有一種科學,學者稱其為,
“比較解剖學”——
它能讓一根骨頭——
揭示秘密,關于
某種罕見的生物腐爛消亡,
另一些朽化在巖石中——
富有遠見的眼睛,
引我們?nèi)タ?/p>
冬日草場上最溫柔的花,
金黃的色彩
象征著各種玫瑰與百合,
還有千萬只蝴蝶!
A science—so the Savants say,
“Comparative Anatomy”—
By which a single bone—
Is made a secret to unfold
Of some rare tenant of the mold,
Else perished in the stone—
So to the eye prospective led,
This meekest flower of the mead
Upon a winter’s day,
Stands representative in gold
Of Rose and Lily, manifold,
And countless Butterfly!