山谷里有一片牧场，树林之间隔着，一群人躺在那里安静地沉思;在那里，野鸡主宰着正午，猫头鹰主宰着黄昏的潮汐，我们这个世界的战嚎也会消失，停止。在这里，我把每个工作日带来的累赘抛在一边，从阴影中解脱出来，在宁静、无柱的安息日，我考虑一些沉重的事情，比如苏塞克斯郡的牛在露珠中吃草!在河边的大门口，鳟鱼在浅滩上狂吠，我知道罗本古拉的骄傲，当他下令放下皇家牧牛场的栅栏，十五英里长的牛在草原上驰骋。从布拉瓦约的城墙上，他们排成不间断的纵队来到议会山切割蓝色的地方…我只有二十六只，但原则是一样的我的苏塞克斯牛在露珠里吃草!听到一声甜美的撕裂声，有盖的草被撕裂，平背平腹地看着它们移动。看她的肩膀，猜她的胸围，赞美她的腰，赞美她的臀，还有她的尾巴垂得很低，好让上面的肉露出来!数一数那宽阔无瑕的口鼻，试一试那温柔柔嫩的皮肤，当你的小母牛唤她时抬起头来，看一看那欢快整洁的下巴下丰盈的胸脯，还有那俯视一切的朱诺的眼睛!这是颜色，形状和物质，我将证明它，下个季节，在我的住所里将诞生一头密特拉的公牛，从他的玛瑙蹄到他的均匀分支的象牙，暗尖的角，都是完美无瑕的。 He shall mate with block-square virgins - kings shall seek his like in vain, While I multiply his stock a thousandfold, Till an hungry world extol me, builder of a lofty strain That turns one standard ton at two years old. There's a valley, under oakwood, where a man may dream his dream, In the milky breath of cattle laid at ease, Till the moon o'ertops the alders, and her image chills the stream, And the river-mist runs silver round their knees! Now the footpaths fade and vanish; now the ferny clumps deceive; Now the hedgerow-folk possess their fields anew; Now the Herd is lost in darkness, and I bless them as I leave, My Sussex Cattle feeding in the dew!