精美英文小诗：Lake Como

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　　The searchlight of a February moon
　　at the end of the street
　　bare trees black railing
" l; E) e4 D& ?5 I5 s1 Z2 I/ K　　an eastern star set like a pearl atop a steeple
0 K4 P: {6 Q" U2 K# N　　that shadows the doorway
' K, j5 n- M/ N* Y- W* T/ C5 Y　　where the one-armed card shark squats
9 J& l8 j2 F! f. H2 Y( d2 c# X　　shuffling his deck on a milk crate
. j( e$ C# k: ^6 u( C　　waiting for the No. 6 bus to discharge
　　the off-duty cop the seamstress
3 @! X1 X8 z4 j0 b　　the drunken mechanic and the clerk on crutches
8 {3 p* `6 K( ~; Y) E! |1 `　　who pauses before his building to watch
　　the mechanic lose three dollars at blackjack
　　and then stiffly ascends the five flights
+ v% @, s  H( C+ I- H　　to his two rooms on a shaftway
　　hanging his coat on a hook
　　and sitting down at the table
; V7 ^/ C& {2 D$ Z/ o8 p7 m　　on which this morning he placed
# `" U: s: f' o4 w0 a- F0 j" p　　a soup bowl and spoon
" ]" g7 c4 F! n% t  v3 W　　a tin of crackers and the crossword
　　puzzle he had been laboring over
　　beneath the gaze of his late wife
　　her color photograph propped up in a small frame
　　a young woman in a boxy dress and felt cap
　　waving shyly by the edge of a lake
　　where over her shoulder beneath a clear sky
5 F6 B" F3 z+ c5 [: S6 M  Z　　a sailboat rides the wind
1 W, z3 W: B6 V  I6 ^' i　　passengers on the polished deck
　　gazing at the glowing mountain peaks
3 s1 D) W. O( D　　the cypresses lining the shore
　　and the pink palazzi with ancient gardens
/ N1 p5 P, a# Z5 k; R3 [' E$ B　　these men and women in white
　　who seem to live upon the water
3 k4 w  F2 V/ I/ q" [0 j: u　　gliding among themselves oblivious to strife
9 ~' Z% H, H9 ?, n; a; u　　and all else that wears a body down
　　some sipping from crystal goblets
　　others just drinking in the light
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