名人诗歌|From Noon to Starry Night

THOU ORB^{1 ALOFT FULL-DAZZLING}

THOU orb full-dazzling！ thou hot October noon！

Flooding with sheeny light the gray beach sand，

The sibilant near sea with vistas^{2 far and foam3，}

And tawny^{4 streaks5 and shades and spreading blue；}

O sun of noon refulgent^{6！ my special word to thee.}

Hear me illustrious！

Thy lover me， for always I have loved thee，

Even as basking^{7 babe， then happy boy alone by some}

wood edge， thy touching-distant beams enough，

Or man matured， or young or old， as now to thee I

launch my invocation.

（Thou canst not with thy dumbness me deceive，

I know before the fitting man all Nature yields，

Though answering not in words， the skies， trees，

hear his voice - and thou O sun，

As for thy throes， thy perturbations， sudden breaks

and shafts^{8 of flame gigantic，}

I understand them， I know those flames， those

perturbations well.）

Thou that with fructifying^{9 heat and light，}

O'er myriad^{10 farms， o'er lands and waters North}

and South，

O'er Mississippi's endless course， o'er Texas'

grassy^{11 plains， Kanada's woods，}

O'er all the globe that turns its face to thee shining

in space，

Thou that impartially^{12 infoldest all， not only continents，}

seas，

Thou that to grapes and weeds and little wild

flowers givest so liberally，

Shed， shed thyself on mine and me， with but a fleeting¹³

ray out of thy million millions，

Strike though these chants.

Nor only launch thy subtle dazzle and thy strength

for these，

Prepare the later afternoon of me myself -

prepare my lengthening^{14 shadows，}

Prepare my starry^{15 nights.}