阳,熠熠发光。“遇见你之前我只想要整个世界,遇到你之后你就是我的世界。”看霸道粘人王爷如何摆平冰霜国师,在这乱世携手天下。