Lucinda Matlock英文诗词

Lucinda Matlock

by Edgar Lee Masters

I went to the dances at Chandlerville，

And played snap-out at Winchester.

One time we changed partners，

Driving home in the moonlight of middle June，

And then I found Davis.

We were married and lived together for seventy years，

Enjoying， working， raising the twelve children，

Eight of whom we lost

Ere I had reached the age of sixty.

I spun， I wove， I kept the house， I nursed the sick，

I made the garden， and for holiday

Rambled over the fields where sang the larks，

And by Spoon River gathering many a shell，

And many a flower and medicinal weed

Shouting to the wooded hills， singing to the green valleys.

At ninety-six I had lived enough， that is all，

And passed to a sweet repose.

What is this I hear of sorrow and weariness，

Anger， discontent and drooping hopes？

Degenerate sons and daughters，

Life is too strong for you

It takes life to love Life

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