The Ghost

 Just like an angel with evil eye,

I shall return to thee silently,

Upon thy bower¹ I'll alight,

With falling shadows of the night.

 

With thee, my brownie, I'll commune,

And give thee kisses cold as the moon,

And with a serpent's moist embrace,

I'll crawl around thy resting-place.

 

And when the livid morning falls,

Thou'lt find alone the empty walls,

And till the evening, cold 'twill be.

 

As others with their tenderness,

Upon thy life and youthfulness,

I'll reign² alone with dread³ o'er thee.

1 bower   

n.凉亭，树荫下凉快之处；闺房；v.荫蔽

参考例句：

• They sat under the leafy bower at the end of the garden and watched the sun set.他们坐在花园尽头由叶子搭成的凉棚下观看落日。
• Mrs. Quilp was pining in her bower.奎尔普太太正在她的闺房里度着愁苦的岁月。

2 reign   

n.统治时期，统治，支配，盛行；v.占优势

参考例句：

• The reign of Queen Elizabeth lapped over into the seventeenth century.伊丽莎白王朝延至17世纪。
• The reign of Zhu Yuanzhang lasted about 31 years.朱元璋统治了大约三十一年。

3 dread   

vt.担忧，忧虑；惧怕，不敢；n.担忧，畏惧

参考例句：

• We all dread to think what will happen if the company closes.我们都不敢去想一旦公司关门我们该怎么办。
• Her heart was relieved of its blankest dread.她极度恐惧的心理消除了。