William Cooper - To a Young Lady 汉译

Sweet stream, that winds through yonder glade,   <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

Apt emblem of a virtuous maid—  

Silent and chaste she steals along,  

Far from the world’s gay busy throng;  

With gentle yet prevailing force,        

Intent upon her destined course;  

Graceful and useful all she does,  

Blessing and blest where’er she goes;  

Pure-bosom’d as that watery glass,  

And Heaven reflected in her face.