PART NINE - RELICS

   "You have chosen the love 'that lives sans murmurings,

  Sans passion,' and incuriously endures

  The gradual lapse¹ of time. You have chosen as yours

  A level life of little happenings;

  And through the long autumnal evenings

  Lord Love, no doubt, is of the company,

  And hugs your ingleside contentedly²,

  Smiles at old griefs, and rustles³ needless wings.

 

  "And yet I think that sometimes memories

  Of divers⁴ trysts⁵, of blood that urged like wine

  On moonlit nights, and of that first long kiss

  Whereby your lips were first made one with mine,

  Awake and trouble you, and loving is

  Once more important and perhaps divine."

1 lapse   

n.过失，流逝，失效，抛弃信仰，间隔；vi.堕落，停止，失效，流逝；vt.使失效

参考例句：

• The incident was being seen as a serious security lapse.这一事故被看作是一次严重的安全疏忽。
• I had a lapse of memory.我记错了。

2 contentedly   

adv.心满意足地

参考例句：

• My father sat puffing contentedly on his pipe.父亲坐着心满意足地抽着烟斗。
• "This is brother John's writing,"said Sally,contentedly,as she opened the letter.

3 rustles   

n.发出沙沙的声音( rustle的名词复数 )v.发出沙沙的声音( rustle的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• A slight breeze rustles the tan grass. 微风拂来，黄褐色的草沙沙作响。 来自互联网

4 divers   

adj.不同的；种种的

参考例句：

• He chose divers of them,who were asked to accompany him.他选择他们当中的几个人，要他们和他作伴。
• Two divers work together while a standby diver remains on the surface.两名潜水员协同工作，同时有一名候补潜水员留在水面上。

5 trysts   

n.约会，幽会( tryst的名词复数 )；幽会地点

参考例句：

• He's accused of having drug-fueled trysts with a Denver man. 人们指责他与一名丹佛男子幽会，期间还服用毒品助兴。 来自互联网
• Fools set far trysts. 蠢人定约早。 来自互联网