Thou orb aloft full-dazzling! thou hot October noon!
Flooding with sheeny light the gray beach sand,
The sibilant near sea with vistas2 far and foam3,
And tawny4 streaks5 and shades and spreading blue;
O sun of noon refulgent6! my special word to thee.
Hear me illustrious!
Thy lover me, for always I have loved thee,
Even as basking7 babe, then happy boy alone by some wood edge, thy
touching-distant beams enough,
Or man matured, or young or old, as now to thee I launch my invocation.
(Thou canst not with thy dumbness me deceive,
I know before the fitting man all Nature yields,
Though answering not in words, the skies, trees, hear his voice—and
thou O sun,
As for thy throes, thy perturbations, sudden breaks and shafts9 of
flame gigantic,
I understand them, I know those flames, those perturbations well.)
Thou that with fructifying10 heat and light,
O'er myriad11 farms, o'er lands and waters North and South,
O'er Mississippi's endless course, o'er Texas' grassy12 plains,
Kanada's woods,
O'er all the globe that turns its face to thee shining in space,
Thou that impartially13 enfoldest all, not only continents, seas,
Thou that to grapes and weeds and little wild flowers givest so liberally,
Shed, shed thyself on mine and me, with but a fleeting14 ray out of
thy million millions,
Strike through these chants.
Nor only launch thy subtle dazzle and thy strength for these,
Prepare the later afternoon of me myself—prepare my lengthening15 shadows,
Prepare my starry16 nights.
Faces
1
Sauntering the pavement or riding the country by-road, faces!
Faces of friendship, precision, caution, suavity17, ideality,
The spiritual-prescient face, the always welcome common benevolent18 face,
The face of the singing of music, the grand faces of natural lawyers
and judges broad at the back-top,
The faces of hunters and fishers bulged19 at the brows, the shaved
blanch'd faces of orthodox citizens,
The pure, extravagant20, yearning21, questioning artist's face,
The ugly face of some beautiful soul, the handsome detested22 or
despised face,
The sacred faces of infants, the illuminated23 face of the mother of
many children,
The face of an amour, the face of veneration24,
The face as of a dream, the face of an immobile rock,
The face withdrawn25 of its good and bad, a castrated face,
A wild hawk27, his wings clipp'd by the clipper,
A stallion that yielded at last to the thongs28 and knife of the gelder.
Sauntering the pavement thus, or crossing the ceaseless ferry, faces
and faces and faces,
I see them and complain not, and am content with all.
2
Do you suppose I could be content with all if I thought them their
own finale?
This now is too lamentable29 a face for a man,
Some abject30 louse asking leave to be, cringing31 for it,
Some milk-nosed maggot blessing32 what lets it wrig to its hole.
This face is a dog's snout sniffing33 for garbage,
Snakes nest in that mouth, I hear the sibilant threat.
This face is a haze34 more chill than the arctic sea,
Its sleepy and wobbling icebergs35 crunch36 as they go.
This is a face of bitter herbs, this an emetic37, they need no label,
And more of the drug-shelf, laudanum, caoutchouc, or hog's-lard.
This face is an epilepsy, its wordless tongue gives out the unearthly cry,
Its veins38 down the neck distend39, its eyes roll till they show
nothing but their whites,
Its teeth grit40, the palms of the hands are cut by the turn'd-in nails,
The man falls struggling and foaming41 to the ground, while he
speculates well.
This face is bitten by vermin and worms,
And this is some murderer's knife with a half-pull'd scabbard.
This face owes to the sexton his dismalest fee,
An unceasing death-bell tolls42 there.
3
Features of my equals would you trick me with your creas'd and
cadaverous march?
Well, you cannot trick me.
I see your rounded never-erased43 flow,
I see 'neath the rims44 of your haggard and mean disguises.
Splay and twist as you like, poke45 with the tangling46 fores of fishes or rats,
You'll be unmuzzled, you certainly will.
I saw the face of the most smear'd and slobbering idiot they had at
the asylum47,
And I knew for my consolation48 what they knew not,
I knew of the agents that emptied and broke my brother,
The same wait to clear the rubbish from the fallen tenement49,
And I shall look again in a score or two of ages,
And I shall meet the real landlord perfect and unharm'd, every inch
as good as myself.
4
The Lord advances, and yet advances,
Always the shadow in front, always the reach'd hand bringing up the
laggards50.
Out of this face emerge banners and horses—O superb! I see what is coming,
I see the high pioneer-caps, see staves of runners clearing the way,
I hear victorious52 drums.
This face is a life-boat,
This is the face commanding and bearded, it asks no odds53 of the rest,
This face is flavor'd fruit ready for eating,
This face of a healthy honest boy is the programme of all good.
These faces bear testimony54 slumbering55 or awake,
They show their descent from the Master himself.
Off the word I have spoken I except not one—red, white, black, are
all deific,
In each house is the ovum, it comes forth58 after a thousand years.
Spots or cracks at the windows do not disturb me,
Tall and sufficient stand behind and make signs to me,
I read the promise and patiently wait.
This is a full-grown lily's face,
She speaks to the limber-hipp'd man near the garden pickets59,
Come here she blushingly cries, Come nigh to me limber-hipp'd man,
Stand at my side till I lean as high as I can upon you,
Fill me with albescent honey, bend down to me,
Rub to me with your chafing60 beard, rub to my breast and shoulders.
5
The old face of the mother of many children,
Whist! I am fully61 content.
Lull'd and late is the smoke of the First-day morning,
It hangs low over the rows of trees by the fences,
It hangs thin by the sassafras and wild-cherry and cat-brier under them.
I saw the rich ladies in full dress at the soiree,
I heard what the singers were singing so long,
Heard who sprang in crimson62 youth from the white froth and the water-blue.
Behold63 a woman!
She looks out from her quaker cap, her face is clearer and more
beautiful than the sky.
She sits in an armchair under the shaded porch of the farmhouse64,
The sun just shines on her old white head.
Her ample gown is of cream-hued linen65,
Her grandsons raised the flax, and her grand-daughters spun66 it with
the distaff and the wheel.
The melodious67 character of the earth,
The finish beyond which philosophy cannot go and does not wish to go,
The justified68 mother of men.
The Mystic Trumpeter
1
Hark, some wild trumpeter, some strange musician,
Hovering69 unseen in air, vibrates capricious tunes70 to-night.
I hear thee trumpeter, listening alert I catch thy notes,
Now pouring, whirling like a tempest round me,
Now low, subdued71, now in the distance lost.
