英美著名儿童诗一百首

生物学家。

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10 CHILDREN

Henry Wadswort h Longfellow

①

Come to me, O ye children !

For I hear you at your play,

And the questions that perplexed me

Have vanished quite away.

Ye open the eastern windows,

That look towards the sun,

Where thoughts are singing swallows

And the brooks of morning run.

In your hearts are the birds and the sunshine,

In your thoughts the brooklet's flow,

But in mine is the wind of Autumn

And the first fall of the snow.

Ah! what would the world be to us

If the children were no more

We should dread the desert behind us

Worse than the dark before

What the leaves are to the forest,

With light and air for food,

Ere their sweet and tender juices

Have been hardened into wood, -----

That to the world are children;

Through them it feels the glow

Of a brighter and sunnier climate

Than reaches the trunks below.

Come to me, O ye children

And whisper in my ear

What the birds and the winds are singing

In your sunny atmosphere.

For what are all our contrivings,

And the wisdom of our looks,

When compared with your caresses,

And the gladness of your looks

Ye are better than all the ballads

That ever were sung or said;

For ye are living poems,

And all the rest and dead.

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十

孩子们

亨利·瓦兹华斯·朗费罗

到我这儿来吧，孩子们！

我听见你们在嬉闹，

那些使我烦恼的问题

顿时云散烟消。

你们打开东面的窗户吧，

朝向升起的太阳，

那儿，思念是呢喃的燕子，

早晨的溪水流淌。

你们的心中有小鸟阳光，

思绪里有溪水流泻，

我的头脑里却只有秋风，

加上初降的霜雪。

啊！世界会变成什么样，

如果没有了新一代？

我们会害怕身后的荒漠——

比面前的黑暗更厉害。

正如树叶把阳光和空气

当养料给森林带来，

树叶甜嫩的汁液还没有

化为坚硬的木材，——

儿童对世界也是这样；

世界凭儿童而感受

比树干感受的气候更加

明亮灿烂的光流。

到我这儿来啊，孩子们！

贴耳朵悄悄告诉我：

在你们充满阳光的大气里

风和鸟唱的是什么。

我们的一切书本知识

和一切发明创造，

怎能比得上你们的爱抚，

你们的一脸甜笑？

你们胜过世界上曾经

说唱的一切歌谣；

你们是活的诗篇，而其他

全都是死的曲调。

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①享利·

瓦兹华斯·

朗费罗

（

1807

－

1882

）

，

美国

诗人。一 生创作甚丰。他的反对奴役歌颂自由的诗流

传最广。他也从日常生活中发掘人生真谛。两 首描写

儿童的诗是脍炙人口的名篇。

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11 WE TWO BOYS TOGETHER CLINGING

Walt Whitman

①

We two boys together clinging,

One the other never leaving,

Up and down the roads going, North and South

excursions making,

Power

enjoying,

elbows

stretching,

fingers

clutching,

Arm'd

and

fearless,

eating,

drinking,

sleeping,

loving,

No

law

less

than

ourselves

owning,

sailing,

soldiering,

thieving, threatening,

Misers,

menials,

priests

alarming,

air

breathing,

water

drinking, on the turf or the sea-beach dancing,

Cities wrenching, ease scorning, statutes mocking,

feebleness chasing,

Fulfilling our foray.

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十一

我们两个孩子在一起依附着

瓦尔特·惠特曼

我们两个孩子在一起依附着，

这一个永远不离开那一个，

在路上翻山越岭，向北方又向南方去旅行，

享受着力量，伸张着臂弯，紧扣着手指，

武装而无畏，吃着，喝着，睡着，爱着，

绝不承认在我们自己以下的法律，航行着，

作战着，偷窃着，威胁着，

教守财奴、贱人、教士吃惊，呼吸着空气，

饮着水，在草地上或海岸边舞蹈着，

扭伤着城市，轻蔑着安逸，藐视着纪念像，

追击着弱点，

完成着我们的袭击。

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①瓦尔特·惠特曼（

1819

－

1892

）

，美国大诗人。

1855

年《草叶集》第一版问世，以其崭新的内容和崭

新 的风格震动诗坛。突破过去的格律框框，创造自由

诗新风。以后每再版一次即增加新作， 直至逝世。他

以饱满的激情歌唱人民，歌唱劳动，歌唱祖国，歌唱

自然；被誉为“民主之诗人”

。

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12 THE UNSEEN PLAYMATE

Robe rt Louis Stevenson

①

When children are playing alone on the green,

In comes the playmate that never was seen.

When children are happy and lonely and good,

The Friend of the Children comes out of the wood.

Nobody heard him and nobody saw,

His is a picture you never could draw,

But he's sure to be present, abroad or at home,

When children are happy and playing alone.

He lies in the laurels, he runs on the grass,

He sings when you tinkle the musical glass;

Whene'er you are happy and cannot tell why,

The Firend of the Children is sure to be by !

He loves to be little, he hates to be big,

'Tis he that inhabits the caves that you dig;

'Tis he when you play with your soldiers of tin

That sides with the Frenchmen and never can win

Tis he, when at night you go off to your bed,

Bids

you

go

to

your

sleep

and

not

trouble

your

head;

For wherever they're lying, in cupboard or shelf,

'Tis he will take care of your playthings himself !

