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『서쪽으로 흐르는 시냇물』은 프로스트의 다섯 번째 시집으로 1928년 뉴욕의 헨리 폴트Henry Holt에서 출판했다. 서명한 1,000권의 한정판도 출판됐다. 그의 아내 Elinor에게 헌정되었다. 본래 39편의 시가 실렸으나, 1939년 이후의 시집에는 “The Lovely Shall Be Choosers”, “What Fifty Said”, “The Egg And The Machine” 3편이 추가되었다.

■초대의 시
목장 / The Pasture__5
봄의 물웅덩이들 / Spring Pools ·················································· 11
달의 자유 / The Freedom of the Moon ········································ 14
장미가족 / The Rose Family ······················································· 17
정원의 반딧불들 / Fireflies in the Garden ··································· 19
기류氣流 / Atmosphere ································································· 21
헌신 / Devotion ··········································································· 23
주목 받지 못하고 / On Going Unnoticed ····································· 25
고치 / The Cocoon ······································································ 28
순간 비전 / A Passing Glimpse ···················································· 31
금가루 / A Peck of Gold ····························································· 34
순응 / Acceptance ········································································ 37
어느 날 태평양 가에서 / Once by the Pacific ······························· 40
납작 엎드렸다 / Lodged ······························································ 43
단조短調의 새 / A Minor Bird ······················································· 45
사별死別 / Bereft ·········································································· 48
창가의 나무 / Tree at My Window ·············································· 51
평화의 목자牧者 / The Peaceful Shepherd ····································· 54
초가지붕 / The Thatch ································································ 57
겨울 에덴 / A Winter Eden ························································· 62
홍수 / The Flood ········································································· 66
밤을 안다 / Acquainted with the Night ········································ 69
미녀美女가 선택하는 이들이 될 것이다 / The Lovely Shall Be
Choosers ·············································································· 72
서쪽으로 흐르는 시냇물 / West-Running Brook ·························· 81
모래언덕 / Sand Dunes ······························································· 92
큰개자리 / Canis Major ······························································· 95
군인 / A Soldier ··········································································· 98
이민자들 / Immigrants ······························································· 101
한니발 / Hannibal ····································································· 103
꽃 핀 보트 / The Flower Boat ····················································· 105
구구법九九法 / The Times Table ················································· 108
투자 / The Investment ································································ 111
마지막 풀베기 / The Last Mowing ············································ 114
출생지 / The Birthplace ····························································· 117
어둠 속의 문 / The Door in the Dark ·········································· 120
눈 속의 먼지 / Dust in the Eyes ················································· 122
눈부신 햇살에 떨기나무 옆에 앉아서 / Sitting by a Bush in
Broad Sunlight ······································································ 124
한 아름 / The Armful ································································· 128
쉰 살의 말 / What Fifty Said ······················································ 131
기수騎手들 / Riders ··································································· 133
별자리들을 우연히 쳐다보고 / On Looking Up by Chance at
the Constellations ······························································· 136
곰 / The Bear ············································································ 139
거북이 알과 기관차 / The Egg and the Machine ························· 144

머리말
프로스트는 출판 후 일부 논평에 당황하였다. 어느 평론가는 도피주의자 또는 시대에 뒤진 시인이라고 생각했고, 산업주의 시대에 역행하는 시인이라고 폄하하는 이도 있었다. 한마디로, 그의 시는 이른바 ‘참여시’가 아니라는 것이었다.그러나 Thompson은 Robert Frost: The Years of Triumph, 1915-1938(1970)에서 이렇게 평했다, “폭넓고 다양한 형식들forms이 … 압운의 서정시들에 담긴 신선한 메타포들, 무운시blank verse인 표제시가 지향하는 형이상학, 그리고 「곰」의 2행 연구聯句에 녹아있는 장난기와 진지함 등으로 한층 빛이 난다,”(313). 이어서 그는 “새 시집은 그의 어느 시집이 이룩한 것보다도 [프로스트의] 깊은 종교적 신앙에 대해 훨씬 더 많은 암시들을 담고있다. 그는 그 자신의 형이상학적 신앙과 관련된 직접적인 진술을 함에 있어서 자의식에서 소심하고, 때로는 짐짓 수줍어하지만, 그의 청교도적 유산을 때로는 조소하고 때로는 옹호하면서, 그에게는 중요한 유산이라는 것을 암시하는 예술적 게임을 물리칠 수 없었다,”(313)고 주장한다. 「사별」,「평화의 목자牧者」, 「눈부신 햇살에 떨기나무 옆에 앉아서」 등이 그의 종교적 신앙을 증명한다.


본문 발췌

이 시집이 찬사를 받은 이유 중의 하나는 뉴잉글랜드 지방의 구어 및 방언의 사용에 있어서 새로운 절정에 다다랐기 때문이다. 프로스트의 시에 등장하는 인물과 언어는 뉴잉글랜드 산골의 농장과 산림이라는 무대에 한정되어 있지만 그 무대에서 펼쳐지는 삶의 드라마는 지역을 뛰어넘어 보편적이다. 그가 그리는 최고의 그림들은 모질고 끔찍한 사건들로 구성되어 있으며,그의 시는 전체적으로 쇠퇴하고 퇴보하는 뉴잉글랜드, 즉 현대 문명의 충충한 조각들을 이어붙인 콜라보이기에 한층 아름답다. 시인 프로스트는 그의 나이 49세에 마침내 정점에 이르렀다.