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1、PhilipFreneauTheWildHoneysuckle野忍冬花美好的花呀，你长得，这么秀丽，却藏身在这僻静沉闷的地方---甜美的花儿开了却没人亲昵，招展的小小枝梢也没人观赏；没游来荡去的脚把你踩碎，没东攀西摘的手来催你落泪。大自然把你打扮得一身洁白，她叫你避开庸俗粗鄙的目光，她布置下树荫把你护卫起来，又让潺潺的柔波淌过你身旁；你的夏天就这样静静地消逝，这时候你日见萎蔫终将安息。那些难免消逝的美使我销魂，想起你未来的结局我就心疼，别的那些花儿也不比你幸运---虽开放在伊甸园中也已凋零，无情的寒霜再加秋风的威力，会叫这花朵消失得一无踪迹。朝阳和晚露当初曾把你养育，让
2、你这小小的生命来到世上，原来若乌有，就没什么可失去，因为你的死让你同先前一样；这来去之间不过是一个钟点---这就是脆弱的花享有的天年。（黄皋炘译）CommentaryTheshortlyricwaswrittenin1786.FreneauwasinspiredbythebeautyofthewildhoneysucklewhenhewaswalkingatChaeleston,SouthCarolina.Itwasvirtuallyunreadinthepoet’slifetime,yetitdeservesaplaceamongmajorEnglishandAmer
3、icanworksofpoetryofthattime.ThisisoneofthemostquotedworksofFreneau.Generallyspeaking,itisthebestofFreneau’spoems,andthebestpoemonnaturebeforetheappearanceoftheversesofWilliamCullenBryant,WilliamWordsworth,andRalphWaldoEmerson’sTheRhodora.Butunlikethoseearlywriterswhoturnedtolookforthemes
4、outsideAmerica,Freneaurootedhispoemonthispieceofland.Heisoneofthefewearlywriterswhoeulogizethecountry.BeforeFreneautherehadbeensomeAmericanpoetswho,however,wrotemostlyonthereligious5themeandeitherinstyleorstructurallytheyimitatedEnglishpoets.Freneau,thefirstAmerican-bornpoet,wasoneofthee
5、arliestwhocasttheireyesoverthenaturalsurroundingsoftheNewContinentandAmericansubjectmatter.Asisdisplayedinthispoem,honeysuckle,insteadofroseofdaffodilbecametheobjectofdepiction;itis“wild”justtoconveythefreshperceptionofthenaturalscenesonthenewcontinent.Theflowers,similartotheearlyPuritan
6、settlers,usedtobelievetheyweretheselectsofGodtobearrangedontheabundantland,butnowhavetowakeupfromfantasyandbemorerespectfultonaturallaw.Timeisconstantbutthetimeofalifeisshort;anyfavorisrelativebutchangeisabsolute;withorwithouttheawareness,naturedevelops;flowerswereborn,blossomedanddeclin
7、edtorepose,andhumanbeingswouldexistinexactlythesameway.Aphilosophicalmeditationisindicatedbythedescriptionofthefateofatrivialwildplant.AquintessentiallyRomanticpoet,FreneaudemonstratedthebestofhispoeticartinthemelodiouslyricsonNature’sbeauty.Inthisshortpoemaboutaflower,th