2
Come nearer bodiless one, haply in thee resounds72
Some dead composer, haply thy pensive73 life
Was fill'd with aspirations74 high, unform'd ideals,
Waves, oceans musical, chaotically75 surging,
That now ecstatic ghost, close to me bending, thy cornet echoing, pealing76,
Gives out to no one's ears but mine, but freely gives to mine,
That I may thee translate.
3
Blow trumpeter free and clear, I follow thee,
While at thy liquid prelude77, glad, serene78,
The fretting79 world, the streets, the noisy hours of day withdraw,
A holy calm descends80 like dew upon me,
I walk in cool refreshing81 night the walks of Paradise,
I scent57 the grass, the moist air and the roses;
Thy song expands my numb'd imbonded spirit, thou freest, launchest me,
Floating and basking upon heaven's lake.
4
Blow again trumpeter! and for my sensuous82 eyes,
Bring the old pageants83, show the feudal84 world.
What charm thy music works! thou makest pass before me,
Ladies and cavaliers long dead, barons85 are in their castle halls,
the troubadours are singing,
Arm'd knights86 go forth to redress87 wrongs, some in quest of the holy Graal;
I see the tournament, I see the contestants88 incased in heavy armor
seated on stately champing horses,
I hear the shouts, the sounds of blows and smiting89 steel;
I see the Crusaders' tumultuous armies—hark, how the cymbals90 clang,
Lo, where the monks91 walk in advance, bearing the cross on high.
5
Blow again trumpeter! and for thy theme,
Take now the enclosing theme of all, the solvent92 and the setting,
Love, that is pulse of all, the sustenance93 and the pang94,
The heart of man and woman all for love,
No other theme but love—knitting, enclosing, all-diffusing love.
O how the immortal95 phantoms96 crowd around me!
I see the vast alembic ever working, I see and know the flames that
heat the world,
The glow, the blush, the beating hearts of lovers,
So blissful happy some, and some so silent, dark, and nigh to death;
Love, that is all the earth to lovers—love, that mocks time and space,
Love, that is day and night—love, that is sun and moon and stars,
Love, that is crimson, sumptuous97, sick with perfume,
No other words but words of love, no other thought but love.
6
Blow again trumpeter—conjure war's alarums.
Swift to thy spell a shuddering98 hum like distant thunder rolls,
Lo, where the arm'd men hasten—lo, mid99 the clouds of dust the glint
of bayonets,
I see the grime-faced cannoneers, I mark the rosy100 flash amid the
smoke, I hear the cracking of the guns;
Nor war alone—thy fearful music-song, wild player, brings every
sight of fear,
The deeds of ruthless brigands101, rapine, murder—I hear the cries for help!
I see ships foundering102 at sea, I behold on deck and below deck the
terrible tableaus103.
7
O trumpeter, methinks I am myself the instrument thou playest,
Thou melt'st my heart, my brain—thou movest, drawest, changest
them at will;
And now thy sullen104 notes send darkness through me,
Thou takest away all cheering light, all hope,
I see the enslaved, the overthrown105, the hurt, the opprest of the
whole earth,
I feel the measureless shame and humiliation106 of my race, it becomes
all mine,
Mine too the revenges of humanity, the wrongs of ages, baffled feuds107
and hatreds108,
Utter defeat upon me weighs—all lost—the foe109 victorious,
(Yet 'mid the ruins Pride colossal110 stands unshaken to the last,
Endurance, resolution to the last.)
8
Now trumpeter for thy close,
Vouchsafe111 a higher strain than any yet,
Sing to my soul, renew its languishing112 faith and hope,
Rouse up my slow belief, give me some vision of the future,
Give me for once its prophecy and joy.
O glad, exulting114, culminating song!
A vigor115 more than earth's is in thy notes,
Marches of victory—man disenthral'd—the conqueror116 at last,
Hymns117 to the universal God from universal man—all joy!
A reborn race appears—a perfect world, all joy!
Women and men in wisdom innocence118 and health—all joy!
Riotous119 laughing bacchanals fill'd with joy!
War, sorrow, suffering gone—the rank earth purged—nothing but joy left!
The ocean fill'd with joy—the atmosphere all joy!
Joy! joy! in freedom, worship, love! joy in the ecstasy120 of life!
Enough to merely be! enough to breathe!
Joy! joy! all over joy!
To a Locomotive in Winter
Thee for my recitative,
Thee in the driving storm even as now, the snow, the winter-day declining,
Thee in thy panoply121, thy measur'd dual122 throbbing123 and thy beat convulsive,
Thy black cylindric124 body, golden brass125 and silvery steel,
Thy ponderous126 side-bars, parallel and connecting rods, gyrating,
shuttling at thy sides,
Thy metrical, now swelling127 pant and roar, now tapering128 in the distance,
Thy great protruding129 head-light fix'd in front,
Thy long, pale, floating vapor-pennants, tinged130 with delicate purple,
The dense131 and murky132 clouds out-belching from thy smoke-stack,
Thy knitted frame, thy springs and valves, the tremulous twinkle of
thy wheels,
Thy train of cars behind, obedient, merrily following,
Through gale133 or calm, now swift, now slack, yet steadily134 careering;
Type of the modern—emblem of motion and power—pulse of the continent,
For once come serve the Muse135 and merge51 in verse, even as here I see thee,
With storm and buffeting136 gusts137 of wind and falling snow,
By day thy warning ringing bell to sound its notes,
By night thy silent signal lamps to swing.
Fierce-throated beauty!
Roll through my chant with all thy lawless music, thy swinging lamps
at night,
Thy madly-whistled laughter, echoing, rumbling138 like an earthquake,
rousing all,
Law of thyself complete, thine own track firmly holding,
(No sweetness debonair139 of tearful harp140 or glib141 piano thine,)
Thy trills of shrieks142 by rocks and hills return'd,
Launch'd o'er the prairies wide, across the lakes,
To the free skies unpent and glad and strong.
O Magnet-South
O magnet-south! O glistening143 perfumed South! my South!
O quick mettle144, rich blood, impulse and love! good and evil! O all
dear to me!
