PART FOUR - APPRECIATION

   "You have chosen; and I cry content thereto,

  And cry your pardon also, and am reproved

  In that I took you for a woman I loved

  Odd centuries ago, and would undo¹

  That curious error. Nay², your eyes are blue,

  Your speech is gracious, but you are not she,

  And I am older—and changed how utterly³!—

  I am no longer I, you are not you.

 

  "Time, destined⁴ as we thought but to befriend

  And guerdon love like ours, finds you beset⁵

  With joys and griefs I neither share nor mend

  Who am a stranger; and we two are met

  Nor wholly glad nor sorry; and the end

  Of too much laughter is a faint regret."

 

1 undo   

vt.解开，松开；取消，撤销

参考例句：

• His pride will undo him some day.他的傲慢总有一天会毁了他。
• I managed secretly to undo a corner of the parcel.我悄悄地设法解开了包裹的一角。

2 nay   

adv.不；n.反对票，投反对票者

参考例句：

• He was grateful for and proud of his son's remarkable,nay,unique performance.他为儿子出色的，不，应该是独一无二的表演心怀感激和骄傲。
• Long essays,nay,whole books have been written on this.许多长篇大论的文章，不，应该说是整部整部的书都是关于这件事的。

3 utterly   

adv.完全地，绝对地

参考例句：

• Utterly devoted to the people,he gave his life in saving his patients.他忠于人民，把毕生精力用于挽救患者的生命。
• I was utterly ravished by the way she smiled.她的微笑使我完全陶醉了。

4 destined   

adj.命中注定的；(for)以…为目的地的

参考例句：

• It was destined that they would marry.他们结婚是缘分。
• The shipment is destined for America.这批货物将运往美国。

5 beset   

v.镶嵌；困扰，包围

参考例句：

• She wanted to enjoy her retirement without being beset by financial worries.她想享受退休生活而不必为金钱担忧。
• The plan was beset with difficulties from the beginning.这项计划自开始就困难重重。