The Wreck of the Hesperus
/ðə ˌrek əv ðə ˈhespərəs/
/ðə ˌrek əv ðə ˈhespərəs/
- a poem by the US poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. It was in his collection Ballads and Other Poems (1841), which also included The Village Blacksmith. It tells the story of a father and his small daughter who die when their ship hits rocks during a storm. The phrase like the wreck of the Hesperus may be used to mean 'very untidy' or 'in a ruined state'. The poem includes these lines:
“'O father! I see a gleaming light.Oh, say, what may it be?’But the father answered never a word,A frozen corpse was he.”《西斯佩鲁斯的残骸》:美国诗人亨利·沃兹沃思·朗费罗的诗。这是在他的收藏《民谣和其他诗歌》(1841年)中,其中也包括《乡村铁匠》。它讲述了一个父亲和他的小女儿在暴风雨中撞船撞死的故事。像《 Hesperus的残骸》这样的短语可能被用来表示“非常不整洁”或“处于毁灭状态”。这首诗包括以下几行: