求：郎費羅《孩子的時光》一詩

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郎費羅(Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1807-1882)，美國詩人，生於緬因州。大學就讀鮑登學院(Bowdoin College)，與霍桑同班。畢業後赴歐遊歷，修習各國語文。1836年開始在哈佛大學講授現代語言及文學。1839年出版第一部詩集《夜之吟》(Voices of the Night)，之後陸續有詩集問世，一時風靡大西洋兩岸，成為首位蜚聲國外的美國詩人。1854年辭去教職，專事創作。1861年，夫人不幸燒傷致死，他悲痛之餘無心創作，轉而投身但丁《神曲》的翻譯。晚年獲牛津和劍橋大學榮譽博士學位。

請提供：郎費羅《孩子的時光》(The Children\'s Hours)一詩。(原文即可)

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The Children's Hour

Between the dark and the daylight,

When the night is beginning to lower,

Comes a pause in the day's occupation,

That is know as the children's hour.

I hear in the chamber above me

The patter of little feet,

The sound of a door that is opened,

And voices soft and sweet.

From my study I see in the lamplight,

Descending the broad hall stair,

Grave Alice, and laughing Allegra,

And Edith with golden hair.

A whisper and then a silence:

Yet I know by their merry eyes,

They are plotting and planning together,

To take me by surprise.

A sudden rush from the stairway,

A sudden raid from the hall!

By three doors left unguarded

They enter my castle wall!

They climb up into my turret

O'er the arms and back of my chair;

If I try to escape, they surround me,

They seem to be everywhere.

They almost devour me with kisses,

Their arms about me entwine,

Till I think of the Bishop of Bingen

In his Mouse-Tower on the Rhine!

Do you think, O blue-eyed banditti,

Because you have scaled the wall,

Such an old mustache as I am

Is not a match for you all?

I have you fast in my fortress

And will not let you depart,

But put you down in the dungeon

In the round-tower of my heart.

And there will I keep you forever,

Yes, forever and a day,

Till the walls shall crumble to ruin,

And moulder in dust away!

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow