英美小学生的“咏鹅”，必背诗歌：水仙花

I wander'd lonely as a cloud 我像一朵浮云独自漫游

That floats on high o'er vales and hills， 飘过深谷群山，

When all at once I saw a crowd, 突然间，看到一片

A host of golden daffodils, 无数朵的金色水仙花，

Beside the lake, beneath the trees, 长在湖畔，长在树下，

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. 微风中翩翩起舞。

Continuous as the stars that shine 不断地像发光的星斗

And twinkle on the milky way, 闪烁在银河中，

They stretch'd in never-ending line 无涯无际地延伸

Along the margin of a bay: 在海湾之滨；

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Ten thousand saw I at a glance 一瞥间，我看到成千上万的水仙，

Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. 摇晃着它们的小脑袋快乐地起舞。

The waves beside them danced, but they 海水在它们的身旁澎湃，

Out-did the sparkling waves in glee: 但它们比闪耀的海波更为愉快：

A poet could not but be gay 诗人不得不由衷欣喜

In such a jocund company! 在这样愉悦的友伴之中！

I gazed --- and gazed --- but little thought 我看了又看－可是很少想到

What wealth the show to me had brought; 这景象带给我多么宝贵的财富；

For oft, when on my couch I lie 在心境空虚或沉思之际，

In vacant or in pensive mood, 我常仰卧在沙发上，

They flash upon that inward eye 它们掠过我的心灵

Which is the bliss of solitude; 那是我孤寂中的无上喜乐；

And then my heart with pleasure fills, 于是，我心充满喜悦，

And dances with the daffodils. 与水仙共享舞足之乐。

《我独自漫游像一朵浮云》（又译《水仙花》），创作于1804年，是英国诗歌史上最著名的杰作之一。这首诗行文流畅，措辞简洁不拖泥带水，值得大家细细品读，我们也可以顺便体会一下英文诗歌的韵律。