Of wood and water and proud plains,
A swift stream down the valley hales
The stronger joy my heart constrains5.
He looketh to have aye more and more.
Than I could tell, howe'er I tried;
The human heart that could embrace
A tenth part were well satisfied;
For Paradise, the very place,
Must be upon that farther side;
The water by a narrow space
Pleasance from pleasance did divide.
Beyond, on some slope undescried
The City stood, I thought, wherefore
I strove to cross the river's tide,
And ever I longed, yet more and more.
More, and still more wistfully,
If, where I stood, 't was fair to see,
Still lovelier lay that farther land.
Found, up or down, by rock or sand;
I thought I ought not thus to stand
Timid, with such bright bliss before;
Then a new matter came to hand
That moved my heart yet more and more.
My mind beyond that water fair:
From a cliff of crystal, splendid rays,
Reflected, quiver in the air.
At the cliff's foot a vision stays
All glimmering16 white before my gaze;
And I know her,—have seen her otherwhere.
Like fine gold leaf one cuts with care,
Shone the maiden on the farther shore.
Long time I looked upon her there,
And ever I knew her more and more.
As more and more I scanned her face
And form, when I had found her so,
A glory of gladness filled the place
My joy would call her and give chase,
But wonder struck my courage low;
I saw her in so strange a place,
The shock turned my heart dull and slow.
Like ivory smooth, even as of yore,
It made my senses straying go,
It stung my heart aye more and more.
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1 quails | |
鹌鹑( quail的名词复数 ); 鹌鹑肉 | |
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2 anguish | |
n.(尤指心灵上的)极度痛苦,烦恼 | |
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3 bliss | |
n.狂喜,福佑,天赐的福 | |
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4 watery | |
adj.有水的,水汪汪的;湿的,湿润的 | |
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5 constrains | |
强迫( constrain的第三人称单数 ); 强使; 限制; 约束 | |
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7 solace | |
n.安慰;v.使快乐;vt.安慰(物),缓和 | |
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8 fickle | |
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vi.(at)惊叹vt.感到惊异;n.令人惊异的事 | |
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极大危险( peril的名词复数 ); 危险的事(或环境) | |
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vt.使(船)搁浅,使(某人)困于(某地) | |
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n.奇迹( marvel的名词复数 );令人惊奇的事物(或事例);不平凡的成果;成就v.惊奇,对…感到惊奇( marvel的第三人称单数 ) | |
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