O dear to me my birth-things—all moving things and the trees where
I was born—the grains, plants, rivers,
Dear to me my own slow sluggish145 rivers where they flow, distant,
over flats of slivery sands or through swamps,
Dear to me the Roanoke, the Savannah, the Altamahaw, the Pedee, the
Tombigbee, the Santee, the Coosa and the Sabine,
O pensive, far away wandering, I return with my soul to haunt their
banks again,
Again in Florida I float on transparent146 lakes, I float on the
Okeechobee, I cross the hummock-land or through pleasant openings
or dense forests,
I see the parrots in the woods, I see the papaw-tree and the
blossoming titi;
Again, sailing in my coaster on deck, I coast off Georgia, I coast
up the Carolinas,
I see where the live-oak is growing, I see where the yellow-pine,
the scented147 bay-tree, the lemon and orange, the cypress148, the
graceful149 palmetto,
I pass rude sea-headlands and enter Pamlico sound through an inlet,
and dart150 my vision inland;
O the cotton plant! the growing fields of rice, sugar, hemp151!
The cactus152 guarded with thorns, the laurel-tree with large white flowers,
The range afar, the richness and barrenness, the old woods charged
with mistletoe and trailing moss153,
The piney odor and the gloom, the awful natural stillness, (here in
these dense swamps the freebooter carries his gun, and the
fugitive154 has his conceal'd hut;)
O the strange fascination155 of these half-known half-impassable
swamps, infested156 by reptiles157, resounding158 with the bellow159 of the
alligator160, the sad noises of the night-owl and the wild-cat, and
the whirr of the rattlesnake,
The mocking-bird, the American mimic161, singing all the forenoon,
singing through the moon-lit night,
The humming-bird, the wild turkey, the raccoon, the opossum;
A Kentucky corn-field, the tall, graceful, long-leav'd corn,
slender, flapping, bright green, with tassels162, with beautiful
ears each well-sheath'd in its husk;
O my heart! O tender and fierce pangs163, I can stand them not, I will depart;
O to be a Virginian where I grew up! O to be a Carolinian!
O longings164 irrepressible! O I will go back to old Tennessee and
never wander more.
Mannahatta
I was asking for something specific and perfect for my city,
Whereupon lo! upsprang the aboriginal165 name.
Now I see what there is in a name, a word, liquid, sane166, unruly,
musical, self-sufficient,
I see that the word of my city is that word from of old,
Because I see that word nested in nests of water-bays, superb,
Rich, hemm'd thick all around with sailships and steamships167, an
island sixteen miles long, solid-founded,
Numberless crowded streets, high growths of iron, slender, strong,
light, splendidly uprising toward clear skies,
Tides swift and ample, well-loved by me, toward sundown,
The flowing sea-currents, the little islands, larger adjoining
islands, the heights, the villas168,
The countless169 masts, the white shore-steamers, the lighters170, the
ferry-boats, the black sea-steamers well-model'd,
The down-town streets, the jobbers171' houses of business, the houses
of business of the ship-merchants and money-brokers, the river-streets,
Immigrants arriving, fifteen or twenty thousand in a week,
The carts hauling goods, the manly172 race of drivers of horses, the
brown-faced sailors,
The summer air, the bright sun shining, and the sailing clouds aloft,
The winter snows, the sleigh-bells, the broken ice in the river,
passing along up or down with the flood-tide or ebb-tide,
The mechanics of the city, the masters, well-form'd,
beautiful-faced, looking you straight in the eyes,
Trottoirs throng'd, vehicles, Broadway, the women, the shops and shows,
A million people—manners free and superb—open voices—hospitality—
the most courageous173 and friendly young men,
City of hurried and sparkling waters! city of spires174 and masts!
City nested in bays! my city!
All Is Truth
O me, man of slack faith so long,
Standing175 aloof176, denying portions so long,
Only aware to-day of compact all-diffused truth,
Discovering to-day there is no lie or form of lie, and can be none,
but grows as inevitably177 upon itself as the truth does upon itself,
Or as any law of the earth or any natural production of the earth does.
(This is curious and may not be realized immediately, but it must be
realized,
I feel in myself that I represent falsehoods equally with the rest,
And that the universe does.)
Where has fail'd a perfect return indifferent of lies or the truth?
Is it upon the ground, or in water or fire? or in the spirit of man?
or in the meat and blood?
Meditating178 among liars179 and retreating sternly into myself, I see
that there are really no liars or lies after all,
And that nothing fails its perfect return, and that what are called
lies are perfect returns,
And that each thing exactly represents itself and what has preceded it,
And that the truth includes all, and is compact just as much as
space is compact,
And that there is no flaw or vacuum in the amount of the truth—but
that all is truth without exception;
And henceforth I will go celebrate any thing I see or am,
And sing and laugh and deny nothing.
A Riddle180 Song
That which eludes181 this verse and any verse,
Unheard by sharpest ear, unform'd in clearest eye or cunningest mind,
Nor lore182 nor fame, nor happiness nor wealth,
And yet the pulse of every heart and life throughout the world incessantly184,
Which you and I and all pursuing ever ever miss,
Open but still a secret, the real of the real, an illusion,
Costless, vouchsafed185 to each, yet never man the owner,
Which poets vainly seek to put in rhyme, historians in prose,
Which sculptor186 never chisel'd yet, nor painter painted,
Which vocalist never sung, nor orator187 nor actor ever utter'd,
Invoking188 here and now I challenge for my song.
Indifferently, 'mid public, private haunts, in solitude189,
Behind the mountain and the wood,
Companion of the city's busiest streets, through the assemblage,
It and its radiations constantly glide190.
In looks of fair unconscious babes,
Or strangely in the coffin'd dead,
Or show of breaking dawn or stars by night,
As some dissolving delicate film of dreams,
Hiding yet lingering.
Two little breaths of words comprising it,
Two words, yet all from first to last comprised in it.
How ardently191 for it!
How many ships have sail'd and sunk for it!
How many travelers started from their homes and neer return'd!
How much of genius boldly staked and lost for it!
What countless stores of beauty, love, ventur'd for it!
How all superbest deeds since Time began are traceable to it—and
shall be to the end!
How all heroic martyrdoms to it!
How, justified by it, the horrors, evils, battles of the earth!
How the bright fascinating lambent flames of it, in every age and
land, have drawn26 men's eyes,
Rich as a sunset on the Norway coast, the sky, the islands, and the cliffs,
Or midnight's silent glowing northern lights unreachable.
Haply God's riddle it, so vague and yet so certain,
The soul for it, and all the visible universe for it,
And heaven at last for it.
