For the tender beech and the sapling oak,
That grow by the shadowy rill,
Your may cut down both at a single stroke,
You may cut down which you will.
But this you must know,that as long as they grow,
Whatsoever change may be,
You can never teach either oak or beech
To be aught but agreenwood tree.
一九二○,八,一一,伦敦
静
心底里迸裂出来的声音,在小屋中激荡了一回,也就静了。
静了!鼠眼在冷梁上悄悄的闪,石油在小灯里慢慢的燃。
他俩也不觉得眼睛红,他俩早陪了十多天的夜了。他俩已经麻木,不再觉得两边肋胁下一丝丝的噏着痛了。
沉寂的午夜,还是昨天午夜般的沉寂。
只更静,静的听得见屋顶里落下来的尘埃灰屑。他忽然爆发似的说:“‘黄叶不落青叶落!’去年先去了他的妻,今年他也去了。要去的去不了,不能去的可去了!”