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1、AnOldTownByTheSeaAnOldTownByTheSeabyThomasBaileyAldrich1AnOldTownByTheSeaPISCATAQUARIVERThousingestbythegleamingisles,Bywoods,andfieldsofcorn,Thousingest,andthesunlightsmilesUponmybirthdaymorn.ButIwithinacity,I,Sofullofvagueunrest,WouldalmostgivemylifetolieAnhouruponuponthybre
2、ast.Toletthewherrylistlessgo,And,wraptindreamyjoy,Dip,andsurgeidlytoandfro,Liketheredharbor-buoy;Tositinhappyindolence,Torestupontheoars,AndcatchtheheavyearthyscentsThatblowfromsummershores;Toseetheroundedsungodown,AndwithitspartingfiresLightupthewindowsofthetownAndburnthetape
3、ringspires;AndthentohearthemuffledtollsFromsteeplesslimandwhite,Andwatch,amongtheIslesofShoals,TheBeacon'sorangelight.ORiver!flowingtothemainThroughwoods,andfieldsofcorn,HearthoumylongingandmypainThissunnybirthdaymorn;AndtakethissongwhichfancyshapesTomusiclikethineown,Andsingi
4、ttothecliffsandcapesAndcragswhereIamknown!2AnOldTownByTheSeaI.CAPTAINJOHNSMITHICALLitanoldtown,butitisonlyrelativelyold.Whenonereflectsonthecountlesscenturiesthathavegonetothefor-mationofthiscrustofearthonwhichwetemporarilymove,themostancientcitiesonitssurfaceseemmerelythingso
5、ftheweekbeforelast.Itwasonlytheotherday,then--thatistosay,inthemonthofJune,1603--thatoneMartinPring,intheshipSpeedwell,anenormousshipofnearlyfiftytonsburden,fromBristol,England,sailedupthePiscataquaRiver.TheSpeedwell,numberingthirtymen,officersandcrew,hadforconsorttheDiscovere
6、r,oftwenty-sixtonsandthirteenmen.Afterfollowingthewindingsof"thebraveriver"fortwelvemilesormore,thetwovesselsturnedbackandputtoseaagain,havingfailedinthechiefobjectoftheexpedition,whichwastoobtainacargoofthemedicinalsassafras-tree,fromthebarkofwhich,aswellknowntoourancestors,c
7、ouldbedistilledtheElixirofLife.ItwasatsomepointontheleftbankofthePiscataqua,threeorfourmilesfromthemouthoftheriver,thatworthyMasterPringprobablyeffectedoneofhisseverallandings.Thebeautifulstreamwidenssuddenlyatthisplace,andthegreenbanks,thencoveredwithanetworkofstrawberryvines
8、,andslopinginvitinglytothelipofthecrystalwater,musthavewonthe