Excelsior
Who has gone farthest? for I would go farther,
And who has been just? for I would be the most just person of the earth,
And who most cautious? for I would be more cautious,
And who has been happiest? O I think it is I—I think no one was
ever happier than I,
And who has lavish192'd all? for I lavish constantly the best I have,
And who proudest? for I think I have reason to be the proudest son
alive—for I am the son of the brawny193 and tall-topt city,
And who has been bold and true? for I would be the boldest and
truest being of the universe,
And who benevolent? for I would show more benevolence194 than all the rest,
And who has receiv'd the love of the most friends? for I know what
it is to receive the passionate195 love of many friends,
And who possesses a perfect and enamour'd body? for I do not believe
any one possesses a more perfect or enamour'd body than mine,
And who thinks the amplest thoughts? for I would surround those thoughts,
And who has made hymns fit for the earth? for I am mad with
devouring196 ecstasy to make joyous197 hymns for the whole earth.
Ah Poverties, Wincings, and Sulky Retreats
Ah poverties, wincings, and sulky retreats,
Ah you foes198 that in conflict have overcome me,
(For what is my life or any man's life but a conflict with foes, the
old, the incessant183 war?)
You degradations199, you tussle200 with passions and appetites,
You smarts from dissatisfied friendships, (ah wounds the sharpest of all!)
You toil201 of painful and choked articulations, you meannesses,
You shallow tongue-talks at tables, (my tongue the shallowest of any;)
You broken resolutions, you racking angers, you smother'd ennuis!
Ah think not you finally triumph, my real self has yet to come forth,
It shall yet march forth o'ermastering, till all lies beneath me,
It shall yet stand up the soldier of ultimate victory.
Thoughts
Of public opinion,
Of a calm and cool fiat202 sooner or later, (how impassive! how certain
and final!)
Of the President with pale face asking secretly to himself, What
will the people say at last?
Of the frivolous203 Judge—of the corrupt204 Congressman205, Governor,
Mayor—of such as these standing helpless and exposed,
Of the mumbling206 and screaming priest, (soon, soon deserted,)
Of the lessening207 year by year of venerableness, and of the dicta of
officers, statutes208, pulpits, schools,
Of the rising forever taller and stronger and broader of the
intuitions of men and women, and of Self-esteem and Personality;
Of the true New World—of the Democracies resplendent en-masse,
Of the conformity209 of politics, armies, navies, to them,
Of the shining sun by them—of the inherent light, greater than the rest,
Of the envelopment210 of all by them, and the effusion of all from them.
Mediums
They shall arise in the States,
They shall report Nature, laws, physiology211, and happiness,
They shall illustrate212 Democracy and the kosmos,
They shall be alimentive, amative, perceptive213,
They shall be complete women and men, their pose brawny and supple214,
their drink water, their blood clean and clear,
They shall fully enjoy materialism215 and the sight of products, they
shall enjoy the sight of the beef, lumber56, bread-stuffs, of
Chicago the great city.
They shall train themselves to go in public to become orators216 and
oratresses,
Strong and sweet shall their tongues be, poems and materials of
poems shall come from their lives, they shall be makers217 and finders,
Of them and of their works shall emerge divine conveyers, to convey gospels,
Characters, events, retrospections, shall be convey'd in gospels,
trees, animals, waters, shall be convey'd,
Death, the future, the invisible faith, shall all be convey'd.
Weave in, My Hardy218 Life
Weave in, weave in, my hardy life,
Weave yet a soldier strong and full for great campaigns to come,
Weave in red blood, weave sinews in like ropes, the senses, sight weave in,
Weave lasting219 sure, weave day and night the wet, the warp220, incessant
weave, tire not,
(We know not what the use O life, nor know the aim, the end, nor
really aught we know,
But know the work, the need goes on and shall go on, the
death-envelop'd march of peace as well as war goes on,)
For great campaigns of peace the same the wiry threads to weave,
We know not why or what, yet weave, forever weave.
Spain, 1873-74
Out of the murk of heaviest clouds,
Out of the feudal wrecks221 and heap'd-up skeletons of kings,
Out of that old entire European debris222, the shatter'd mummeries,
Ruin'd cathedrals, crumble223 of palaces, tombs of priests,
Lo, Freedom's features fresh undimm'd look forth—the same immortal
face looks forth;
(A glimpse as of thy Mother's face Columbia,
A flash significant as of a sword,
Beaming towards thee.)
Nor think we forget thee maternal224;
Lag'd'st thou so long? shall the clouds close again upon thee?
Ah, but thou hast thyself now appear'd to us—we know thee,
Thou hast given us a sure proof, the glimpse of thyself,
Thou waitest there as everywhere thy time.
By Broad Potomac's Shore
By broad Potomac's shore, again old tongue,
(Still uttering, still ejaculating, canst never cease this babble225?)
Again old heart so gay, again to you, your sense, the full flush
spring returning,
Again the freshness and the odors, again Virginia's summer sky,
pellucid226 blue and silver,
Again the forenoon purple of the hills,
Again the deathless grass, so noiseless soft and green,
Again the blood-red roses blooming.
Perfume this book of mine O blood-red roses!
Lave subtly with your waters every line Potomac!
Give me of you O spring, before I close, to put between its pages!
O forenoon purple of the hills, before I close, of you!
O deathless grass, of you!
From Far Dakota's Canyons227 [June 25, 1876]
From far Dakota's canyons,
Lands of the wild ravine, the dusky Sioux, the lonesome stretch, the
silence,
Haply to-day a mournful wall, haply a trumpet-note for heroes.
The battle-bulletin,
The Indian ambuscade, the craft, the fatal environment,
The cavalry229 companies fighting to the last in sternest heroism230,
In the midst of their little circle, with their slaughter'd horses
for breastworks,
The fall of Custer and all his officers and men.
Continues yet the old, old legend of our race,
The loftiest of life upheld by death,
The ancient banner perfectly231 maintain'd,
O lesson opportune232, O how I welcome thee!
As sitting in dark days,
Lone8, sulky, through the time's thick murk looking in vain for
light, for hope,
From unsuspected parts a fierce and momentary233 proof,
(The sun there at the centre though conceal'd,
Electric life forever at the centre,)
Breaks forth a lightning flash.
Thou of the tawny flowing hair in battle,
I erewhile saw, with erect234 head, pressing ever in front, bearing a
bright sword in thy hand,
Now ending well in death the splendid fever of thy deeds,
(I bring no dirge235 for it or thee, I bring a glad triumphal sonnet,)
Desperate and glorious, aye in defeat most desperate, most glorious,
After thy many battles in which never yielding up a gun or a color,
Leaving behind thee a memory sweet to soldiers,
Thou yieldest up thyself.
Old War-Dreams
In midnight sleep of many a face of anguish113,
Of the look at first of the mortally wounded, (of that indescribable look,)
Of the dead on their backs with arms extended wide,
I dream, I dream, I dream.
