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1、更多好书请点击www.uus8.orgYankeeGypsiesYankeeGypsiesJohnGreenleafWhittier1更多好书请点击www.uus8.orgYankeeGypsies"Here'stobudgets,packs,andwallets;Here'stoallthewanderingtrain."BURNS.(1)ICONFESSit,Iamkeenlysensitiveto"skyeyinfluences."(2)Iprofessnoindifferencetothemovementsofthatcapricio
2、usoldgentlemanknownastheclerkoftheweather.Icannotconcealmyinterestinthebehaviorofthatpatriarchalbirdwhosewoodensimilitudegyratesonthechurchspire.Winterproperiswellenough.Letthethermometergotozeroifitwill;somuchthebetter,iftherebytheverywindsarefrozenandunabletoflaptheirstif
3、fwings.Soundsofbellsinthekeenair,clear,musical,heart-inspiring;quicktrippingoffairmoccasinedfeetonglitteringicepavements;brighteyesglancingabovetheupliftedmufflikeasultana'sbehindthefoldsofher*yashmak;*(3)schoolboyscoastingdownstreetlikemadGreenlanders;thecoldbrillianceofob
4、liquesunbeamsflashingbackfromwidesurfacesofglitteringsnow,orblazinguponicejewelryoftreeandroof:thereisnothinginallthistocomplainof.Astormofsummerhasitsredeemingsublimities,--itsslow,upheavingmountainsofcloudgloominginthewesternhorizonlikenew-createdvolcanoes,veinedwithfire,
5、shatteredbyexplodingthunders.Eventhewildgalesoftheequinoxhavetheirvarieties,--soundsofwind-shakenwoodsandwaters,creakandclatterofsignandcasement,hurricanepuffs,anddown-rushingrain-spouts.Butthisdull,darkautumndayofthawandrain,whentheverycloudsseemtoospiritlessandlanguidtost
6、ormoutrightortakethemselvesoutofthewayoffairweather;wetbeneathandabove,remindingoneofthatraylessatmosphereofDante'sThirdCircle,wheretheinfernalPriessnitz(4)administershishydropathictorment,--"Aheavy,cursed,andrelentlessdrench,--Thelanditsoaksisputrid;"orrather,aseverythinga
7、nimateandinanimateisseethinginwarmmist,suggestingtheideathatNature,grownoldandrheumatic,istryingtheefficacyofaThomsoniansteam-box(5)onagrandscale;nosoundssavetheheavyplashofmuddyfeetonthepavements;themonotonous,melancholydripfromtreesandroofs;thedistressfulgurglingofwaterdu
8、cts,swallowingthedirtyamalgamofthegutters;adim,leaden-coloredhorizonofonlyafewyard
