自然的新绿是金，
鲜美色彩难保存。
初发叶芽即是花；
仅能持续一刹那。
遂而新芽长成叶。
伊甸顿然陷悲切，
曙晓瞬已大白天。
黄金之物不久全。
Nothing Gold Can Stay
Nature's first green is gold，
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower；
But only an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief，
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay. |