Of scenes of Nature, fields and mountains,
Of skies so beauteous after a storm, and at night the moon so
unearthly bright,
Shining sweetly, shining down, where we dig the trenches236 and
gather the heaps,
I dream, I dream, I dream.
Long have they pass'd, faces and trenches and fields,
Where through the carnage I moved with a callous237 composure, or away
from the fallen,
Onward238 I sped at the time—but now of their forms at night,
I dream, I dream, I dream.
Thick-Sprinkled Bunting
Thick-sprinkled bunting! flag of stars!
Long yet your road, fateful flag—long yet your road, and lined with
bloody239 death,
For the prize I see at issue at last is the world,
All its ships and shores I see interwoven with your threads greedy banner;
Dream'd again the flags of kings, highest borne to flaunt240 unrival'd?
O hasten flag of man—O with sure and steady step, passing highest
flags of kings,
Walk supreme241 to the heavens mighty242 symbol—run up above them all,
Flag of stars! thick-sprinkled bunting!
What Best I See in Thee
[To U. S. G. return'd from his World's Tour]
What best I see in thee,
Is not that where thou mov'st down history's great highways,
Ever undimm'd by time shoots warlike victory's dazzle,
Or that thou sat'st where Washington sat, ruling the land in peace,
Or thou the man whom feudal Europe feted, venerable Asia swarm'd upon,
Who walk'd with kings with even pace the round world's promenade243;
But that in foreign lands, in all thy walks with kings,
Those prairie sovereigns of the West, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois,
Ohio's, Indiana's millions, comrades, farmers, soldiers, all to the front,
Invisibly with thee walking with kings with even pace the round
world's promenade,
Were all so justified.
Spirit That Form'd This Scene
[Written in Platte Canyon228, Colorado]
Spirit that form'd this scene,
These tumbled rock-piles grim and red,
These reckless heaven-ambitious peaks,
These gorges244, turbulent-clear streams, this naked freshness,
These formless wild arrays, for reasons of their own,
I know thee, savage245 spirit—we have communed together,
Mine too such wild arrays, for reasons of their own;
Wast charged against my chants they had forgotten art?
To fuse within themselves its rules precise and delicatesse?
The lyrist's measur'd beat, the wrought-out temple's grace—column
and polish'd arch forgot?
But thou that revelest here—spirit that form'd this scene,
They have remember'd thee.
As I Walk These Broad Majestic246 Days
As I walk these broad majestic days of peace,
(For the war, the struggle of blood finish'd, wherein, O terrific Ideal,
Against vast odds erewhile having gloriously won,
Now thou stridest on, yet perhaps in time toward denser247 wars,
Perhaps to engage in time in still more dreadful contests, dangers,
Longer campaigns and crises, labors248 beyond all others,)
Around me I hear that eclat249 of the world, politics, produce,
The announcements of recognized things, science,
The approved growth of cities and the spread of inventions.
I see the ships, (they will last a few years,)
The vast factories with their foremen and workmen,
And hear the indorsement of all, and do not object to it.
But I too announce solid things,
Science, ships, politics, cities, factories, are not nothing,
Like a grand procession to music of distant bugles250 pouring,
triumphantly251 moving, and grander heaving in sight,
They stand for realities—all is as it should be.
Then my realities;
What else is so real as mine?
Libertad and the divine average, freedom to every slave on the face
of the earth,
The rapt promises and lumine of seers, the spiritual world, these
centuries-lasting songs,
And our visions, the visions of poets, the most solid announcements
of any.
A Clear Midnight
This is thy hour O Soul, thy free flight into the wordless,
Away from books, away from art, the day erased, the lesson done,
Thee fully forth emerging, silent, gazing, pondering the themes thou
lovest best,
Night, sleep, death and the stars.
点击
收听单词发音
收听单词发音 |
1
orb
|
|
| n.太阳；星球；v.弄圆；成球形 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
2
vistas
|
|
| 长条形景色( vista的名词复数 )； 回顾； 展望； （未来可能发生的）一系列情景 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
3
foam
|
|
| v./n.泡沫，起泡沫 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
4
tawny
|
|
| adj.茶色的，黄褐色的；n.黄褐色 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
5
streaks
|
|
| n.（与周围有所不同的）条纹( streak的名词复数 )；（通常指不好的）特征（倾向）；（不断经历成功或失败的）一段时期v.快速移动( streak的第三人称单数 )；使布满条纹 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
6
refulgent
|
|
| adj.辉煌的，灿烂的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
7
basking
|
|
| v.晒太阳，取暖( bask的现在分词 )；对…感到乐趣；因他人的功绩而出名；仰仗…的余泽 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
8
lone
|
|
| adj.孤寂的，单独的；唯一的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
9
shafts
|
|
| n.轴( shaft的名词复数 )；（箭、高尔夫球棒等的）杆；通风井；一阵（疼痛、害怕等） | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
10
fructifying
|
|
| v.结果实( fructify的现在分词 )；使结果实，使多产，使土地肥沃 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
|
11
myriad
|
|
| adj.无数的；n.无数，极大数量 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
12
grassy
|
|
| adj.盖满草的；长满草的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
13
impartially
|
|
| adv.公平地，无私地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
14
fleeting
|
|
| adj.短暂的，飞逝的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
15
lengthening
|
|
| （时间或空间）延长，伸长( lengthen的现在分词 )； 加长 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
16
starry
|
|
| adj.星光照耀的, 闪亮的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
17
suavity
|
|
| n.温和；殷勤 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
18
benevolent
|
|
| adj.仁慈的，乐善好施的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
19
bulged
|
|
| 凸出( bulge的过去式和过去分词 )； 充满； 塞满（某物） | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
20
extravagant
|
|
| adj.奢侈的；过分的；(言行等)放肆的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
21
yearning
|
|
| a.渴望的；向往的；怀念的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
22
detested
|
|
| v.憎恶，嫌恶，痛恨( detest的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
23
illuminated
|
|
| adj.被照明的；受启迪的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
24
veneration
|
|
| n.尊敬，崇拜 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
25
withdrawn
|
|
| vt.收回；使退出；vi.撤退，退出 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
26
drawn
|
|
| v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
27
hawk
|
|
| n.鹰，骗子；鹰派成员 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
28
thongs
|
|
| 的东西 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
29
lamentable
|
|
| adj.令人惋惜的，悔恨的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
30
abject
|
|
| adj.极可怜的，卑屈的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
31
cringing
|
|
| adj.谄媚，奉承 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
32
blessing
|
|
| n.祈神赐福；祷告；祝福，祝愿 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
33
sniffing
|
|
| n.探查法v.以鼻吸气，嗅，闻( sniff的现在分词 )；抽鼻子（尤指哭泣、患感冒等时出声地用鼻子吸气）；抱怨，不以为然地说 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
34
haze
|
|
| n.霾，烟雾；懵懂，迷糊；vi.(over)变模糊 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
35
icebergs
|
|
| n.冰山，流冰( iceberg的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
36
crunch
|
|
| n.关键时刻；艰难局面；v.发出碎裂声 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
37
emetic
|
|
| n.催吐剂；adj.催吐的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
38
veins
|
|
| n.纹理；矿脉( vein的名词复数 )；静脉；叶脉；纹理 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
39
distend
|
|
| vt./vi.（使）扩大，（使）扩张 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
40
grit
|
|
| n.沙粒，决心，勇气；v.下定决心，咬紧牙关 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
41
foaming
|
|
| adj.布满泡沫的；发泡 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
42
tolls
|
|
| （缓慢而有规律的）钟声( toll的名词复数 )； 通行费； 损耗； （战争、灾难等造成的）毁坏 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
43
erased
|
|
| v.擦掉( erase的过去式和过去分词 )；抹去；清除 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
44
rims
|
|
| n.（圆形物体的）边( rim的名词复数 )；缘；轮辋；轮圈 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
45
poke
|
|
| n.刺，戳，袋；vt.拨开，刺，戳；vi.戳，刺，捅，搜索，伸出，行动散慢 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
46
tangling
|
|
| （使）缠结， （使）乱作一团( tangle的现在分词 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
47
asylum
|
|
| n.避难所，庇护所，避难 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
48
consolation
|
|
| n.安慰，慰问 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
49
tenement
|
|
| n.公寓；房屋 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
50
laggards
|
|
| n.落后者( laggard的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
51
merge
|
|
| v.(使)结合，(使)合并，(使)合为一体 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
52
victorious
|
|
| adj.胜利的，得胜的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
53
odds
|
|
| n.让步，机率，可能性，比率；胜败优劣之别 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
54
testimony
|
|
| n.证词；见证，证明 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
55
slumbering
|
|
| 微睡，睡眠（slumber的现在分词形式） | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
56
lumber
|
|
| n.木材，木料；v.以破旧东西堆满；伐木；笨重移动 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
57
scent
|
|
| n.气味，香味，香水，线索，嗅觉；v.嗅，发觉 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
58
forth
|
|
| adv.向前；向外，往外 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
59
pickets
|
|
| 罢工纠察员( picket的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
60
chafing
|
|
| n.皮肤发炎v.擦热（尤指皮肤）( chafe的现在分词 )；擦痛；发怒；惹怒 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
61
fully
|
|
| adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
62
crimson
|
|
| n./adj.深(绯)红色(的)；vi.脸变绯红色 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
63
behold
|
|
| v.看，注视，看到 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
64
farmhouse
|
|
| n.农场住宅（尤指主要住房） | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
65
linen
|
|
| n.亚麻布，亚麻线，亚麻制品；adj.亚麻布制的，亚麻的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
66
spun
|
|
| v.纺，杜撰，急转身 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
67
melodious
|
|
| adj.旋律美妙的，调子优美的，音乐性的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
68
justified
|
|
| a.正当的，有理的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
69
hovering
|
|
| 鸟( hover的现在分词 )； 靠近（某事物）； （人）徘徊； 犹豫 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
70
tunes
|
|
| n.曲调，曲子( tune的名词复数 )v.调音( tune的第三人称单数 )；调整；（给收音机、电视等）调谐；使协调 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
71
subdued
|
|
| adj. 屈服的，柔和的，减弱的 动词subdue的过去式和过去分词 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
72
resounds
|
|
| v.（指声音等）回荡于某处( resound的第三人称单数 )；产生回响；（指某处）回荡着声音 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
73
pensive
|
|
| a.沉思的,哀思的,忧沉的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
74
aspirations
|
|
| 强烈的愿望( aspiration的名词复数 )； 志向； 发送气音； 发 h 音 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
75
chaotically
|
|
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
76
pealing
|
|
| v.（使）（钟等）鸣响，（雷等）发出隆隆声( peal的现在分词 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
77
prelude
|
|
| n.序言，前兆，序曲 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
78
serene
|
|
| adj. 安详的，宁静的，平静的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
79
fretting
|
|
| n. 微振磨损 adj. 烦躁的, 焦虑的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
80
descends
|
|
| v.下来( descend的第三人称单数 )；下去；下降；下斜 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
81
refreshing
|
|
| adj.使精神振作的，使人清爽的，使人喜欢的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
82
sensuous
|
|
| adj.激发美感的；感官的，感觉上的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
83
pageants
|
|
| n.盛装的游行( pageant的名词复数 )；穿古代服装的游行；再现历史场景的娱乐活动；盛会 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
84
feudal
|
|
| adj.封建的，封地的，领地的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
85
barons
|
|
| 男爵( baron的名词复数 )； 巨头； 大王； 大亨 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
86
knights
|
|
| 骑士； （中古时代的）武士( knight的名词复数 )； 骑士； 爵士； （国际象棋中）马 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
87
redress
|
|
| n.赔偿，救济，矫正；v.纠正，匡正，革除 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
88
contestants
|
|
| n.竞争者，参赛者( contestant的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
89
smiting
|
|
| v.猛打，重击，打击( smite的现在分词 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
90
cymbals
|
|
| pl.铙钹 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
91
monks
|
|
| n.修道士，僧侣( monk的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
92
solvent
|
|
| n.溶剂；adj.有偿付能力的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
93
sustenance
|
|
| n.食物，粮食；生活资料；生计 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
94
pang
|
|
| n.剧痛，悲痛，苦闷 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
95
immortal
|
|
| adj.不朽的；永生的，不死的；神的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
96
phantoms
|
|
| n.鬼怪，幽灵( phantom的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
97
sumptuous
|
|
| adj.豪华的，奢侈的，华丽的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
98
shuddering
|
|
| v.战栗( shudder的现在分词 )；发抖；（机器、车辆等）突然震动；颤动 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
99
mid
|
|
| adj.中央的，中间的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
100
rosy
|
|
| adj.美好的，乐观的，玫瑰色的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
101
brigands
|
|
| n.土匪，强盗( brigand的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
102
foundering
|
|
| v.创始人( founder的现在分词 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
103
tableaus
|
|
| n.人构成的画面或场景( tableau的名词复数 )；舞台造型；戏剧性的场面；绚丽的场景 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
