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1、YankeeGypsiesYankeeGypsiesJohnGreenleafWhittier1YankeeGypsies"Here'stobudgets,packs,andwallets;Here'stoallthewanderingtrain."BURNS.(1)ICONFESSit,Iamkeenlysensitiveto"skyeyinfluences."(2)Iprofessnoindifferencetothemovementsofthatcapriciousoldgentlemanknownastheclerkoftheweather.
2、Icannotconcealmyinterestinthebehaviorofthatpatriarchalbirdwhosewoodensimilitudegyratesonthechurchspire.Winterproperiswellenough.Letthethermometergotozeroifitwill;somuchthebetter,iftherebytheverywindsarefrozenandunabletoflaptheirstiffwings.Soundsofbellsinthekeenair,clear,musical
3、,heart-inspiring;quicktrippingoffairmoccasinedfeetonglitteringicepavements;brighteyesglancingabovetheupliftedmufflikeasultana'sbehindthefoldsofher*yashmak;*(3)schoolboyscoastingdownstreetlikemadGreenlanders;thecoldbrillianceofobliquesunbeamsflashingbackfromwidesurfacesofglitter
4、ingsnow,orblazinguponicejewelryoftreeandroof:thereisnothinginallthistocomplainof.Astormofsummerhasitsredeemingsublimities,--itsslow,upheavingmountainsofcloudgloominginthewesternhorizonlikenew-createdvolcanoes,veinedwithfire,shatteredbyexplodingthunders.Eventhewildgalesoftheequi
5、noxhavetheirvarieties,--soundsofwind-shakenwoodsandwaters,creakandclatterofsignandcasement,hurricanepuffs,anddown-rushingrain-spouts.Butthisdull,darkautumndayofthawandrain,whentheverycloudsseemtoospiritlessandlanguidtostormoutrightortakethemselvesoutofthewayoffairweather;wetben
6、eathandabove,remindingoneofthatraylessatmosphereofDante'sThirdCircle,wheretheinfernalPriessnitz(4)administershishydropathictorment,--"Aheavy,cursed,andrelentlessdrench,--Thelanditsoaksisputrid;"orrather,aseverythinganimateandinanimateisseethinginwarmmist,suggestingtheideathatNa
7、ture,grownoldandrheumatic,istryingtheefficacyofaThomsoniansteam-box(5)onagrandscale;nosoundssavetheheavyplashofmuddyfeetonthepavements;themonotonous,melancholydripfromtreesandroofs;thedistressfulgurglingofwaterducts,swallowingthedirtyamalgamofthegutters;adim,leaden-coloredhoriz
8、onofonlyafewyardsindiameter,shuttingdownaboutone,2Yank
