Ad Martialem

GO(D) knows, my Martial¹, if we two could be

To enjoy our days set wholly free;

To the true life together bend our mind,

And take a furlough from the falser kind.

No rich saloon, nor palace of the great,

Nor suit at law should trouble our estate;

On no vainglorious² statues should we look,

But of a walk, a talk, a little book,

Baths, wells and meads, and the veranda³ shade,

Let all our travels and our toils⁴ be made.

Now neither lives unto himself, alas⁵!

And the good suns we see, that flash and pass

And perish; and the bell that knells⁶ them cries:

“Another gone: O when will ye arise?”

1 martial   

adj.战争的，军事的，尚武的，威武的

参考例句：

• The sound of martial music is always inspiring.军乐声总是鼓舞人心的。
• The officer was convicted of desertion at a court martial.这名军官在军事法庭上被判犯了擅离职守罪。

2 vainglorious   

adj.自负的；夸大的

参考例句：

• She is a vainglorious woman.她是个爱虚荣的女性。
• Let us not become vainglorious,provoking one another,envying one another.不要贪图虚荣，彼此惹气，互相嫉妒。

3 veranda   

n.走廊；阳台

参考例句：

• She sat in the shade on the veranda.她坐在阳台上的遮荫处。
• They were strolling up and down the veranda.他们在走廊上来回徜徉。

4 toils   

网

参考例句：

• It did not declare him to be still in Mrs. Dorset's toils. 这并不表明他仍陷于多赛特夫人的情网。
• The thief was caught in the toils of law. 这个贼陷入了法网。

5 alas   

int.唉(表示悲伤、忧愁、恐惧等)

参考例句：

• Alas!The window is broken!哎呀！窗子破了！
• Alas,the truth is less romantic.然而，真理很少带有浪漫色彩。

6 knells   

n.丧钟声( knell的名词复数 )；某事物结束的象征

参考例句：

• When bell knells, when banshee wails; you know, the time is come. 丧钟敲响，女妖嚎哭；你知道，大限到了。 来自互联网