104
sullen
|
|
| adj.愠怒的，闷闷不乐的，(天气等)阴沉的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
105
overthrown
|
|
| adj. 打翻的，推倒的，倾覆的 动词overthrow的过去分词 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
106
humiliation
|
|
| n.羞辱 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
107
feuds
|
|
| n.长期不和，世仇( feud的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
108
hatreds
|
|
| n.仇恨，憎恶( hatred的名词复数 )；厌恶的事 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
109
foe
|
|
| n.敌人，仇敌 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
110
colossal
|
|
| adj.异常的，庞大的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
111
vouchsafe
|
|
| v.惠予，准许 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
112
languishing
|
|
| a. 衰弱下去的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
113
anguish
|
|
| n.(尤指心灵上的)极度痛苦，烦恼 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
114
exulting
|
|
| vi. 欢欣鼓舞，狂喜 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
115
vigor
|
|
| n.活力，精力，元气 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
116
conqueror
|
|
| n.征服者，胜利者 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
117
hymns
|
|
| n.赞美诗，圣歌，颂歌( hymn的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
118
innocence
|
|
| n.无罪；天真；无害 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
119
riotous
|
|
| adj.骚乱的；狂欢的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
120
ecstasy
|
|
| n.狂喜，心醉神怡，入迷 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
121
panoply
|
|
| n.全副甲胄，礼服 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
122
dual
|
|
| adj.双的；二重的，二元的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
123
throbbing
|
|
| a. 跳动的,悸动的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
124
cylindric
|
|
| adj.圆筒的，圆柱状的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
125
brass
|
|
| n.黄铜；黄铜器，铜管乐器 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
126
ponderous
|
|
| adj.沉重的，笨重的，(文章)冗长的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
127
swelling
|
|
| n.肿胀 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
128
tapering
|
|
| adj.尖端细的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
129
protruding
|
|
| v.（使某物）伸出，（使某物）突出( protrude的现在分词 )；凸 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
130
tinged
|
|
| v.（使）发丁丁声( ting的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
131
dense
|
|
| a.密集的，稠密的，浓密的；密度大的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
132
murky
|
|
| adj.黑暗的，朦胧的；adv.阴暗地，混浊地；n.阴暗；昏暗 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
133
gale
|
|
| n.大风，强风，一阵闹声（尤指笑声等） | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
134
steadily
|
|
| adv.稳定地；不变地；持续地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
135
muse
|
|
| n.缪斯（希腊神话中的女神），创作灵感 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
136
buffeting
|
|
| 振动 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
137
gusts
|
|
| 一阵强风( gust的名词复数 )； （怒、笑等的）爆发； （感情的）迸发； 发作 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
138
rumbling
|
|
| n. 隆隆声, 辘辘声 adj. 隆隆响的 动词rumble的现在分词 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
139
debonair
|
|
| adj.殷勤的，快乐的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
140
harp
|
|
| n.竖琴；天琴座 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
141
glib
|
|
| adj.圆滑的，油嘴滑舌的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
142
shrieks
|
|
| n.尖叫声( shriek的名词复数 )v.尖叫( shriek的第三人称单数 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
143
glistening
|
|
| adj.闪耀的，反光的v.湿物闪耀，闪亮( glisten的现在分词 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
144
mettle
|
|
| n.勇气，精神 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
145
sluggish
|
|
| adj.懒惰的，迟钝的，无精打采的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
146
transparent
|
|
| adj.明显的，无疑的；透明的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
147
scented
|
|
| adj.有香味的；洒香水的；有气味的v.嗅到(scent的过去分词) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
148
cypress
|
|
| n.柏树 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
149
graceful
|
|
| adj.优美的，优雅的；得体的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
150
dart
|
|
| v.猛冲，投掷；n.飞镖，猛冲 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
151
hemp
|
|
| n.大麻；纤维 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
152
cactus
|
|
| n.仙人掌 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
153
moss
|
|
| n.苔，藓，地衣 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
154
fugitive
|
|
| adj.逃亡的，易逝的；n.逃犯，逃亡者 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
155
fascination
|
|
| n.令人着迷的事物，魅力，迷恋 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
156
infested
|
|
| adj.为患的，大批滋生的（常与with搭配）v.害虫、野兽大批出没于( infest的过去式和过去分词 )；遍布于 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
157
reptiles
|
|
| n.爬行动物，爬虫( reptile的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
158
resounding
|
|
| adj. 响亮的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
159
bellow
|
|
| v.吼叫，怒吼；大声发出，大声喝道 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
160
alligator
|
|
| n.短吻鳄(一种鳄鱼) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
161
mimic
|
|
| v.模仿，戏弄；n.模仿他人言行的人 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
162
tassels
|
|
| n.穗( tassel的名词复数 )；流苏状物；（植物的）穗；玉蜀黍的穗状雄花v.抽穗， （玉米）长穗须( tassel的第三人称单数 )；使抽穗， （为了使作物茁壮生长）摘去穗状雄花；用流苏装饰 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
163
pangs
|
|
| 突然的剧痛( pang的名词复数 )； 悲痛 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
164
longings
|
|
| 渴望，盼望( longing的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
165
aboriginal
|
|
| adj.（指动植物）土生的，原产地的，土著的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
166
sane
|
|
| adj.心智健全的，神志清醒的，明智的，稳健的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
167
steamships
|
|
| n.汽船，大轮船( steamship的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
168
villas
|
|
| 别墅，公馆( villa的名词复数 )； （城郊）住宅 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
169
countless
|
|
| adj.无数的，多得不计其数的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
170
lighters
|
|
| n.打火机，点火器( lighter的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
171
jobbers
|
|
| n.做零活的人( jobber的名词复数 )；营私舞弊者；股票经纪人；证券交易商 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
172
manly
|
|
| adj.有男子气概的；adv.男子般地，果断地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
173
courageous
|
|
| adj.勇敢的，有胆量的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
174
spires
|
|
| n.（教堂的） 塔尖，尖顶( spire的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
175
standing
|
|
| n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
176
aloof
|
|
| adj.远离的；冷淡的，漠不关心的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
177
inevitably
|
|
| adv.不可避免地；必然发生地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
178
meditating
|
|
| a.沉思的，冥想的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
179
