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关于大学英文诗歌朗诵稿|小学生英文诗歌朗诵稿 The Ship by William Logan The sunlight burned like wire on the water， that morning the ghost ship drove upriver. The only witness was a Jersey cow. Florid and testy， a miniature industrialist， the steam tug spouted its fiery plume of smoke， and on the bank the dead trout lolled， beyond the reach of the fishermen now. From a distance the fish lay sprawled like sailors after a great sea battle， the masts and spars splintered like matchsticks on the water; the mist hovering over inlets， cannon-smoke drifting off the now-purple， now-green bloom of river. In shadow a train inched across a brick viaduct ruling the still-dark valley， as aqueducts once bullied the dawn campagna. The cows resented the Cincinnatus patriot， knowing they too were bred for slaughter. The morning was a painting： the battered warship hung with dawn lights like a chestful of medals， the barren canvas of the Thames， empty out of respect， the steam tug beetling to the breakers yard. The sun lay on the horizon like a vegetable. The Shield of Achilles by W. H. Auden She looked over his shoulder For vines and olive trees， Marble well-governed cities And ships upon untamed seas， But there on the shining metal His hands had put instead An artificial wilderness And a sky like lead. A plain without a feature， bare and brown， No blade of grass， no sign of neighborhood， Nothing to eat and nowhere to sit down， Yet， congregated on its blankness， stood An unintelligible multitude， A million eyes， a million boots in line， Without expression， waiting for a sign. Out of the air a voice without a face Proved by statistics that some cause was just In tones as dry and level as the place： No one was cheered and nothing was discussed; Column by column in a cloud of dust They marched away enduring a belief