Chapter 18

 O sweetheart, hear you

    Your lover’s tale;

A man shall have sorrow

    When friends him fail.

 

For he shall know then

    Friends be untrue

And a little ashes

    Their words come to.

 

But one unto him

    Will softly¹ move

And softly woo him

    In ways of love.

 

His hand is under

    Her smooth round breast;

So he who has sorrow

    Shall have rest.

1 softly   

adv.柔和地，静静地，温柔地

参考例句：

• He speaks too softly for her to hear.他讲话声音太轻，她听不见。
• She breathed her advice softly.她低声劝告。