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十二

瞧不见的游戏伴儿

罗伯特·路易斯·斯蒂文森

孩子们独自在草地上游玩，

瞧不见的伴儿就悄悄来到身边。

孩子们高兴，寂寞，又挺乖，

儿童之友

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就从树林里走出来。

谁也没听到他，谁也没见到他，

他这幅肖像，你永远不会描画，

可只要孩子们高兴，独个儿游戏，

他准定在这儿，不管在屋外，屋里。

他躺在桂冠里，他奔在草地上，

你碰响好听的玻璃杯，他就歌唱；

只要你快乐，又说不出理由，

在你身边就肯定有

儿童之友

！

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他喜欢身子小，他不爱身子大，

能在你挖的洞子里住下的，正是他，

你让锡制的玩具兵上战场，

也是他：总站在法国人一边，吃败仗。

夜里，当上床的时候来到，

那是他：不再打搅你，叫你去睡觉；

你的玩具，不管在橱里躺、架上站，

那是他：会照料好每一样，每一件。

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①罗伯特·

路易斯·

斯蒂文森

（

1850

－

1894

）

，

格兰作家，诗人。其小说《金银岛》

、

《化 身博士》等

苏

享有盛名，为十九世纪末新浪漫主义的代表。其儿 童

诗集《一个孩子的诗园》细致地刻划了儿童心理，为

英国家喻 户晓的儿童读物。

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13 ESCAPE AT BEDTIME

Robert Louis Stevenson

The lights from the parlour and kitchen shone out

Through the blinds and the windows and bars;

And high overhead and all moving about,

There were thousands of millions of stars.

There

ne'er

were

such

thousands

of

leaves

on

a

tree,

Nor of people in church or the Park,

As the crowds of the stars that looked down upon

me,

And that glittered and winked in the dark.

The Dog, and the Plough, and the Hunter, and all,

And the star of the sailor, and Mars,

These shone in the sky, and the pail by the wall

Would be half full of water and stars.

They saw me at last, and they chased me with cries,

And they soon had me packed into bed;

But the glory kept shining and bright in my eyes,

And the stars going round in my head.

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十三

该睡的时候溜了

罗伯特·路易斯·斯蒂文森

穿过窗格，窗栏，窗框，

客厅和厨房里射出了灯光；

几百万，几千万，几万万颗星星

高高地旋转在我的头顶上。

树叶儿几千张，比不上星星多，

教堂里，公园里，人不如星星多，

一群群星星啊，低头看着我，

一群群星星啊，在夜空闪烁。

天狼星，北斗星，猎户星，火星，

指引水手们航海的星，??

在天上闪烁，墙边的水桶里

装了半桶清水和星星。

大人们看到我，边喊边追我，

马上把我抱上了床；

灿烂的光啊，还在我眼前闪烁，

星星们，还在我脑子里游荡。

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14 TRAVEL

Rob ert Louis Stevenson

I should like to rise and go

Where the golden apples grow;----

Where below another sky

Parrot islands anchored lie,

And, watched by cockatoos and goats, Lonely

Crusoes building boats; ----

Where in sunshine reaching out

Eastern cities, miles about,

Are with mosque and minaret

Among sandy gardens set,

And the rich goods from near and far

Hang for sale in the bazaar;----

Where the Great Wall round China goes,

And on one side the desert blows,

And with bell and voice and drum,

Cities on the other hum; -----

Where are forests, hot as fire,

Wide as England, tall as a spire,

Full of apes and cocoa-nuts

And the negro hunters' huts; ----

Where the knotty crocodile

Lies and blinks in the Nile.

And the red flamingo flies

Hunting fish before his eyes; ----

Where in jungles, near and far,

Man-devouring tigers are,

Lying close and giving ear

Lest the hunt be drawing near,

Or a comer-by be seen

Swinging in a palanquin; ----

Where among the desert sands

Some deserted city stands,

All its children, sweep and prince,

Grown to manhood ages since,

Not a foot in street or house,

Not a stir of child or rouse,

And when kindly falls the night,

In all the town no spark of light.

There I'll come when I'm a man

With a camel caravan:,

Light a fire in the gloom

Of some dusty dining-room.;

See the pictures on the walls,

Heroes, fights and festivals;

And in a corner find the toys.

Of the old Egyptian boys.

