Hurt No Living Thing

Hurt no living thing:
Ladybird, nor butterfly,
Nor moth with dusty wing,
Nor criket chirping cheerily,
Nor grasshopper so light of leap,
Nor dandy gnat, nor beetle fat,
Nor harmless worms that creep.

A Frisky Lamb

A frisky lamb
And a frisky child
Playing their pranks
In a cowslip meadow:
The sky all blue
And the air all mild
And the field all sun
And the lanes half shadow.

O Sailor, Come Ashore

O sailor, come ashore
What have you brought for me?
Red coral, white coral
Coral from the sea.

I did not dig it from the ground.
Nor pluck it from a tree
Feeble insects made it
In the stormy sea.

What Is Pink?

What is pink? a rose is pink
By the fountain's brink
What is red? a poppy's red
In its barley bed
What is blue? the sky is blue
Where the clouds float thro:
What is white? a swan is white
Sailing in the light
What is yellow? pears are yellow
Rich and ripe and mellow
What is green? the grass is green
with small flowers between
What is violet? clouds are violet
In the summer twilight.
What is orange? why, an orange
Just an orange.

Who Has Seen The Wind?

Who has seen the wind?
Neither I nor you:
But when the leaves hung trembling
The wind is passing thro'

Who has seen the wind?
Neither you nor I:
But when the tree bow down their heads
The wind is passing by..

原诗韵美,自然,难怪一百多年为英语孩子们学唱。
有空时译译看,肯定很难,玛雅附的Dickinson也难。