The Cock’s Clear Voice into the Clearer Air

THE cock’s clear voice into the clearer air

Where westward¹ far I roam,

Mounts with a thrill of hope,

Falls with a sigh of home.

A rural sentry², he from farm and field

The coming morn descries³,

And, mankind’s bugler⁴, wakes

The camp of enterprise.

He sings the morn upon the westward hills

Strange and remote and wild;

He sings it in the land

Where once I was a child.

He brings to me dear voices of the past,

The old land and the years:

My father calls for me,

My weeping spirit hears.

Fife, fife, into the golden air, O bird,

And sing the morning in;

For the old days are past

And new days begin.

1 westward   

n.西方，西部；adj.西方的，向西的；adv.向西

参考例句：

• We live on the westward slope of the hill.我们住在这座山的西山坡。
• Explore westward or wherever.向西或到什么别的地方去勘探。

2 sentry   

n.哨兵，警卫

参考例句：

• They often stood sentry on snowy nights.他们常常在雪夜放哨。
• The sentry challenged anyone approaching the tent.哨兵查问任一接近帐篷的人。

3 descries   

v.被看到的，被发现的，被注意到的( descried的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Looking out over the sea, she descries an indistinct object floating in the water. 她向海面望去发现水面上模模糊糊漂着一样东西。 来自辞典例句

4 bugler   

喇叭手； 号兵； 吹鼓手； 司号员

参考例句：

• The general ordered the bugler to sound the retreat. 将军命令号手吹号收兵。
• There was nothing faded about the bugler under the cap. 帽子下面那个号手可一点也不是褪色的。