Poem 441

J441

That is my letter to the world

 

That never wrote to me,

 

The simple news that Nature told,

 

With tender majesty.

 

her message is committed

5

To hands I cannot see

 

For love of her, sweet countrymen,

 

Judge tenderly of me!

 

 
 
  Annotation

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world

眾人。指同胞

1-2

this...me

這是一風向眾人表達對大自然感受的信,但大自然並未向我函示

3

simple news

純樸的信息

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tender majesty

大自然猶如慈母,溫柔中又具莊嚴

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her...see

大自然深邃神秘,但見其信息,卻不知到如何寫成。

 

 
 
  Analysis

作者感於大自然的神奇奧妙,以景仰愛慕的心情向人們傾訴她的感受。但大自然,奇幻難測,唯恐不能表達其信息於萬一,故籲請大家幸勿以表達不實見罪。