liars
|
|
| 说谎者( liar的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
180
riddle
|
|
| n.谜，谜语，粗筛；vt.解谜，给…出谜，筛，检查，鉴定，非难，充满于；vi.出谜 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
181
eludes
|
|
| v.（尤指机敏地）避开( elude的第三人称单数 )；逃避；躲避；使达不到 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
182
lore
|
|
| n.传说；学问，经验，知识 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
183
incessant
|
|
| adj.不停的，连续的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
184
incessantly
|
|
| ad.不停地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
185
vouchsafed
|
|
| v.给予，赐予( vouchsafe的过去式和过去分词 )；允诺 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
186
sculptor
|
|
| n.雕刻家，雕刻家 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
187
orator
|
|
| n.演说者，演讲者，雄辩家 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
188
invoking
|
|
| v.援引( invoke的现在分词 )；行使（权利等）；祈求救助；恳求 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
189
solitude
|
|
| n. 孤独; 独居,荒僻之地,幽静的地方 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
190
glide
|
|
| n./v.溜，滑行；(时间)消逝 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
191
ardently
|
|
| adv.热心地，热烈地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
192
lavish
|
|
| adj.无节制的；浪费的；vt.慷慨地给予，挥霍 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
193
brawny
|
|
| adj.强壮的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
194
benevolence
|
|
| n.慈悲，捐助 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
195
passionate
|
|
| adj.热情的，热烈的，激昂的，易动情的，易怒的，性情暴躁的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
196
devouring
|
|
| 吞没( devour的现在分词 )； 耗尽； 津津有味地看； 狼吞虎咽地吃光 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
197
joyous
|
|
| adj.充满快乐的；令人高兴的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
198
foes
|
|
| 敌人，仇敌( foe的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
199
degradations
|
|
| 堕落( degradation的名词复数 )； 下降； 陵削； 毁坏 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
200
tussle
|
|
| n.&v.扭打，搏斗，争辩 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
201
toil
|
|
| vi.辛劳工作，艰难地行动；n.苦工，难事 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
202
fiat
|
|
| n.命令，法令，批准；vt.批准，颁布 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
203
frivolous
|
|
| adj.轻薄的；轻率的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
204
corrupt
|
|
| v.贿赂，收买；adj.腐败的，贪污的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
205
Congressman
|
|
| n.（美）国会议员 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
206
mumbling
|
|
| 含糊地说某事，叽咕，咕哝( mumble的现在分词 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
207
lessening
|
|
| 减轻，减少，变小 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
208
statutes
|
|
| 成文法( statute的名词复数 )； 法令； 法规； 章程 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
209
conformity
|
|
| n.一致，遵从，顺从 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
210
envelopment
|
|
| n.包封，封套 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
211
physiology
|
|
| n.生理学，生理机能 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
212
illustrate
|
|
| v.举例说明，阐明；图解，加插图 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
213
perceptive
|
|
| adj.知觉的，有洞察力的，感知的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
214
supple
|
|
| adj.柔软的，易弯的，逢迎的，顺从的，灵活的；vt.使柔软，使柔顺，使顺从；vi.变柔软，变柔顺 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
215
materialism
|
|
| n.［哲］唯物主义，唯物论；物质至上 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
216
orators
|
|
| n.演说者，演讲家( orator的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
217
makers
|
|
| n.制造者，制造商（maker的复数形式） | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
218
hardy
|
|
| adj.勇敢的，果断的，吃苦的；耐寒的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
219
lasting
|
|
| adj.永久的，永恒的；vbl.持续，维持 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
220
warp
|
|
| vt.弄歪，使翘曲，使不正常，歪曲，使有偏见 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
221
wrecks
|
|
| n.沉船( wreck的名词复数 )；（事故中）遭严重毁坏的汽车（或飞机等）；（身体或精神上）受到严重损伤的人；状况非常糟糕的车辆（或建筑物等）v.毁坏[毁灭]某物( wreck的第三人称单数 )；使（船舶）失事，使遇难，使下沉 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
222
debris
|
|
| n.瓦砾堆，废墟，碎片 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
223
crumble
|
|
| vi.碎裂，崩溃；vt.弄碎，摧毁 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
224
maternal
|
|
| adj.母亲的，母亲般的，母系的，母方的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
225
babble
|
|
| v.含糊不清地说，胡言乱语地说，儿语 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
226
pellucid
|
|
| adj.透明的，简单的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
227
canyons
|
|
| n.峡谷( canyon的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
228
canyon
|
|
| n.峡谷，溪谷 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
229
cavalry
|
|
| n.骑兵；轻装甲部队 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
230
heroism
|
|
| n.大无畏精神，英勇 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
231
perfectly
|
|
| adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
232
opportune
|
|
| adj.合适的，适当的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
233
momentary
|
|
| adj.片刻的，瞬息的；短暂的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
234
erect
|
|
| n./v.树立，建立，使竖立；adj.直立的，垂直的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
235
dirge
|
|
| n.哀乐，挽歌，庄重悲哀的乐曲 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
236
trenches
|
|
| 深沟，地沟( trench的名词复数 )； 战壕 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
237
callous
|
|
| adj.无情的，冷淡的，硬结的，起老茧的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
238
onward
|
|
| adj.向前的，前进的；adv.向前，前进，在先 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
239
bloody
|
|
| adj.非常的的；流血的；残忍的；adv.很；vt.血染 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
240
flaunt
|
|
| vt.夸耀，夸饰 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
241
supreme
|
|
| adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
242
mighty
|
|
| adj.强有力的；巨大的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
243
promenade
|
|
| n./v.散步 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
244
gorges
|
|
| n.山峡，峡谷( gorge的名词复数 )；咽喉v.（用食物把自己）塞饱，填饱( gorge的第三人称单数 )；作呕 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
245
savage
|
|
| adj.野蛮的；凶恶的，残暴的；n.未开化的人 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
246
majestic
|
|
| adj.雄伟的，壮丽的，庄严的，威严的，崇高的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
247
denser
|
|
| adj. 不易看透的, 密集的, 浓厚的, 愚钝的 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
248
labors
|
|
| v.努力争取(for)( labor的第三人称单数 )；苦干；详细分析；（指引擎）缓慢而困难地运转 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
249
eclat
|
|
| n.显赫之成功，荣誉 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
250
bugles
|
|
| 妙脆角，一种类似薯片但做成尖角或喇叭状的零食； 号角( bugle的名词复数 )； 喇叭； 匍匐筋骨草； （装饰女服用的）柱状玻璃（或塑料）小珠 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
|
251
triumphantly
|
|
| ad.得意洋洋地；得胜地；成功地 | |
参考例句： |
|
|
|
| 欢迎访问英文小说网 |