文章基本信息

标题：Joan of arc.
作者：Baer, William
期刊名称：Modern Age
印刷版ISSN：0026-7457
出版年度：2009
期号：June
语种：English
出版社：Intercollegiate Studies Institute Inc.

摘要：
A translation from the Portuguese of Cecilia Meireles

   Firm in the saddle of her panting little horse,   she races in the vanguard of her troops as they dart   at the enemy trenches, galloping on course,   serene, ecstatic, and with a happy heart.   Her seemingly virile fingers occupy   a ringed and iron gauntlet as she   holds high the palpitating flag in the sky   with its golden splendor of the fleur-de-lis.   Confident with dreams, and youth, and sincere   belief, the Maid of Orleans, in a mystical daze   proceeds undaunted with her missionary aims.   She smiles, and not a single tremor of fear   invades her soul, but her bold and visionary gaze   already reflects the bonfire's sinister flames.

WILLIAM BAER holds the Peterson Chair in English and American literature at the University of Evansville, where he also directs The Evansville Review.

Joan of arc.

Baer, William

A translation from the Portuguese of Cecilia Meireles

  Firm in the saddle of her panting little horse,
  she races in the vanguard of her troops as they dart
  at the enemy trenches, galloping on course,
  serene, ecstatic, and with a happy heart.
  Her seemingly virile fingers occupy
  a ringed and iron gauntlet as she
  holds high the palpitating flag in the sky
  with its golden splendor of the fleur-de-lis.
  Confident with dreams, and youth, and sincere
  belief, the Maid of Orleans, in a mystical daze
  proceeds undaunted with her missionary aims.
  She smiles, and not a single tremor of fear
  invades her soul, but her bold and visionary gaze
  already reflects the bonfire's sinister flames.

WILLIAM BAER holds the Peterson Chair in English and American literature at the University of Evansville, where he also directs The Evansville Review.