Loud and Low in the Chimney

LOUD and low in the chimney

The squalls suspire;

Then like an answer dwindles¹

And glows the fire,

And the chamber² reddens and darkens

In time like taken breath.

Near by the sounding chimney

The youth apart

Hearkens with changing colour

And leaping heart,

And hears in the coil of the tempest

The voice of love and death.

Love on high in the flute-like

And tender notes

Sounds as from April meadows

And hillside cotes;

But the deep wood wind in the chimney

Utters the slogan of death.

1 dwindles   

v.逐渐变少或变小( dwindle的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Her husband grows rich in crime, her significance dwindles. 她的丈夫罪恶累累，她的形象也受到损害。 来自辞典例句
• The voice died away and ceased, as an insect's tiny trumpet dwindles swiftly into silence. 这声音逐渐消失，就象昆虫的小喇叭嘎然而止。 来自辞典例句

2 chamber   

n.房间，寝室；会议厅；议院；会所

参考例句：

• For many,the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.对许多人来说，牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。
• The chamber was ablaze with light.会议厅里灯火辉煌。