W. B. Yeats - In Memory of Major Robert Gregory (8) 汉译

When with the Galway foxhounds he would ride  

From Castle Taylor to the Roxborough side  

Or Esserkelly plain, few kept his pace;  

At Mooneen he had leaped a place  

So perilous that half the astonished meet  

Had shut their eyes, and where was it  

He rode a race without a bit?  

And yet his mind outran the horses’ feet.  

纪念罗伯特•格雷戈里少校(八)

威廉·巴特勒·叶芝

他从前常随着盖尔威的猎狐犬

纵马从泰勒堡奔驰到罗克斯镇边缘

或埃色凯利平原，很少有人跟得上他；

在穆宁，他跃过了一个十分危险之地，

使得参加围猎的一半人都惊恐得

闭起了眼睛；那是在哪儿

他不用僵绳参加了一次赛马？

然而他的心思比马蹄更敏捷。