E. Carpenter - The Triumph of Civilization 汉译

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A street of fashionable mansions well with-

drawn from all the noise and bustle;

And in the street—the only figure there—in the

  middle of the road, in the bitter wind—

Red-nosed, thin-shawled, with ankles bare and old boots.

A woman bent and haggard, croaking a dismal song.

And the great windows stare upon her wretchedness,

and stare across the road upon each other,

With big fool eyes;

But not a door is opened, not a face is seen,

Nor form of life down all the dreary street,

To certify the existence of humanity—

Other than hers.