2024-02-18 Thumb Appreciation Day

【Le Monocle de Mon Oncle-VIII (1918)】

Wallace Stevens (1879—1955)

         Like a dull scholar, I behold, in love,

         An ancient aspect touching a new mind.

         It comes, it blooms, it bears its fruit and dies.

         This trivial trope reveals a way of truth.

         Our bloom is gone. We are the fruit thereof.

         Two golden gourds distended on our vines,

         Into the autumn weather, splashed with frost,

         Distorted by hale fatness, turned grotesque.

         We hang like warty squashes, streaked and rayed,

         The laughing sky will see the two of us

         Washed into rinds by rotting winter rains.

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【《我叔叔的单片眼镜·之八》(1918)】

异乡人·史蒂文斯(1879生—1955卒)

【红霞译】

             我在爱情上就像愚钝的学究，

             老面孔植被新思想。

             发芽、开花、结果，然后死亡。

             这浅显的比喻揭示了真理所在。

             花开又花落。我们就成为果实。

             两个金葫芦在藤蔓上鼓胀凸出，

             秋日时节，满处霜花，

             体态肥硕变形，稀奇古怪。

             我们像长满赘疣的倭瓜一样悬挂，光影斑驳，

             含笑的天空会看到我俩

             被腐臭的冬雨冲刷成躯壳。

【注】星期天礼拜时刻，我穿过第五大道高贵圣徒大教堂(St. Patrick's Cathedral)赶往斜对面的双圣徒教堂，专来聆听管风琴师“神高举·心智”(Jeremy Filsell)的演奏，他是英国人，目前担任该教堂的音乐总监。此外，双圣徒教堂还有自己专业的男子与男童唱诗班为礼拜献唱，而且所有学生均来自本教堂——美国唯一一所教会附属寄宿学校唱诗班，而目前世界上仅存三所此类学校，其它两所分别为英国的双圣徒和西敏寺唱诗学校(Westminster Abbey Choir School)。

1980年，第五大道双圣徒教堂被纳入《美国国家史迹名录》。

Today in History(历史上的今天):

2024: Church of Our Saviour, NYC(纽约城·救世主罗马天主教堂)

2024: St Mark's Church in-the-Bowery, NYC(纽约城·农场街光辉圣徒教堂)

2024: Street Swimmers on Park Ave, NYC(纽约城·公园大道街头游泳者)

2024: World's Largest Grand Ctr Terminal, NYC(纽约世上最大的火车站)

2024: Shop for Mod Parka Post-Snow, NYC(纽约城·雪后选购棉猴大衣)

2024: Hutong in Awesome Setting, NYC(纽约城·非比寻常的“胡同”食府)

2024: 1-Michelin-Starred Estela, NYC(纽约城米其林一星·星辰现代餐厅)

2018 Teachers' Appreciation Dinner(2018年光华教师答谢晚宴)

2017 MathCounts Regional Competition(2017年初中数学分区赛)

2015: Chinese New Year Eve @ Lai Lai Garden(来来花园春节年夜饭)

East Façade in Gothic Revival (1914) w/ Plain Ashlar Limestone Exterior Surfaces in Asymmetrical Main Elevation

(建于1914年哥特复兴式东面·外表采用纯琢石石灰岩)

Interior (内景)

Nave Slightly off Center w/ a Wide Chantry to the South & a Narrow Aisle to the North 

(稍微偏离中心的中殿·南面有宽阔的教堂而北面有狭窄的过道 02-18-2024)

Five Bays Separated by Buttresses (扶壁隔五开间)

Candle Burning (点燃蜡烛)

South Chancel Organ (南圣坛管风琴)

Votive Candle Rack (许愿烛架)

Sacristy (圣器室)

Priest House (牧师之家)

Ornamental/Leaded Icons (圣像花窗)

Loening-Hancock Gallery Organ (“君主—气盛”牌管廊风琴)

Aeolian-Skinner Organ (“快速—鞣制皮革”牌管风琴)

On the north wall is one of the four consecrated, parts of the WWII Memorial; the Eucharist is celebrated here twice a year, on Memorial Day and Veteran's Day. Above is a prayer for peace, flanked by the Archangels Michael w/ sword and Gabriel w/ trumpet. On the altar rests a book with illuminations on parchment listing the names of parishioners who served in the war; those who gave their lives are shown in red. Still higher are the small enameled discs representing the branches of the armed services, leading up to carved busts of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines chiefs of staff.

(北墙上双圣徒教堂的四个祭坛之一·二战纪念馆的一部分；每年在这里庆祝两次圣体圣事，分别是在阵亡将士纪念日和退伍军人节。上面是祈求和平的祈祷，两侧是拿着剑的天使长和拿着喇叭的神人。祭坛上放着一本书，羊皮纸上有插图，上面列出了在战争中服役的教区居民的名字；那些献出生命的人以红色显示；更高处是代表武装部队部门的小珐琅圆盘，临近陆军、海军、空军和海军陆战队参谋长半身雕像。)

Altar Frontal (祭坛前挂饰 02-18-2024)

Bicentennial Exhibition w/ the Arts in the Service of Faith (1823-2023)

(1823-2023服务于信仰的艺术品两百年回顾展)

Crosslinks(相关博文):

USA·New York(美国·纽约州)

USA(出游美国)