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十四

漫游

罗伯特·路易斯·斯蒂文森

我真想起身，抬腿就走。

到金色苹果园里去漫游；——

去那儿：上面是异国的蓝天，

下面是鹦鹉岛，横躺在海面，

孤独的鲁滨孙们在建造木船，

白鹦和山羊守候在旁边；——

去那儿：一座座东方的城镇，

在阳光下，向周围几十里延伸，

城里装饰着清真寺和塔尖，

寺塔的四周是沙盖的花园，

琳琅的杂货，来自四方，

招徐顾客，悬挂在市场；——

去那儿：长城环抱着中国，

在它的一边，是风沙，荒漠，

另一边，是城市，一片嘈杂，

钟声、鼓声和人声喧哗；——

去那儿：火焰般炎热的森林，

宽阔如英格兰，高耸如尖塔顶，

那儿到处是椰子果，大猿猴，

茅屋里住着黑人好猎手；——

去那儿：看鳄鱼披一身鳞甲，

躺在尼罗河里，两眼眨巴。

还有那红色的火烈鸟，它一见

水里的鱼儿，就啄到嘴边；——

去那儿：原始的林莽草莱，

吃人的老虎们在远近徘徊，

挨着身子躺，竖着耳朵听，

就怕猎人越来越挨近，

就怕有人到林子里来，

坐在轿子里，一摇又一摆；——

去那儿：在一片荒凉的沙地，

直立着一座古城的残迹，

城里所有的王子和穷娃娃

多少个世纪前就已经长大，

没有人走动在屋里，在街道，

没有孩子笑，也没耗子叫，

当着温和的夜晚来临，

全城见不到一丝光影。

我要到那儿去，只等我长大，

就带着骆驼队向那儿进发；

去那儿，在幽暗尘封的饭厅，

点燃起火炬，给周围照明；

从墙上挂着的多少幅画图，

看英雄，战斗，节日的欢愉；

我最后还发现，在一角墙隅，

古埃及儿童的一堆玩具。

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15 MY SHADOW

R obert .Louis Stevenson

I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me,

And what can be the use of him is more than I can

see.

He

is

very,

very

like

me

from

the

heels

up

to

the

head;

And I see him jump before me, when I jump into my

bed.

The funniest thing about him is the way he likes to

grow ----

Not at all like proper children, which is always very

slow;

For

he

sometimes

shoots

up

taller

like

an

india- rubber ball,

And he sometimes gets so little that there' s none

of him at all.

He

hasn't

got

a

notion

of

how

children

ought

to

play,

And

can

only

make

a

fool

of

me

in

every

sort

of

way.

He stays so close beside me, he's a coward you can

see;

I'

d

think

shame

to

stick

to

nursie

as

that

shadow

sticks to me!

One morning, very early, before the sun was up,

I

rose

and

found

the

shining

dew

on

every

buttercup;

But

my

lazy

little

shadow,

like

an

arrant

sleepy-head,

Had stayed at home behind me and was fast asleep

in bed.

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十五

我的影子

罗伯特·路易斯·斯蒂文森

我有个小小的影子，进进出出跟着我，

我可不大知道他到底有什么用场。

他呀，从头到脚都非常非常地像我；

我跳上床去，倒看见他比我先蹦上床。

他怎样成长的呢，嗐，那才叫好玩——

全不像真正的孩子那样，慢慢地长大；

有时候他长得那么高，象皮球，一蹦窜上天，

有时候他缩得这么小，我完全看不到他。

孩子应该怎样游戏，他可是完全不知道，

他呀，只知道捉弄我，跟我开玩笑。

他老是紧紧跟着我，真像个胆小鬼，你瞧；

我像他跟牢我那样去跟牢保姆可多害臊！

一天早上，非常早，太阳还没有起身，

我起来看到露珠在金凤花儿上闪耀；

可是我那懒惰的小影子，真贪睡，还不醒，

他在我身后，在家里床上，呼呼地睡觉。

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16 THE SWING

R obert Louis Stevenson

How do you like to go up in a swing,

Up in the air so blue

Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing

Ever a child can do !

Up in the air and over the wall,

Till I can see so wide,

Rivers and trees and cattle and all

Over the countryside -----

Till I look down on the garden green,

Down on the roof so brown ----

Up in the air I go flying again,

Up in the air and down !

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十六

秋

千

罗伯特·路易斯·斯蒂文森

荡呀荡着秋千上蓝天，

上蓝天，你呀喜欢不喜欢？

我想小孩儿最爱荡秋千，

荡着秋千真好玩，真好玩！

荡过围墙边呀荡上天，

我看到天地这么宽，这么宽，

我看到河流、树木和牛羊，

我看到田野没有边，没有边??

我再往下看，绿色大花园，

棕色的屋顶在眼前，在眼前——

我重新又荡着秋千上蓝天，

我在空中上下翻，上下翻！

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17 SWING SONG

A. A. Milne

①

Here I go up in my swing

Ever so high.

I am the King of the fields, and the King

Of the town.

I am the King of the earth, and the King

Of the sky.

Here I go up in my swing

?

Now I go down.

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十七

秋千歌

阿·亚·米尔恩

我抓住秋千往上荡，

高高地往上荡。

我就是田野的王，

城市的王，

我就是大地的王，

天空的王。

我抓住秋千往上荡??

荡完就下来到地上。

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①阿兰·

亚历山大·

米尔恩

（

1882

－

1956

）

，

英国

作家。作 品甚丰，以儿童文学为主。他的儿章诗通过

孩子的眼睛去观察世界，描摹儿童心理维妙维 肖，已

成为欧美家喻户晓的儿童读物。

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18 INDEPENDENCE

A. A. Milne

I never did, I never did, I never did like

I never did, I never did, I never did want

I never did, I never did, I never did think much of