《警察与赞美诗》(The Cop and the Anthem)是欧·亨利的优秀短篇小说之一,反映了现实的悲惨,提出了尖锐的问题。这个短篇写的是一个流浪汉,衣食无着,想去监狱度过寒冬,有意犯法,警察却不去抓他。但他听了赞美诗,深受感动,决心忏悔过去,重新做 The Cop and the Anthem, one of O. Henry’s excellent short stories, reflects the miserable reality and raises sharp questions. This short article is written by a tramp, without food and clothing, want to go to prison to spend the winter, intends to break the law, the police did not catch him. However, he listened to hymns, deeply moved, determined to repent in the past, to do again