Eugene Field - Little Boy Blue 汉译

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The little boy soldier is red with rust,

  And his musket moulds in his hands.

Time was when the little toy dog was new,

  And the soldier was passing fair;

And that was the time when our Little Boy Blue

  Kissed them and put them there.

“Now, don’t you go till I come,” he said,

  “And don’t you make any noise!”

So, toddling off to his trundle-bed,

  He dreamt of the pretty toys;

And, as he was dreaming, an angel song

  Awakened our Little Boy Blue—

Oh! the years are many, the years are long,

  But the little boy friends are true!

Aye, faithful to Little Boy Blue they stand,

  Each in the same old place—

Awaiting the touch of a little hand,

  The smile of a little face;

And they wonder, as waiting the long years through

  In the dust of that little chair,

What has become of our Little Boy Blue,

  Since he kissed them and put them there.