Ne Sit Ancillae Tibi Amor Pudor

THERE’S just a twinkle in your eye

That seems to say I MIGHT, if I

Were only bold enough to try

An arm about your waist.

I hear, too, as you come and go,

That pretty nervous laugh, you know;

And then your cap is always so

Coquettishly displaced.

Your cap! the word’s profanely¹ said.

That little top-knot, white and red,

That quaintly² crowns your graceful³ head,

No bigger than a flower,

Is set with such a witching art,

Is so provocatively⁴ smart,

I’d like to wear it on my heart,

An order for an hour!

O graceful housemaid, tall and fair,

I love your shy imperial air,

And always loiter on the stair

When you are going by.

A strict reserve the fates demand;

But, when to let you pass I stand,

Sometimes by chance I touch your hand

And sometimes catch your eye.

1 profanely   

adv.渎神地，凡俗地

参考例句：

• He kept wondering profanely why everything bad happened to him. 他骂骂咧咧，一直在嘀咕为什么所有的坏事总是落在他头上。 来自互联网

2 quaintly   

adv.古怪离奇地

参考例句：

• "I don't see what that's got to do with it,'said the drummer quaintly. “我看不出这和你的事有什么联系，"杜洛埃说道，他感到莫名其妙。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
• He is quaintly dressed, what a strange one he is. 他一身的奇装异服，真是另类！

3 graceful   

adj.优美的，优雅的；得体的

参考例句：

• His movements on the parallel bars were very graceful.他的双杠动作可帅了!
• The ballet dancer is so graceful.芭蕾舞演员的姿态是如此的优美。

4 provocatively   

参考例句：

• Democracy or dictatorship, the golden ships still hung in the sky and shone provocatively. 民主也好，独裁也罢，那些金晃晃的飞船依然高悬天际，闪熠发光，向我们挑衅。 来自英汉非文学 - 科幻