KING'S COLLEGE FELLOWS' GARDEN
You are standing at the entrance of the Fellows' Garden at King's. This is the current version of what originated as various enclosures on the eastern bank of the Cam, shown on Hammond's (1592) and Loggan's (1688) maps.
The first version sadly met its end shortly after 1772 as the result of a College vote to create the back lawn as the amenity it now is, sweeping away all horticultural artefacts. It was another 64 years before this most recent iteration of the Fellows' Garden began to take shape, on land that had been awarded to King's College in the 1805 enclosure of the Parish of St Giles. Originally used as grazing land for the Provost's coach horses, in 1836 it was "improved' with tree and shrub planting, the addition of a walk through the plantation, and enclosure of the whole by an iron fence. The walk was for the use of the Provost, his family, and Fellows of the College.The horses however, remained.
The need for a better, and moreover horse-free, green space within the College was clearly recognised and in March 1851 Provost Okes 'consented to commute the Close now assigned to him for some other as soon as one becomes vacant', the vacated land to be 'laid out as a pleasure ground for the Fellows of the College'. In December of that year, College Council voted to spend up to £80 in achieving a proposal by local landscaper W Fuller.
Max Walters, in his guide to the Fellows' Garden writes; "The garden we see today, with its relatively informal shapes and pleasing groups of mature trees with lowergrowing shrubs, is a typical Victorian design, and we can reasonably assume that its appearance has not changed much in the last hundred years, although of course we now have the advantage of the fine trees that our Victorian predecessors could only imagine in their prime.' Already in 1836 the College was buying hundreds of trees, as can be seen in the invoice from John Wood.
(Plan of the Fellouws' Garden originally producedl for Dr. Walters' guide book published 1991. )
(Loggan, 1688. Site of FellocUs'Garden is at the top left corner, shorn as a ridge and furroro field)
As we move forward through the 20th and 21st centuries, notable characters support, protect, and advance the interests of the Fellows' Garden. Arthur Hill (1875-1941, came up to King's in 1894), botanist and plant hunter who went on to become Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, influenced the management of the gardens as an Honorary Fellow of King's in the early 20th century, while Max Walters (1920-2005, Fellow of King's 1964-83). botanist, conservationist and later Director of Cambridge University Botanic Garden, guided the Fellows' Garden in the latter half of the century. Kingsman Hugh Johnson, erstwhile arboretum owner and respected garden writer, assumed this mantle at the start of the new millennium.
Today the Fellows' Garden plays an integral role in the wellbeing of staff, junior members, Fellows, alumni and guests of the college, providing a safe and tranquil green space away from stress and bustle. Garden and New Garden Hostels lie on the western boundary of the garden surrounded by student allotments, greenhouses and orchards for community use, integrating the Fellows' Garden into College life. Take a moment to relax, reflect and stroll in this truly beautiful part of the historic landscape of King's College.
KING'S COLLEGE , CAMBRIDGE
Max Wallers
Arthur Hill
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Taxus baccata , English Yew, Europe. W. Asia .
1928
必我经车轻的
arew
Gambridge
轻轻的我之了
正如我事鞋的亲
am
guietly
心
我挥一棵衣袖
不带走一片卖就
徐志星《再列床枯请句
1928
I depart as lightly as I came,
Cambridge,
I take my leave as gently as I arrived,
Just as I once arrived so softly.
I wave my sleeve,
Taking not a single wisp of cloud with me.
— Xu Zhimo, "Taking Leave of Cambridge Again"
1928 是我经车轻轻的 轻轻的我之了 正如我事鞋的亲 心 我挥一棵衣袖 不带走一片卖就 徐志星《再列床枯请句
Saying Goodbye to Cambridge Again
- Poetry of Modern Chinese poetry
《再别康桥》English Rendering
Quietly I take my leave,
as quietly as I came;
quietly I wave good-bye
to the sky's dying flame.
The riverside's willows
like lithe, sunlit brides
reflected in the waves
move my heart's tides.
Weeds moored in dark sludge
sway here, free of need,
in the Cam's gentle wake ...
O, to be a waterweed!
Beneath shady elms
a nebulous rainbow
crumples and reforms
in the soft ebb and flow.
Seek a dream? Pole upstream
to where grass is greener;
rig the boat with starlight;
sing aloud of love's splendor!
But how can I sing
when my song is farewell?
Even the crickets are silent.
And who should I tell?
So quietly I take my leave,
as quietly as I came;
gently I flick my sleeves ...
not a wisp will remain.
(6 November 1928)
Original Text (中文原文)
轻轻的我走了，
正如我轻轻的来；
我轻轻的招手，
作别西天的云彩。
那河畔的金柳，
是夕阳中的新娘；
波光里的艳影，
在我的心头荡漾。
软泥上的青荇，
油油的在水底招摇；
在康河的柔波里，
我甘心做一条水草！
那榆荫下的一潭，
不是清泉，是天上虹；
揉碎在浮藻间，
沉淀着彩虹似的梦。
寻梦？撑一支长篙，
向青草更青处漫溯；
满载一船星辉，
在星辉斑斓里放歌。
但我不能放歌，
悄悄是别离的笙箫；
夏虫也为我沉默，
沉默是今晚的康桥！
悄悄的我走了，
正如我悄悄的来；
我挥一挥衣袖，
不带走一片云彩。
Meaning & Analysis
Xu Zhimo's most famous poem is this one about leaving Cambridge. English titles for the poem include "On Leaving Cambridge," "Second Farewell to Cambridge," "Saying Goodbye to Cambridge Again," and "Taking Leave of Cambridge Again."
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