I cannot close my eyes upon this day without setting down some record of it; yet the foolish insufficiency of words! At sunrise I looked forth;nowhere could I discern a cloud the size of a man's hand; the leaves quivered gently, as if with joy in the divine morning which glistened upon their dew. At sunset I stood in the meadow above my house, and watched the red orb sink into purple mist, whilst in the violet heaven behind me rose the perfect moon. All between, through the soft circling of the dial's shadow, was loveliness and quiet unutterable. Never, I could fancy, did autumn clothe in such magnificence the elms and beeches; never, I should think, did the leafage on my walls blaze in such royal crimson. It was no day for wandering; under a canopy of blue or gold, where the eye could fall on nothing that was not beautiful, enough to be at one with nature in dreamy rest. From stubble fields sounded the long caw of rooks; a sleepy crowing ever and anon told of the neighbour farm; my doves cooed above their cot. Was it for five minutes, or was it for an hour, that I watched the yellow butterfly wafted as by an insensible tremor of the air amid the garden glintings? In every autumn there comes one such flawless day. None that I have known brought me a mind so touched to the fitting mood of welcome, and so fulfilled the promise of its peace.
如果不把今天发生的一些事情记下来,我便无法入睡;然而,文字却又那样蠢笨,无法将我的意思充分表达出来!日出时我向外望去,天空中连一块巴掌大小的云朵都没有;树叶轻颤,在朝露中闪闪发亮,在这美好的晨光里,似乎无比地快乐。日落时分，我站在比我的房子还高的草坡上，凝望着那颗红色的火球没入紫色的雾蔼之中;与此同时,我身后紫罗兰色的天空中,已经升起了一轮满月。在日晷轻柔的转动中,天地之间充满了一种难以言喻的可爱与静谧。我想,秋天从没有给榆树和山毛榉树穿上过如此绮丽的衣裳,墙上的叶丛也从没有闪耀出如此富丽堂皇的深绯。这不是出去闲逛的日子;在蔚蓝或金色的苍穹之下,目之所及,美不胜收,足以使人在梦幻般的安眠中与大自然合而为一。在留有稻茬的田地里,白嘴鸦在长声高叫;附近的农场里时时传来公鸡带有睡意的啼叫声;我的鸽群也在鸽巢中咕咕地叫着。我看着黄蝴蝶在花园的微光中随着几乎无法察觉的微风轻轻摇曳一我看了有五分钟还是一个小时了呢?在每一个秋季中,都会有一个这样完美的日子。我所经历过的一切,从没有什么曾如此触动过我的心弦,给我带来这样舒适的欢愉情绪,实现了我对平和、安宁的渴望。
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