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The Cotton Tree
棉花樹
Sing well fare the cotton-tree!
一起來祝愿棉花樹
Bravely may it grow，
長大吧，發(fā)出勇氣的光彩！
Bearing in its seeded pod
讓種莢里藏身的棉朵，
Cotton white as snow!
像雪花一般潔白！
Spin the cotton into thread;
把棉絮紡成絲線，
Weave it in the loom;
把絲線織成布匹；
Wear it now, thou little child,
小朋友，把它穿上吧，
In thy happy home.
在你快樂的家里
Thou hast worn it well and long;
整天在身上的衣服
Are its uses past?
就是棉花最后的用途？
No; this well-worn cotton thing
錯了，這穿破了的東西
Is a book at last.
還能讓我們閱讀,，
Sort and grind to pulp the rags;
挑出破布，搗成紙漿，
Weave the paper fair;
再凝成白紙一張張，
Now it only waits for words
如今只等著文字，
To be printed there.
印上去散發(fā)著墨香
Words from God to man sent down
天地給人的啟示，
May those pages show;
就在這書兩上存在，
Sing well fare the cotton-tree!
一起來祝愿棉花樹
Bravely may it grow!
長大吧，發(fā)出勇氣的光彩
