LESSON 30 GOOD NIGHT 晚安

Samuel Griswold Goodrich (b.1793, d.1860) was born in Ridgefield, Conn.Mr.Goodrich is best known as “Peter Parley,” under which assumed name he commenced the publication of a series of Juvenile works about 1827.He edited “Parley’s Magazine” from 1841 to 1854.He was appointed United States consul for Paris in 1848, and held that of f ice four years.He was a voluminous writer, and his works are interesting and popular.His “Recollections of a Lifetime”was published in 1857, and “Peter Parley’s Own Story” the year after his death.

1.The sun has sunk behind the hills,

The shadows o’er the landscape creep;

A drowsy sound the woodland fi lls,

As nature folds her arms to sleep:

Good night—good night.

2.The chattering jay has ceased his din,

The noisy robin sings no more;

The crow, his mountain haunt within,

Dreams ’mid the forest’s surly roar:

Good night—good night.

3.The sunlit cloud fl oats dim and pale;

The dew is falling soft and still,

The mist hangs trembling o’er the vale,

And silence broods o’er yonder mill:

Good night—good night.

4.The rose, so ruddy in the light,

Bends on its stem all rayless now;

And by its side a lily white,

A sister shadow, seems to bow:

Good night—good night.

5.The bat may wheel on silent wing,

The fox his guilty vigils keep,

The boding owl his dirges sing;

But love and innocence will sleep:

Good night—good night.

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塞繆爾·格里斯沃德·古德里奇（1793—1860）出生于美國康涅狄格州里奇菲爾德市，其筆名彼得·帕利更為世人熟知。大約從1827年起，他就開始用這個筆名發表了一系列青少年作品。從1841年至1854年，他編輯了《帕利雜志》。1848年，他被任命為美國駐巴黎領事，任職四年。他是一位多產作家，作品有趣而廣受歡迎。他的《一生的回憶錄》于1857年出版，《彼得·帕利自己的故事》則在他去世一年后面世。

1.太陽已經沉沒在山后，

萬物的陰影在蔓延；

森林里，響起長短不一的哈欠聲，

大地攏起手臂，開始沉沉睡去：

——晚安，晚安。

2.嘰嘰喳喳的松雞已經停止饒舌，

啁啁啾啾的知更鳥也不再歌唱；

棲息在山間的烏鴉，

夢見森林的沉沉低吼：

——晚安，晚安。

3.鑲著金邊的云朵黯淡了，蒼白了，

露珠溫柔地、安靜地凝固，

溪谷里，霧簾慢慢升起，

連遠處的磨坊也被靜默吞噬：

——晚安，晚安。

4.陽光中艷麗無倫的玫瑰，

收斂起枝葉上所有光華；

在它身邊，一朵雪白的百合，

也在陰影中溫柔地低下頭。

——晚安，晚安。

5.蝙蝠在空中無聲地盤旋，

狐貍狡猾地保持警醒，

貓頭鷹唱著預言式的挽歌，

愛與純潔都溫柔地進入夢鄉：

——晚安，晚安。