瓦尔登湖:The Ponds11
This pond has rarely been profaned by a boat， for there is little in it to tempt a fisherman. Instead of the white lily， which requires mud， or the common sweet flag， the blue flag （Iris versicolor） grows thinly in the pure water， rising from the stony bottom all around the shore， where it is visited by hummingbirds in June； and the color both of its bluish blades and its flowers and especially their reflections， is in singular harmony with the glaucous water.
White Pond and Walden are great crystals on the surface of the earth， Lakes of Light. If they were permanently congealed， and small enough to be clutched， they would， perchance， be carried off by slaves， like precious stones， to adorn the heads of emperors； but being liquid， and ample， and secured to us and our successors forever， we disregard them， and run after the diamond of Kohinoor. They are too pure to have a market value； they contain no muck. How much more beautiful than our lives， how much more transparent than our characters， are they！ We never learned meanness of them. How much fairer than the pool before the farmers door， in which his ducks swim！ Hither the clean wild ducks come. Nature has no human inhabitant who appreciates her. The birds with their plumage and their notes are in harmony with the flowers， but what youth or maiden conspires with the wild luxuriant beauty of Nature？ She flourishes most alone， far from the towns where they reside. Talk of heaven！ ye disgrace earth.
这一个湖很少给船只玷污，因为其中很少吸引渔夫的生物。也没有需要污泥的白百合花，也没有一般的菖蒲，在那纯洁的水中，稀少地生长着蓝菖蒲（学名Iris versico lor），长在沿岸一圈的湖底的圆石上，而在六月中，蜂鸟飞来了，那蓝色的叶片和蓝色的花，特别是它们的反光，和那海蓝色的水波真是异常地和谐。
白湖和瓦尔登湖是大地表面上的两块巨大的水晶，它们是光耀的湖，如果它们是永远地冻结了的，而且又小巧玲珑，可以拿取的，也许它们已经给奴隶们拿了去，像宝石一样，点缀在国王的王冠上了；可是，它的液体也很广大，所以永远保留给我们和我们的子孙了，我们却抛弃了它们，去追求可希诺大钻石了，它们真太纯洁，不能有市场价格，它们没被污染。它们比起我们的生命来，不知美了多少，比起我们的性格来，不知透明了多少！我们从不知道它们有什么瑕疵。和农家门前，鸭子游泳的池塘一比较，它们又不知秀丽了多少！清洁的野鸭到了这里来。在大自然界里，还没有一个人间居民能够欣赏她。鸟儿连同它们的羽毛和乐音，是和花朵谐和的，可是有哪个少年或少女，是同大自然的粗旷华丽的美协调的呢？大自然极其寂寞地繁茂着，远离着他们居住的乡镇。
说甚天堂！你侮辱大地。
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