在《新月集》中，诗人书写了孩子纯净的心灵。孩子们喜欢玩简单的小游戏，且乐此不疲。“他们用沙子建造房屋，他们用空贝壳游戏。”“孩子，你多么快乐，整个早晨坐在尘土里，玩着一根折断的小树枝。”孩子们有着奇妙的想象，“如果我闹着玩儿，变成一朵金香木花，长在那树的高枝上，在风中笑得摇摇摆摆，在新生嫩叶上跳舞，妈妈，你认得出是我吗?”此外，《新月集》也描写了孩子和母亲的感情。“他知道慈母心中小小一角就可以容纳无穷的欢乐，被母亲逮住了紧抱在她慈爱的双臂里，远比自由甜蜜。”在诗人的笔下，诗中的母亲带有一种圣洁的光辉。
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40 最后的买卖 THE LAST BARGAIN
"COME and hire me," I cried, while in the morning I was walking on the stone-paved road.
早晨，我在石铺的路上走时，我叫道：“谁来雇用我呀。”
Sword in hand, the King came in his chariot.
皇帝坐着马车，手里拿着剑走来。
He held my hand and said, "I will hire you with my power."
他拉着我的手，说道：“我要用权力来雇用你。”
But his power counted for nought, and he went away in his chariot.
但是他的权力算不了什么，他坐着马车走了。
In the heat of the midday the houses stood with shut doors.
正午炎热的时候，家家户户的门都闭着。
I wandered along the crooked lane.
我沿着屈曲的小巷走去。
An old man came out with his bag of gold.
一个老人带着一袋金钱走出来。
He pondered and said, "I will hire you with my money."
他斟酌了一下，说道：“我要用金钱来雇用你。”
He weighed his coins one by one, but I turned away.
他一个一个地数着他的钱，但我却转身离去了。
It was evening. The garden hedge was all aflower.
黄昏了，花园的篱上满开着花。
The fair maid came out and said, "I will hire you with a smile."
美人走出来，说道：“我要用微笑来雇用你。”
Her smile paled and melted into tears, and she went back alone into the dark.
她的微笑黯淡了，化成泪容了，她孤寂地回身走进黑暗里去。
The sun glistened on the sand, and the sea waves broke waywardly.
太阳照耀在沙地上，海波任性地浪花四溅。
A child sat playing with shells.
一个小孩坐在那里玩贝壳。
He raised his head and seemed to know me, and said, "I hire you with nothing."
他抬起头来，好像认识我似的，说道：“我雇你不用什么东西。”
From thenceforward that bargain struck in child's play made me a free man.
从此以后，在这个小孩的游戏中做成的买卖，使我成了一个自由的人。
(THE END)
(完)
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